2009年8月11日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Rio employees face trade secrets, bribery charges (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:50 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese state news agency says four employees of the mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd. have been formally arrested on charges of trade secrets infringement and bribery.

China formally arrests Rio Tinto employees (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:21 PM PDT

Employees are seen at Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office in Shanghai July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Chinese prosecutors have formally arrested four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto on suspicion of violating commercial secrets and bribery, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

China approves arrest of Rio Tinto employees: state media (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT

A construction worker walks past steel rods at a building site in Shanghai. Prosecutors in China have approved the arrest of four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on charges of AFP - Prosecutors in China have approved the arrest of four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on charges of "trade secrets infringement and bribery," state media reported Wednesday.

More than 80 dead as typhoons pound East Asia (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:39 PM PDT

Rescuers search for survivors in the debris after a massive landslide triggered by torrential rain from Typhoon Morakot toppled seven houses in Taishun, eastern China's Zhejiang province. Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 84 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers, officials said Tuesday.(AFP)AFP - Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 85 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers.

China to mark 140th anniversary of giant panda 'discovery' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 09:01 AM PDT

A panda cub plays at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu in May 2009. China is to retrace the steps of the French missionary who made giant pandas known to the West to mark the 140th anniversary of their discovery by the outside world, state media said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China is to retrace the steps of the French missionary who made giant pandas known to the West to mark the 140th anniversary of their discovery by the outside world, state media said Tuesday.

Australia, China at odds over Uighur activist (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:29 AM PDT

Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, speaks at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Chinese diplomats are entitled to object to Kadeer's public appearances in Australia, but must do so politely, Australia's government said Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Mark Graham)AP - An exiled Uighur activist accused China on Tuesday of trying to use its economic clout to dampen criticism of its human rights record, while Australia's foreign minister said Chinese diplomats who opposed her trip should mind their manners.

China exports hit by 'grave' global environment (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:58 AM PDT

A shopkeeper waits for customers in his shop where '50 percent off' placards are displayed in Shanghai. China's export-dependent economy remained hampered by a AFP - China's export-dependent economy remained hampered by a "grave" global situation in July, an official warned Tuesday, as new data showed continued reliance on government spending to boost growth.

China's military launches long-range war games (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, People's Liberation Army soldiers take part in a military exercise in Beijing, China. China's military has launched ambitious war games aimed at testing its ability to deploy at long distances. The exercises, dubbed 'Stride-2009,' will send 50,000 armored troops to unfamiliar areas far from their bases for two months of life-fire drills, state media said Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - China's military launched war games Tuesday aimed at deploying forces at long distances, reflecting moves to ensure security in the restive western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang.

China says separatists threatened Afghan flight (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:22 AM PDT

AP - China refused an Afghan airliner permission to land after intelligence indicated a possible threat from separatists seeking independence for the restive western region of Xinjiang, an official Communist Party newspaper said Tuesday.

China mobile users face jail for sexy texts (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:19 AM PDT

A woman reads a text message on her mobile phone in Beijing. Mobile phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - Mobile phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month.

Kadeer says Australia shouldn't 'take orders' from China (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 12:23 AM PDT

Chinese demonstrators protest against a film about the life of exiled Uighur leader Rabiya Kadeer at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 8. Australia warned China to tone down its campaign against Kadeer Tuesday after revelations that Beijing tried to stop her addressing Canberra's National Press Club.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer urged Australia Tuesday not to "take orders" from Asian giant China but warned a detained mining executive could be facing a show trial and lengthy jail term.

Rio says seen no evidence yet against China staff (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 10:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has yet to be presented with any evidence to support the detention of four of its China-based staff on suspicions of stealing state secrets, the firm said on Tuesday.

China's industrial output rises, prices fall (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 10:16 PM PDT

AP - China's industrial output, trade and retail sales improved in July, data showed Tuesday, in positive signs for Beijing's multibillion-dollar effort to restore stable growth in the world's third-largest economy.

China's exports, imports fall sharply in July (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:13 PM PDT

AP - The decline in China's imports accelerated in July despite a rise in economic growth, while exports also fell more sharply amid weak global demand, data showed Tuesday.

China's exports down 23 pct in July: govt (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT

The Yangshan container port in Shanghai. China's exports stood at 105.4 billion dollars in July, a decline of 23 percent from a year earlier, the customs authorities said Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - China's exports stood at 105.4 billion dollars in July, a decline of 23 percent from a year earlier, the customs authorities said Tuesday.

China wind farms sprout amid 'green' energy push (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 08:10 PM PDT

A farmer walks with his cow past rural housing in the shadow of a wind farm developed by state-owned China Energy Conservation Investment Corp in Zhangbei, north of Beijing, Hebei province. While a couple of years ago only a few dozen of the 80-metre (262-foot) propellor-like turbines stood on the wind farm's vast open expanse of grass, today there are 200 and counting.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - As Deng Hui looks out at a forest of towering turbines dotting his company's wind farm north of Beijing, a cold, drizzly wind howls in his face, but he doesn't mind.

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