2009年9月26日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Young Chinese opt for Red Guard look in weddings (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 24, 2009, Xu Shuo, a 26-year old dancer, left, and his partner Sun Fengqing, a 24-year old advertisement worker, right, walk up stairs for their Red Guard-style photo session at the 9th Channel Photo Studio in Hangzhou, China.  Two or three couples a week are having Red Guard-style wedding photos taken by the studio, at a cost of 2,000 Yuan (US $290), which is about the same as regular wedding portraits. The nostalgia about the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution comes even though it is still a taboo subject for open debate in China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Sun Fengqing is not getting married in a white dress, or even a traditional cheongsam. She's going to wear a green military outfit with a Red Star on her hat and a Mao Zedong badge — the uniform of the young Red Guard from China's Cultural Revolution.


China to build, launch satellite for Laos (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 08:59 AM PDT

Scale models of a Venezuelan satellite and its Chinese launcher on display at Venezuela's satellite control center at El Sombrero, Venezuela in 2008. China will build and launch a communications satellite for Laos, Chinese media reported Saturday, following similar ventures for Nigeria and Venezuela.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - China will build and launch a communications satellite for Laos, Chinese media reported Saturday, following similar ventures for Nigeria and Venezuela.


China lays first charges over Xinjiang riots (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:10 AM PDT

Paramilitary police in riot gear block a road at the centre of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 3, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China announced the first charges to be laid in connection with violent unrest in July that shook China's northwest region of Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs.


Beijing grounds pigeons for National Day celebrations (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:14 AM PDT

File photo of a child feeding pigeons in Beijing. Authorities in Beijing have ordered that pigeons remain in their birdcages on October 1 to prevent them disturbing celebrations to mark 60 years of communist rule.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Authorities in Beijing have ordered that pigeons remain in their birdcages on October 1 to prevent them disturbing celebrations to mark 60 years of communist rule.


Hong Kong publisher to issue banned China book (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:10 AM PDT

AP - A Hong Kong publisher best known for a memoir of the Chinese premier ousted for opposing a crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square is releasing a critique of authoritarian rule that is banned in mainland China.
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