2009年9月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

US view of China's military threat 'groundless': state media (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers drive past after an exercise in counter terrorism at a media event on the outskirts of Beijing in July 2009. Washington's view that China's increasingly advanced weaponry could undermine US military power in the Pacific were AFP - Washington's view that China's increasingly advanced weaponry could undermine US military power in the Pacific were "groundless and irresponsible," China's defence ministry said Thursday.

Nine die as Typhoon Koppu hits China (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk down the stairs of a metro station during a heavy rain in Shanghai. Nine people died and nine others were missing after Typhoon Koppu slammed into south China, causing torrential rain, mudslides and an oil spill, the government and state media said Thursday.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Nine people died and nine others were missing after Typhoon Koppu slammed into south China, causing torrential rain, mudslides and an oil spill, the government and state media said Thursday.

Chinese car maker BYD aiming to zoom past Toyota (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2009 file photo, a model poses next to Chinese auto maker BYD's S8 Convertible at the Shanghai International Auto Show in Shanghai, China. Fast-growing Chinese battery and automaker BYD Co. aims to become China's top automaker by 2015 and to overtake Toyota Motor Co. to become the industry leader by 2025, company officials say. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - Fast-growing Chinese battery and automaker BYD Co. is thinking big — really big. It aims to overtake Toyota Motor Co. to become the global auto leader in under two decades, company officials say.

China anniversary puts security jitters on show (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:29 AM PDT

A paramilitary guard stands outside the Xinhua Gate of the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, the residence of Chinese President Hu Jintao, in front of a sign that reads 'Serve the People' located in the centre of Beijing September 17, 2009. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - The Chinese government is flooding Beijing with armed police and up to one million security "volunteers" to head off any unrest over October's sensitive anniversary of 60 years of Communist Party rule.

China reports 9 dead, 9 missing from typhoon (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:55 AM PDT

AP - Chinese state media say nine people have been killed and nine others are missing after Typhoon Koppu roared into the southern province of Guangdong.

China, Russia navies on joint anti-piracy patrols (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:42 AM PDT

AP - The Russian and Chinese navies have joined forces in anti-piracy patrols off the Somali coast and will stage joint exercises this week, Chinese state media said Thursday.

Soy dumping claim fizzles in U.S.-China trade row (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:51 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S.-Chinese trade row threatened to spill over into soybeans on Thursday when a government researcher said U.S. beans were being dumped in China.

Stiff sentences over Xinjiang needle attacks (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:34 AM PDT

This photo from September 3 shows Han Chinese protesting in the restive city of Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang region. A Chinese court has convicted four more people over a wave of needle attacks blamed on separatists in the mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang, handing down jail terms of up to 15 years.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - A Chinese court on Thursday convicted four more people over a wave of needle attacks blamed on separatists in the mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang, handing down jail terms of up to 15 years.

4 convicted in 2nd trial in China needle attacks (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:44 AM PDT

AP - A court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced four men accused of jabbing a pedestrian with a hypodermic needle to prison terms of eight to 15 years on Thursday, as authorities move swiftly to assuage panic over a string of such attacks.

China says will push space programme to catch up West (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:26 AM PDT

Visitors take photos during an exhibition on AFP - China said Thursday its rapidly growing space programme was the crowning achievement of the nation's high-tech transformation and pledged to continue to develop it to close the gap with Western countries.

China PM likely to visit North Korea in October (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:48 AM PDT

State Councilor of the People's Republic of China Dai Bingguo delivers his part of a joint statement after the first meeting of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will likely visit North Korea early next month, South Korea's foreign minister said on Thursday as senior Chinese officials hold talks in Pyongyang amid efforts to jump-start nuclear negotiations.

China picks first female astronaut candidates (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 10:36 PM PDT

AP - China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training program less than a year after the country completed its first spacewalk.

China's "cancer villages" bear witness to economic boom (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 05:25 PM PDT

Reuters - One needs to look no further then the river that runs through Shangba to understand the extent of the heavy metals pollution that experts say has turned the hamlets in this region of southern China into cancer villages.

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