2009年9月11日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Uighur activist urges world to pressure China (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, gestures while former South African president Frederik de Klerk, left, shakes hands with president of the World Uyghur Congress Rebiya Kadeer, right, during an international peace conference held by Forum 2000 foundation in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/CTK, Michal Krumphanzl)AP - An exiled Uighur activist accused China on Friday of destroying the cultures of the country's minorities and urged democratic nations to force China to change its policies on minorities.


Emissions in parts of China 'above rich nations' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 07:49 AM PDT

British author Nicholas Stern speaks during the presentation of his latest book AFP - One of the world's top authorities on climate change warned on Friday that carbon emissions per person in parts of China were higher than in some developed countries.


China tainted milk parents mourn, seek support (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:31 AM PDT

A woman, whose child died from drinking tainted milk, holds a sign reading Reuters - Chinese parents wept at a memorial for babies poisoned by tainted milk powder, demanding support for sons and daughters still sick a year after the scandal broke and more research into long-term problems.


China FX diversification makes sense: U.S. official (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:25 AM PDT

Reuters - It makes sense for China to diversify its huge stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, the U.S. Treasury's economic and financial emissary to China said on Friday.

Police hold 9 over new Xinjiang needle attacks (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:10 AM PDT

A man rides a bicycle along a deserted street in Urumqi, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang in September. Nine suspects have been detained over alleged syringe attacks in three new places in China's Xinjiang region, after hundreds were stabbed in the flashpoint city of Urumqi, an official has said.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Nine suspects have been detained over alleged syringe attacks in three new places in China's Xinjiang region, after hundreds were stabbed in the flashpoint city of Urumqi, an official said Friday.


Needle attacks and rumors spread in China's Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:54 AM PDT

Front of the US State Department in Washington, DC. The State Department on Friday warned Americans to carefully weigh any travel to a Chinese province where tensions between Han Chinese and ethnic Uighurs have resulted in violent clashes.(AFP/Mike Theiler)Reuters - Mysterious needle attacks have spread to new cities in China's restive far-western region of Xinjiang, the China Daily said on Friday, although once again the assaults appear to be a mix of real and imagined.


China economy surprisingly strong; policy intact (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:42 AM PDT

An employee works at a textile factory in Shidian county, Yunnan province August 20, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Chinese industrial output and other economic data surprised on the upside in August, suggesting its recovery is on a solid course but not so strong that Beijing will need to hit the policy brakes anytime soon.


New needle attacks reported in Chinese cities (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:34 AM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police patrol through the center of the city in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Mystery needle attacks appeared to spread in China's far western region as authorities arrested nine new suspects in three cities, officials said Friday.


China says on track for 8% growth in 2009 (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:44 AM PDT

A construction worker at a buiding site in Shanghai.China said it was on track to achieve its target of eight percent economic growth in 2009 as a new flood of data suggested that massive stimulus spending was paying off.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China said Friday it was on track to achieve its target of eight percent economic growth in 2009 as a new flood of data suggested that massive stimulus spending was paying off.


UN climate chief: Big greenhouse gas cuts needed (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2008 file photo, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's press conference is telecast live on a mall screen during a day of severe air pollution in Beijing. Rich countries must commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if they want China and India to sign onto an accord to curb global warming, the top U.N. climate official said Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Rich countries must commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if they want China and India to sign onto an accord to curb global warming, the top U.N. climate official said Friday.


Obama faces tough choice on China tire duty case (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:28 AM PDT

A Chinese worker moves large tires at an assembly line for buses made by Chinese auto manufacturer Foton Motor Group in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. President Barack Obama faces a tough choice as he nears a deadline on whether to slap tariffs on a flood of Chinese tires entering the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - President Barack Obama faces a tough choice as he nears a deadline on whether to slap tariffs on a flood of Chinese tires entering the United States: Imposing duties could antagonize strategically important China; not doing so would anger Obama's union allies.


Nine held over new Xinjiang attacks: state media (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:25 AM PDT

A man rides a bicycle along a deserted street in Urumqi, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang in September. Nine suspects have been detained over alleged syringe attacks in three new places in China's Xinjiang region, after hundreds were stabbed in the flashpoint city of Urumqi, an official has said.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Nine suspects have been taken into police custody over alleged syringe attacks in parts of China's tense Xinjiang region, after hundreds were stabbed in Urumqi city, state media said Friday.


China new loans rebound in August: central bank (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 11:33 PM PDT

China's new loans rebounded in August, the central bank said Friday, beating expectations as lenders continued to pump money into the economic recovery effort, and easing fears of tighter credit.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China's new loans rebounded in August, the central bank said Friday, beating expectations as lenders continued to pump money into the economic recovery effort, and easing fears of tighter credit.


China's August industrial output, investment rise (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:12 PM PDT

In this Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 photo, workers labor at a steel mill in a village of Jiangyin city, Jiangsu Province, China. China's industrial output, investment and retail sales have improved in August, as stimulus spending and nascent recoveries in overseas markets helped boost demand. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China's recovery gained momentum in August as stimulus spending helped boost industrial output, investment and retail sales in the world's third-largest economy, offsetting a slump in exports.


China's exports, trade surplus fall in August (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2009 file photo, piles of containers are seen at Waigaoqiao Container Port in Shanghai, China.  Exports fell 23 percent to $103.7 billion in August, customs data released Friday Sept. 11, 2009, showed, while imports totaled $88 billion, down 17 percent year-on-year. China's overall trade surplus in August plunged 45 percent, to $15.7 billion.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China's exports languished in August, contracting 23 percent, increasing the onus on Beijing's massive stimulus spending to drive an economic recovery.


China says 'good foundations' for growth (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 07:57 PM PDT

Workers stand on scaffolding at a construction site in Beijing. Economic data for the first eight months of the year shows that China has created a AFP - Economic data for the first eight months of the year shows that China has created a "good foundation" to realise its goal of eight percent growth for 2009, a government spokesman said Friday.


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