2009年9月12日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China: Trade penalties will hurt US relations (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 05:02 PM PDT

Chinese workers seen near tires at a Chinese auto factory for buses in Beijing Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. China strongly opposed President Barack Obama's decision to impose punitive tariffs on imports of car and light truck tires calling it protectionism that violates World Trade Organization rules. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - President Barack Obama's decision to impose trade penalties on Chinese tires has infuriated Beijing at a time when the U.S. badly needs Chinese help on climate change, nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea and the global economy.


China blasts U.S. tire duties as protectionist blow (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 02:24 PM PDT

Reuters - China decried a U.S. decision to impose added duty on Chinese-made tires, saying the move sent a dangerous protectionist signal before a G20 summit and could stoke reactions impeding global recovery.

China slams US tire tariffs, threatens retaliation (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 11:03 AM PDT

Workers checks tires at a factory in Hangzhou in 2007. Beijing said a US decision to slap steep tariffs on imported Chinese tyres was AFP - Beijing said Saturday a US decision to slap steep tariffs on imported Chinese tires was "protectionist" and threatened retaliation in China's first trade spat with the Obama administration.


U.S. duties on China tires to enforce rules: W.House (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. decision to slap steep additional duties on tire imports from China is meant to enforce trade rules and not spark a trade war, the White House said on Saturday.

First convictions after syringe attacks in Xinjiang (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 08:54 AM PDT

Chinese troops march along a street of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang. A Chinese court has sentenced three people to up to 15 years' jail in the first convictions over a wave of syringe attacks blamed on Muslim separatists in the northwest region of Xinjiang.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - A Chinese court on Saturday sentenced three people to up to 15 years' jail in the first convictions over a wave of syringe attacks blamed on Muslim separatists in the northwest region of Xinjiang.


China sentences 3 to prison over needle attacks (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 04:04 AM PDT

Map of China locating Xinjiang's capital Urumqi. A Chinese court has sentenced three people to up to 15 years' jail in the first convictions over a wave of syringe attacks blamed on Muslim separatists in the northwest region of Xinjiang.(AFP Graphic)AP - A court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced three people to up to 15 years in prison Saturday in the first trials over a series of mysterious syringe attacks that led to mass protests against the local government.


China sentences suspects in far-west needle scare (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:13 AM PDT

Chinese women walk pass Chinese security forces as they secure a street in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 6, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - A court in far-west China has tried and sentenced three suspects accused of joining in an outburst of needle-stabbing that ignited sometimes deadly riots and deepened ethnic divisions in the tense frontier region.


China jails Xinjiang syringe attacker: report (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 01:54 AM PDT

Chinese troops march along a street of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang. A Chinese court has sentenced three people to up to 15 years' jail in the first convictions over a wave of syringe attacks blamed on Muslim separatists in the northwest region of Xinjiang.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - A teenager has been jailed for 15 years in Urumqi in the first legal action to be taken over a series of syringe attacks in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, state television reported Saturday.


Chinese police official 'probed for criminal links' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:16 PM PDT

A view of Chongqing is seen from across the banks of Yangtze River. Chen Honggang, the head of Chongqing highway police, is being investigated in a cleanup operation that began in June, in a preliminary step to legal proceedings, according to media reports.(AFP/File)AFP - A senior Chinese police official is being probed for alleged criminal links in the southwestern city of Chongqing, media reports said on Saturday.


US slaps punitive tariffs on Chinese tires (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:59 PM PDT

Workers checks tires at a factory in Hangzhou in 2007. Beijing said a US decision to slap steep tariffs on imported Chinese tyres was AFP - Barack Obama imposed punitive duties of 35 percent on Chinese-made tires, igniting the first trade spat of his presidency just weeks before hosting his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.


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