2009年10月31日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Bridge opens China's 'last virgin island' for development (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT

The bird sanctuary facilities built on the wetlands surrounding the Dongtan Eco-City project on Chongming Island near Shanghai in 2007. China on Saturday opens a new bridge over the Yangtze that will pave the way for rapid development of the country's AFP - China on Saturday opens a new bridge over the Yangtze that will pave the way for rapid development of the country's "last virgin island," Chongming -- now just an hour's drive from booming Shanghai.


Cycling in Chinese city is anything but leisurely (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

This Oct. 13, 2009 photo shows Associated Press reporter William Foreman, left, biking on the streets of Guangzhou in southern China. Throngs of cyclists are an iconic image for China, but they are having a harder time on the roads as a swelling middle class switches to cars.  Still, cycling is worth the risks for the opportunities it offers to take the pulse of a rapidly changing society. (AP Photo)AP - A friend sent me a YouTube link to a video called "Insane Cycling — New York City." I clicked on it, hoping to glean a few tips for my own cycling on the anarchic streets of China.


Father of China's space tech program dies at 98 (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:33 AM PDT

AP - Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.

"Father" of China's space program dies aged 98 (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 01:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen, widely considered the father of the country's nuclear missile and space program, has died at the age of 98, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.

China rejects EU criticism of Tibet executions (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:10 AM PDT

A pro-Tibet supporter is seen during a peace protest earlier this year in Barcelona. China has hit back at European Union criticism of the execution of two Tibetans over unrest in the Himalayan region last year and warned Europe not to interfere in the issue.(AFP/File/Josep Lago)AFP - China has hit back at European Union criticism of the execution of two Tibetans over unrest in the Himalayan region last year and warned Europe not to interfere in the issue.


China sees rocky export rebound, shrinking surplus (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:17 PM PDT

Reuters - China's exports face a "hard and tortuous" path to recovery as uncertainties dog the global economy's gradual return to health, with this year's trade surplus set to shrink from last year's record, the Commerce Ministry said.

Bus plunges into valley in China, killing 13 (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT

AP - A bus plunged into a valley along a mountainous road in China's northern Shanxi province, killing 13 people and injuring at least 40 others, local police and the country's official news agency said Saturday.
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