2009年8月12日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China opens trial of earthquake critic (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 05:20 PM PDT

In this photo taken July 1, 2009, Avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei signs an autograph at an event in Beijing, China. Ai said Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 he and 11 others were detained by police in a hotel in Chengdu to prevent them from attending the trial of an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in last year's earthquake. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - The subversion trial of a Chinese activist who had investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in a massive earthquake opened in southwestern China, as police detained and threatened the man's supporters.

WTO win could open China's door to US companies (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 21, 2009 file photo, workers repair the display near a life size model of the Bumblebee character from the 'Transformers' films at a cinema in Beijing, China. A verdict released Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 at the World Trade Organization in Geneva finds definitively against China for forcing American media producers to route their business in China through Chinese state-owned companies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The World Trade Organization backed the United States Wednesday in a major trade battle with China, issuing a ruling that could ease tight controls and open markets for U.S. makers of everything from DVDs to books and music downloads.

China Eastern, Bombardier sued over 2004 plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 06:44 AM PDT

This file photo dated August 2004 shows passengers boarding a China Eastern airlines plane in Jinan, the capital city of China's northern Shandong province. Relatives of 32 passengers killed in a 2004 plane crash in China have sued China Eastern Airlines and three foreign firms, demanding millions of dollars in compensation, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Relatives of 32 passengers killed in a 2004 plane crash in China have sued China Eastern Airlines and three foreign firms, demanding millions of dollars in compensation, state media reported Wednesday.

Witnesses held as China quake activist trial starts (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 05:30 AM PDT

Reuters - A famous Chinese artist was roughed up and reporters and witnesses detained on Wednesday, the first day of the trial of a Chinese activist who investigated the death toll from last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake.

Terracotta army 'may have belonged to empress' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 05:05 AM PDT

China's famed ancient terracotta army which surrounds the tomb of the nation's first emperor actually belonged to a female ancestor, a historian has told a state-owned newspaper.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's famed ancient terracotta army which surrounds the tomb of the nation's first emperor actually belonged to a female ancestor, a historian told a state-owned newspaper Wednesday.

China warns of 'arms race in outer space' (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:52 AM PDT

AP - China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called Wednesday for international diplomacy to avert an "arms race in outer space."

China warns against missile defence systems (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:34 AM PDT

China's foreign minister Yang Jiechi delivers a speech at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Yang warned that there was a AFP - China's foreign minister warned on Wednesday that there was a "looming danger" of an arms race in outer space, as he urged countries not to deploy missile defence systems that could undermine global security.

China urges diplomacy in Iran, North Korea nuke rows (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:32 AM PDT

Reuters - China stuck to its "hands-off" line for resolving international disputes on Wednesday, calling for diplomatic approaches and respect of sovereignty in hotspots from Myanmar to Iran and North Korea.

Rio Tinto says China has no case against exec (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:59 AM PDT

An employee walks out of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto's offices in Shanghai, Aufust 12. China said Wednesday it had formally arrested four Rio Tinto employees suspected of industrial espionage and bribery, a decision which the miner saw as a AFP - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Wednesday said China's move to "downgrade" the case against a detained executive by formally arresting him on lesser charges showed there was no evidence against him.

Factory closes after 300 kids sickened in China (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 12:44 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in northern China have shut down a smelter after it was found to have caused lead poisoning that sickened more than 300 children, state media reported on Wednesday.

China accuses US of protectionism in tire case (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 09:22 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese trade official said Wednesday that a U.S. complaint about China's tire exports smacks of protectionism and appealed to Washington to avoid taking steps that might harm relations.

China seeks more arrests in Rio Tinto case: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 07:41 PM PDT

A construction worker walks past steel rods at a building site in Shanghai. Chinese investigators have asked for permission to arrest a number of local steel executives suspected of handing commercial secrets to mining giant Rio Tinto, state media said Wednesday.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Chinese investigators have asked for permission to arrest a number of local steel executives suspected of handing commercial secrets to mining giant Rio Tinto, state media said Wednesday.

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