2009年9月27日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Richest village in China a capitalist commune (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT

AP - Public loudspeakers in the central square blare the village anthem hourly: "If you want to see a miracle, come to Huaxi." Not that any reminders are needed.

Study says China quake a once in 4,000 years event (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:00 AM PDT

AP - China's devastating earthquake last year that left some 90,000 people dead or missing was caused by a geological event that occurs about once every 4,000 years, a study led by Chinese researchers said Sunday.

China to display upgraded missiles in Oct 1 parade (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT

Reuters - Upgraded missiles will feature prominently in China's Oct 1 military parade which celebrates 60 years of Communist Party rule, the Xinhua news agency said, citing a commander of the service that controls nuclear weapons.

China official warns on "too fast" nuclear plans (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:12 AM PDT

Reuters - China may have to put the brakes on the construction of nuclear power plants to ensure the plants are safe, the country's top energy planning official told reporters on Sunday.

China launches probe into imports of US chicken (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 04:06 AM PDT

This photo taken Sept. 20, 2009 shows Parmesan-crusted Chicken Fingers. Keeping the oil low by 'oven-frying' and including a tasty, low calorie dipping sauce will make everyone happy at the dinner table. (AP Photo/Larry Crowe)AP - China on Sunday started investigating complaints that American chicken products are being dumped in China and are unfairly benefiting from subsidies, adding to a string of trade disputes with Washington.


China says industrial profits fell 10.6 percent (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 04:05 AM PDT

In this photo released by the official Xinhua news agency, top Communist Party of China and state leaders, in first row, Hu Jintao, center, Wu Bangguo, 4th right, Wen Jiabao, 4th left, Jia Qinglin, 3rd right, Li Changchun, 3rd left, Xi Jinping, 2nd right, Li Keqiang, 2nd left, He Guoqiang, 1st right, and Zhou Yongkang, 1st left, attend a meeting to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, in Beijing, China, on Sunday Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Huang Jingwen)AP - Profits at China's oil producers, steel makers and other major industrial companies fell 10.6 percent in the first eight months of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Sunday.


China: complaints on US chicken dumping justified (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:26 AM PDT

A shopper buys chicken wings at a supermarket in Beijing. China said Sunday it had grounds to start a formal anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into American chicken meat imports, as tensions persist following President Hu Jintao's visit to the US.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China said Sunday it had grounds to start a formal anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into American chicken meat imports, as tensions persist following President Hu Jintao's visit to the US.


China formally begins probe into U.S. chicken parts (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:58 PM PDT

Reuters - China on Sunday formally launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into chicken parts imports from the U.S., two days after U.S. lawmakers agreed to end a gag order that prevented the U.S. from even considering importing Chinese cooked poultry.

Lead poisons 121 children in eastern China (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:46 PM PDT

Some of the children from Hengjiang village in Wugang city who are suffering from high lead levels in their blood pose at the Hunan Preventian and Treatment Institute in Changsha in August 2009. China vowed to crack down on heavy metal polluters after officials confirmed a new major lead poisoning outbreak had left 121 children with excessive levels of the metal in their blood.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - Medical tests have shown at least 121 children living near a battery plant in eastern China are suffering from lead poisoning, the latest in a recent string of such cases that have affected hundreds.


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

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:00 PM 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.


Memories of China's founding still vivid for some (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 07:45 PM PDT

National flags are hoisted in front of businesses on a shopping street in Beijing. China has launched a massive security operation for this week's National Day festivities amid rising social and ethnic unrest, and it continues to face criticism over its human rights record and lack of democratic politics.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Sixty years ago, 19-year-old Geng Zhifeng looked up in elation as revolutionary leader Mao Zedong stood on the Tiananmen rostrum and proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China.


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