2009年8月10日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Canada, China to strengthen economic ties (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:15 PM PDT

Disagreements on issues including human rights will not stop Canada from forging strong economic ties with China, which are an AFP - Disagreements on issues including human rights will not stop Canada from forging strong economic ties with China, which are an "overriding goal," Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday.


Dozens killed as typhoons hit East Asia (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 01:34 PM PDT

A woman walks along a black wall under the rain in Shanghai. At least 42 people died and scores more were reported missing Monday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - At least 42 people died and scores more were reported missing Tuesday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century.


Rio Tinto shares drop on China spy allegations (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 06:12 AM PDT

A woman is reflected in a glass door of the Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office August 9, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Shares in global miner Rio Tinto Ltd fell more than 3 percent on Monday after a Chinese magazine published additional spying allegations against the company.


China says 2.75 million security cameras installed (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:05 AM PDT

AP - China's police say they have installed 2.75 million surveillance cameras since 2003 and are expanding the system into the largely neglected countryside.

China's Internet a major concern to officials (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:10 AM PDT

Chinese youths play online games at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. A government adviser said that the Internet in China has become a major concern for officials, who are increasingly being scrutinised by the general public.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - The Internet in China has become a major concern for officials, who are increasingly being scrutinised by the general public, a government adviser said Monday.


China property sales soar, triggering bubble fears (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 02:15 AM PDT

A real estate project under construction in Beijing. Property sales in China have soared by over 60 percent so far this year, the government said, triggering fears of emerging asset bubbles.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Property sales in China have soared by over 60 percent so far this year, the government said Monday, triggering fears of emerging asset bubbles.


Bln-dlr money-laundering ring smashed in China: report (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 12:43 AM PDT

Chinese Yuan notes are seen at a bank in Shanghai. Police in south China have arrested 11 people and smashed a money-laundering operation that sent 10 billion yuan (1.46 billion dollars) of criminal cash abroad, state media reported on Monday.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Police in south China have arrested 11 people and smashed a money-laundering operation that sent 10 billion yuan (1.46 billion dollars) of criminal cash abroad, state media reported on Monday.


Australia: China's latest Rio spy claims not new (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 12:15 AM PDT

A woman is reflected in a glass door of the Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office August 9, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China's latest spying allegations against global miner Rio Tinto Ltd (Rio.AX) were nothing new, a spokeswoman for Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Monday, adding Australia wanted China to deal with the case expeditiously.


China says plane diverted to Afghanistan by threat (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 11:59 PM PDT

In this photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, armored vehicles withdraw from Urumqi airport, northwest China's Xinjiang autonomous region, early Monday August 10, 2009, after the airport was restored to order. An Afghan plane bound for the restive western Chinese region of Xinjiang was sent back to Afghanistan after a bomb threat, Chinese media said Sunday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Sadat)AP - An Afghan plane bound for the restive western Chinese region of Xinjiang was sent back to Afghanistan after a bomb threat, a Chinese state news agency said.


Beijing yet to approve Disney's Shanghai park: report (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 11:07 PM PDT

A motorcyclist rides past a tourist bus adorned with Disney's Mickey Mouse, in Shanghai. Walt Disney Co and Shanghai's government have agreed on major issues in building the park, the official Shanghai Securities News reported, while the US firm said in January it would be submitting a joint application to Beijing.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Plans to build mainland China's first Disneyland park in Shanghai have yet to be given the go ahead by the central government, state media reported on Monday.


China breaks up large underground bank ring (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 10:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Police in southern China have broken up a ring that operated as an underground bank to illegally send around 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion) abroad since 2004, state media said on Monday.

Shanghai braces for rain after typhoon hits coast (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 10:44 PM PDT

A couple make their way along a flooded street as Typhoon Morakot hits Wenzhou, in east China's Zhejiang province, on August 9. Shanghai braced for torrential rain Monday after Morakot slammed China's southeast coast, prompting the evacuation of nearly a million people and leaving one dead.(AFP)AFP - Shanghai braced for torrential rain Monday after Typhoon Morakot slammed China's southeast coast, prompting the evacuation of nearly a million people and leaving one dead, officials said.


Lead poisoning hits 300 children near China factory (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:52 PM PDT

Reuters - More than 300 children from a county in northwestern China need treatment for lead poisoning that their parents blame on a nearby metal smelter, the official China Daily reported on Monday.

A rape claim puts focus on Beijing's 'black jails' (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:00 PM PDT

In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, a 20-year-old petitioner from Anhui province waits to speak to police after she claimed she had been raped at a black jail in Beijing. Activists said more than a dozen illegal detention centers, known as 'black jails' exist in Beijing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - The 20-year-old student spoke softly but firmly as she described how a dispute over grades led to her rape at an unofficial jail.


China to issue all July economic data on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2009 06:21 PM PDT

Reuters - China's National Bureau of Statistics will issue all its monthly economic data for July at a news conference on Tuesday.
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