2009年9月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Hu says China development faces 'new problems' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:22 PM PDT

President Hu Jintao, pictured in June 2009, said Sunday that China's rapid development faced AFP - President Hu Jintao said Sunday that China's rapid development faced "a series of new problems" including maintaining social stability, in a speech 10 days ahead of the sensitive National Day.


Young foreigners hunt jobs in China amid crisis (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:11 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, American Mikala Reasbeck smiles at a recruiting office in Beijing, China. When the best job Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work.


Beijing students protest teacher's detention (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT

AP - Nearly a hundred university students gathered outside a Beijing district police bureau Sunday to demand the release of a lecturer — a former leader of 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy demonstrations — who they believe is being held unfairly by authorities.

China's Hu says maintaining growth will be arduous (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 05:12 AM PDT

AP - China's President Hu Jintao said Sunday the country faces difficult challenges in maintaining stable economic growth and social stability, and called for efforts to strengthen unity among the people.

China: Profit at state companies down last year (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:27 AM PDT

AP - Profit at China's top state-owned companies fell 30 percent last year, hurt by the global financial crisis, but assets have increased.

Uighur film to show in Taiwan, angering China (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:25 AM PDT

Reuters - Taiwan's second-largest city said Sunday it would show a film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, further angering China which is still fuming about the Dalai Lama's recent visit to the island.

Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 02:04 AM PDT

A panda cub plays at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu in Sichuan province. Sixty of the creatures who were transferred to zoos around China after last year's devastating earthquake in the region destroyed their home are set to return in 2012, state media reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AP - Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.


China wants officials to disclose assets to party (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 11:57 PM PDT

AP - The top anti-graft body of China's Communist Party plans to require government officials to disclose details of their investments and information about their family members as part of an ongoing effort to curb corruption seen as a major threat to political stability.

China quake-hit pandas to return home: state media (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 11:12 PM PDT

A panda cub plays at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu in Sichuan province. Sixty of the creatures who were transferred to zoos around China after last year's devastating earthquake in the region destroyed their home are set to return in 2012, state media reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Sixty giant pandas who were transferred to zoos around China after last year's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province destroyed their home are set to return in 2012, state media reported.


China wants more transparency in anti-graft drive (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:24 PM PDT

Reuters - China's Communist Party wants more transparency from government officials in disclosing their assets, including overseas property and investments made by family members, the official Xinhua news agency said.

China hydropower to near double by 2020: state media (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:32 PM PDT

Tourists view the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province. China's hydropower capacity is expected to nearly double to 300,000 megawatts by 2020, state media said, as the nation powers ahead with the development of renewable energy sources.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's hydropower capacity is expected to nearly double to 300,000 megawatts by 2020, state media said, as the nation powers ahead with the development of renewable energy sources.


China spending to continue despite fears: experts (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:10 PM PDT

A construction worker on a buiding site in Shanghai. Despite fears of bubbles in China?s property and stock markets, Beijing will maintain its stimulus policies and pump more money into the economy until its manufacturing sector recovers, analysts say.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Despite fears of bubbles in China?s property and stock markets, Beijing will maintain its stimulus policies and pump more money into the economy until its manufacturing sector recovers, analysts say.


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