2009年8月28日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China Unicom in 3-year deal for Apple's iPhone (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT

A customer tries the Apple iPhone 3GS at the company's retail store in San Francisco, California June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Apple's iPhone will go on sale later this year in China, the world's largest mobile market, but its partner China Unicom (0762.HK) may find selling the phone carries its own burdens.


China holds National Day rehearsal parade (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 12:59 PM PDT

AP - Beijing closed down its streets overnight Friday in the heart of the city near Tiananmen Square as tens of thousands of people joined in the first dress rehearsal for China's 60th anniversary parade.

Myanmar fighting poses border challenge for China (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 10:15 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, refugees fleeing from Kokang in Myanmar arrive at the Chinese border town of Nansan in southern China's Yunnan province. Thousands of people have fled from northern Myanmar into China to escape fighting between a local militia, government troops and a breakaway faction, and are taking shelter in an uncompleted housing complex, area residents said Friday, Aug. 28. (AP Photo)AP - China has told Myanmar to put an end to fighting with an ethnic militia that has sent 10,000 people fleeing across their border, a strong response underscoring the communist country's concerns about potential instability.


China, U.S. may cooperate on world's biggest telescope (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 08:59 AM PDT

The proposed Thirty-Meter-Telescope, conceived and headed by the University of California and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in an undated image. REUTERS/TMT/HandoutReuters - Astronomers from China and the United States may cooperate on building the world's largest telescope aimed at providing deeper insight into the very early stages of the universe, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.


Myanmar fighting forces up to 30,000 to flee to China (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:39 AM PDT

Refugees from Kokang in Myanmar's Shan State wait to be placed in temporary housing by Chinese authorities at Nansan town in Zhenkang County in Yunnan province August 25, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Fresh fighting has erupted between Myanmar forces and an armed ethnic group in the remote northeast, forcing tens of thousands to flee across the border into China, activists and state media said on Friday.


China approves regular flights to Taiwan despite row (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 06:14 AM PDT

Ground crew members of TransAsia Airways prepare for the first cross-strait flight of the day from Taiwan to Shanghai, China, at the Taipei Songshan Airport December 15, 2008. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - China has authorized 16 airlines to operate regular direct flights to Taiwan, a sign that the Dalai Lama's upcoming visit to the island is unlikely to spoil warming ties.


Apple signs deal for China iPhone launch (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 04:42 AM PDT

A man displays an iPhone along a street in Beijing. US high-tech giant Apple and China Unicom on Friday announced they had reached a multi-year deal to launch the widely popular iPhone in the world's largest mobile market later this year.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China Unicom and US high-tech giant Apple on Friday announced they had reached a multi-year deal to launch the widely popular iPhone in the world's largest mobile market later this year.


China's Unicom to sell Apple's iPhones (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 03:51 AM PDT

Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Unicom speaks next to the screen showing the 3G iPhone at the company interim results announcement in Hong Kong Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumor about when the hit phone would make its long-delayed debut in the world's most populous mobile market.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumor about when the hit phone would make its long-delayed debut in the world's most populous mobile market.


China urges US to end military surveillance at sea (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 11:23 PM PDT

Handout photo issued by the US Navy shows a surveillance vessel which is part of the country's naval fleet. China has urged the US to end military surveillance operations in its coastal waters, but a US official said Friday that Washington's policies were unchanged.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - China has urged the United States to end military surveillance operations in its coastal waters, but a US official said Friday that Washington's policies were unchanged.


Strong quake hits northwest China: USGS (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:16 PM PDT

Map locating the epicentre of a 6.2-magnitude quake in which hit China's Qinghai province, Friday, according to the US Geological Survey.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck northwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, sending local officials scrambling to assess possible damage in the remote mining region.


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