2009年9月1日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Myanmar refugee crisis in China begins to ease (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 08:40 AM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police, right, along with Chinese police officers, left, man a checkpoint before the China-Myanmar border gate in Nansan in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Myanmar refugees were heading home from China after the end of fighting between their government and an ethnic militia, but experts said the unrest's effects on relations between Beijing and Myanmar could be more lasting. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A refugee crisis on China's border with Myanmar eased on Tuesday, with Beijing saying Myanmar's ruling junta had pledged to restore stability to the area where its troops battled ethnic rebels last week.

EU parliament rights head calls for Uighur inquiry (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 08:19 AM PDT

Reuters - The head of the European Parliament's human rights committee backed a call on Tuesday for an independent international inquiry into deadly riots in northwest China's Xinjiang region in July.

Violent protests in China over sewage plant smell (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 06:55 AM PDT

AP - Protests drawing up to 10,000 people flared in eastern China over a powerful stench from a sewage treatment plant with 10 people hurt in clashes, residents and a human rights monitor said Tuesday.

Uighur leader Kadeer ready for talks with Beijing (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 06:04 AM PDT

Exiled Uighur leader Rabiya Kadeer, seen here at the EU headquarters in Brussels, has said she is prepared to hold direct talks with the Chinese authorities.(AFP/Georges Gobet)AFP - Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, accused by Beijing of fomenting violent unrest in Xinjiang province, said Tuesday she was prepared to hold direct talks with the Chinese authorities.

China, Turkey look to move past Xinjiang row (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 02:43 AM PDT

Protesters burn a Chinese flag during a demonstration in Istanbul's Beyazit Square in early July in the aftermath of the unrest in China's western Xinjiang region. Turkey has vowed to seek better ties with China, the foreign ministry has said, as the two sides look to mend fences after a row over Beijing's handling of the Uighur uprising.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkey has vowed to seek better ties with China, the foreign ministry here said, as the two sides look to mend fences after a row over Beijing's handling of unrest in mainly Muslim Xinjiang.

China manufacturing grows at fastest rate in 16 months (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:48 AM PDT

A worker transports building materials in Beijing in early August. Manufacturing in the country expanded for a sixth consecutive month in August, official figures released Tuesday showed, signalling the world's third largest economy is stabilising.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China's manufacturing activity expanded in August at its fastest pace in 16 months, two surveys released Tuesday showed, signalling the world's third largest economy is stabilising.

China tents dismantled as refugees return to Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:42 AM PDT

Reuters - China dismantled temporary housing for refugees from Myanmar on Tuesday as most headed back to homes and looted shops across the border in Kokang, where the Myanmar army fought an armed militia last week.

China manufacturing gains strength despite share gloom (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:36 AM PDT

An employee works in a Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group Company workshop in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Steven ShiReuters - China's vast manufacturing sector kept up its steady recovery last month, ignoring the gloom engulfing the Shanghai stock market, a pair of surveys showed on Tuesday.

China widens lead industry checks after poisonings (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:33 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 - China's Yunnan province is investigating possible lead poisoning in its capital city of Kunming, while smelter officials in its top lead producing city, Gejiu, are worried the provincial government may close local smelters with half a million tonnes of annual capacity.

Yuan spenders eclipse Russians, Arabs in London (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 10:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Gloom-defying shoppers from China are flocking to the luxury stores of London's West End, outspending Arab royalty, replacing Russia's departing super-rich and lifting spirits after nine months of recession.

Indonesian satellite launched from China misses orbit (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:54 PM PDT

Reuters - An Indonesian communications satellite launched from China failed to enter a preset orbit, state media reported, in another setback in China's efforts to market its space launch capability.

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