2009年8月31日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Obama golfs with trade envoy as China case looms (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Facing a September 17 deadline on whether to restrict tire imports from China, President Barack Obama Monday met with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk over a game of golf.

Chinese factories face surprising labor shortage (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 10:46 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, factory representatives put up boards marked with hiring details wait for job seekers at a street labor market in Xintang township near Guangzhou, in South China's Guangdong province. The labor crunch is another sign that the Chinese economy - the world's third largest - is bouncing back from the global downturn, invigorated by government stimulus spending and a flood of cheap bank loans. (AP Photo/William Foreman)AP - During the first half of this year, Yang Zongfu's blue jean factory had few customers. Now, as his business picks up, he can't find enough workers.

Myanmar refugees begin to return home from China (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 10:42 AM PDT

A Myanmar child runs past Chinese paramilitary police officers preparing to clean up the area at a temporary refugee camp set up in Nansan in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The number of refugees crossing into China to escape fighting in Myanmar fell to a trickle Monday as government forces appeared to have defeated an ethnic militia. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Myanmar refugees were heading home from China on Monday following the end of fighting between government troops and an ethnic militia, but some experts said the unrest could affect Beijing's relations with Myanmar.

Air pollution reducing 'good' rains in China: study (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 09:35 AM PDT

A tourist takes a photo across Victoria harbour of the polluted Hong Kong island skyline in January 2009. Air pollution has over the past 50 years led to a reduction of the light rainfall in China essential for the country's agriculture and water resources, a Chinese researcher said Monday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Air pollution has over the past 50 years led to a reduction of the light rainfall in China essential for the country's agriculture and water resources, a Chinese researcher said Monday.

GM China, China's FAW launch joint venture (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 05:14 AM PDT

AP - General Motors China and state-owned automaker FAW Group Corp. have launched a 2 billion yuan ($293 million) joint venture to make light-duty trucks and vans, initially for the fast-growing Chinese market.

China reports new lead poisoning case (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:38 AM PDT

A nine-month-old child who was diagnosed with having excessive lead in his blood is seen in his mother's arms at their home in a village in Wugang, Hunan province, August 24, 2009. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - More than 200 children living beside an industrial park in southwest China have been found to have excessive lead in their blood, state media said on Monday, in the third such case reported in the last month.

Myanmar refugees begin warily returning from China (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:17 AM PDT

A general view shows temporary tents set up for refugees from Kokang in Myanmar's Shan State at the border town of Nansan, China's Yunnan province, August 30, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Refugees who fled to China from armed clashes in northeast Myanmar began going back on Monday, overcoming worries about safety to return to shops and homes they feared would be looted.

China Southern H1 profit down 95.3 pct (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:35 PM PDT

Travellers pass through Terminal 3 of Beijing's Capital International Airport in early June. China Southern Airlines has said its first-half net profit dropped 95.3 percent from a year earlier due to the global swine flu outbreak and tougher competition.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China Southern Airlines has said its first-half net profit dropped 95.3 percent from a year earlier due to the global swine flu outbreak and tougher competition.

China faces 3rd case of kids' mass lead poisoning (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 10:52 PM PDT

AP - Two hundred children are suffering from lead poisoning in southwest China, the country's third such case of mass sickening in the past month, an official newspaper said Monday.

Chinese shares sink 5.4 pct on liquidity worries (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:43 PM PDT

AP - China's main share benchmark sank 5.4 percent in early trading Monday on heavy selling of market heavyweights triggered by renewed worries over a potential tightening of liquidity.

New China loans in August may drop: report (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:00 PM PDT

A Chinese bank teller counts 100 yuan notes at a bank in Shanghai. New loans in China may fall to less than 300 billion yuan (43.9 billion dollars) in August as banks further tighten lending amid concerns over bad loans and asset bubbles, Chinese media reported Monday.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - New loans in China may fall to less than 300 billion yuan (43.9 billion dollars) in August as banks further tighten lending amid concerns over bad loans and asset bubbles, Chinese media reported Monday.

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