2009年8月15日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Hundreds of workers protest at Chinese steel plant: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 10:05 AM PDT

A steel worker watches over a furnace at an iron-steel factory in China. Hundreds of workers protested Saturday at a steel plant in central China, eliciting a promise from the government to temporarily call off an unpopular privatisation plan, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Hundreds of workers protested Saturday at a steel plant in central China, eliciting a promise from the government to temporarily call off an unpopular privatisation plan, state media reported.


Steel workers in China protest plant purchase (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:51 AM PDT

A civilian takes a look at a weapon with a fixed bayonet held by Chinese security forces in Urumqi in July. Uighurs say the July unrest was touched off when Urumqi security forces responded violently to peaceful protests over a brawl at a factory in southern China that state media said left two Uighurs dead.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AP - Hundreds of steel workers in central China trapped a government official in their factory's office compound for four days, angry at the official's role in the state-run plant's privatization, the local government said Saturday.


China to start cutting carbon emissions in 2050: FT (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:33 AM PDT

People sit on a hilltop near a coal-fired power station on the outskirts of Beijing in 2008. China will start cutting its carbon emissions by 2050, its top climate change policymaker was quoted as saying in the Financial Times, the first time the nation has given a timeframe.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will start cutting its carbon emissions by 2050, its top climate change policymaker was quoted as saying in the Financial Times Saturday, the first time the nation has given a timeframe.


Chinese city cracks 14 gangs: govt (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:20 PM PDT

A view of China's southwestern city of Chongqing where police have cracked 14 gangs, some of them with high-level business ties, in a sweeping campaign against organised vice, according to the government.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Police in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing have cracked 14 gangs, some of them with high-level business ties, in a sweeping campaign against organised vice, the government said Saturday.


China fires nuclear power head after investigation (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:09 PM PDT

AP - The Chinese government fired the head of its nuclear power program after launching an investigation into allegations of corruption, state media said.
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