2009年10月9日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


AP, News Corp bosses say pay up (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:12 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, shakes hands with The Associated Press President Tom Curley, center, at the opening ceremony of the World Media Summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. The leaders of two of the world's major news organizations said Friday that it is time for search engines and others who use news content for free to pay up. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The message from some of the world's leading news providers at the first Beijing international media summit was clear: It's time to demand payment for online use of content.


China tells US back off after Dalai Lama honored (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:45 AM PDT

The 14th Dalai Lama delivers remarks to an audience on October 7, at the 2009 Light of Truth Awards held by The International Campaign for Tibet in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama on Friday congratulated President Barack Obama on joining him as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and called for the US leader to champion AP - China on Friday accused the United States of meddling in its domestic affairs after the American lawmakers recognized the Dalai Lama with an award for his efforts to improve human rights.


China exceeds 8% growth by end-Sept: official (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:27 AM PDT

A Chinese worker walks past a billboard along a construction site in Shanghai. The chairman of the China's banking regulatory commission has been quoted as saying that China's economic growth rate exceeded 8% by the end of September.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China's economic growth rate exceeded eight percent by the end of September, the chairman of the country's banking regulatory commission was quoted as saying on Friday.


26 die in latest China mine accident (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:56 AM PDT

In this Thursday Oct. 8, 2009 photo released by the Xinhua news agency, shown is a tin ore mine operated by the Shanxing Antimony Industry Co., Ltd in Leishuijiang, in China's Hunan province. The collapse of two elevators in the tin ore mine in central China has killed 26 men and injured five others in the latest accident to hit the country's dangerous mining industry. (AP Photo/Xinhua)AP - The collapse of two elevators in a tin ore mine in central China has killed 26 men and injured five others in the latest accident to hit the country's dangerous mining industry, an official said Friday.


General Motors says China sales set new record (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, a Hummer H2 vehicle is seen for sale at a GM Superstore in Dublin, Calif.  A person briefed on the matter on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 said General Motors Co. is expected to sign a deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer as early as Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file)AP - General Motors Co. said Friday it set a sales record in China in September and total sales for the first nine months of the year rose 55 percent to nearly 1.3 million vehicles.


China pledges to protect foreign media (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 1, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with China's President Hu Jintao at Winfield House in London. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Hu Jintao pledged Friday that Beijing would protect the rights of international news organizations reporting in China.


GM's China sales hit record high in September (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:47 PM PDT

US auto giant General Motors, struggling to boost sales at home after emerging from bankruptcy, said Friday that sales in China, the world's biggest car market, hit a record high in September.(AFP/File/Patrick Hertzog)AFP - US auto giant General Motors, struggling to boost sales at home after emerging from bankruptcy, said Friday that sales in China, the world's biggest car market, hit a record high in September.


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