2009年8月7日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China blames unrest on foreign-based separatists (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 10:34 AM PDT

Armed Chinese security forces march on patrol in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang province, in July 2009. Last year's unrest in Tibet and July's violence in Xinjiang were instigated by separatists abroad, China told a United Nations human rights hearing Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Last year's unrest in Tibet and July's violence in Xinjiang were instigated by separatists abroad, China told a United Nations human rights hearing Friday.


Former Beijing airport boss executed in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Leaders of China's elite state industries are renowned for their power, influence, and — in several recent cases — corruption. Increasingly, they are paying the price.

Flood threat along river in southwest China diminishing: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:07 AM PDT

Chinese rescuers arrive to dig for survivors after a rock slide in mountainous Kangding county, southwest China's Sichuan province in July 2009. A massive landslide that blocked a river in southwest China is slowly being washed downstream, diminishing the danger to a hydroelectric dam and communities along the waterway, the government said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - A massive landslide that blocked a river in southwest China is slowly being washed downstream, diminishing the danger to a hydroelectric dam and communities along the waterway, the government said Friday.


Uighur activist calls for probe on unrest in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Police watch over members of the Uighur community in Melbourne, Australia, as they cheer their support for Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer outside the Chinese consulate Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. About 100 flag-waving protesters gathered at the consulate to demand an independent investigation into last month's violence in western China. (AP Photo/David Crosling)AP - A Uighur activist called Friday for a U.N. investigation of recent violence in western China, as 100 people demonstrated outside the Chinese consulate in Melbourne.


China fund lost 2.1 pct on global portfolio in '08 (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:24 AM PDT

AP - China's sovereign wealth fund said Friday it lost 2.1 percent last year on its global portfolio and defended its performance as being better than other such funds amid worldwide financial turmoil.

China nuclear chief latest hit in graft crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:58 AM PDT

File photo of a nuclear power plant in Qinshan, on the outskirts of Hangzhou in southeast China's Zhejiang province. China's nuclear chief is the latest in a string of high-level officials snared in a crackdown on graft which saw the execution of the former head of the firm that owns Beijing airport.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's nuclear chief is the latest in a string of high-level officials snared in a crackdown on graft which Friday saw the execution of the former head of the firm that owns Beijing airport.


China's July auto sales up 64 percent (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:42 AM PDT

AP - China's auto sales surpassed the United States' again in July, jumping 64 percent over a year earlier to 1.1 million vehicles as sales tax cuts and government subsidies spurred demand, according to data reported Friday.

China nuclear chief in graft probe: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:09 AM PDT

File photo of a nuclear power plant in Qinshan, on the outskirts of Hangzhou in southeast China's Zhejiang province. China's nuclear chief is the latest in a string of high-level officials snared in a crackdown on graft which saw the execution of the former head of the firm that owns Beijing airport.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's top nuclear power official is being investigated for allegedly squandering public funds and accepting bribes valued at up to 1.8 billion yuan (260 million dollars), state press said Friday.


China airport head executed for graft: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 11:29 PM PDT

File photo shows an aircraft about to depart at the Beijing Capital International Airport. The former head of the company that owns Beijing Capital International Airport was executed Friday, convicted of bribery and embezzlement totalling nearly 16 million dollars, state media reported.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - The former head of the company that owns Beijing Capital International Airport was executed Friday, convicted of bribery and embezzlement totalling nearly 16 million dollars, state media reported.


Chinese fugitive in Canada wants to go home: reports (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 11:24 PM PDT

File photo of Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing in Vancouver, Canada. Lai, the alleged boss of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling ring who has been fighting to stay in Canada since fleeing China in 1999 and claiming refugee status in 2000, now says he wants to go home.(AFP/File/Deborah Jones)AFP - A former Chinese entrepreneur who is described as his country's most wanted fugitive over a massive smuggling and corruption scandal wants to go home after nearly 10 years in Canada, Chinese media said.


bnzv