2009年11月2日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China refuses Canada canola extension request (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:42 PM PST

Reuters - China, Canada's top export market for canola seed last year, has refused a Canadian delegation's request to delay for six months a plan to reject Canadian canola with blackleg disease as of November 15, the Canola Council of Canada said on Monday.

China slams U.S. for sending Uighurs to Palau (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:42 AM PST

Reuters - China lashed out at the United States on Monday after the Obama administration sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau.

China manufacturing expands in October (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:36 AM PST

Shipping containers from China are stacked onto a cargo vessel at the Port of Miami. China's manufacturing activity continued to expand in October, as domestic and overseas demand strengthened and employment picked up, an independent survey has shown.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - China's manufacturing activity continued to expand in October, as domestic and overseas demand strengthened and employment picked up, an independent survey published Monday showed.


China military recruiters target college graduates (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:02 AM PST

AP - China is hoping to ease employment pressures from a flood of new college graduates by recruiting more of them into the military.

China chief says space arms inevitable: state media (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:44 PM PST

Visitors view Chinese-made rockets at the Beijing Military Museum. A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an AFP - A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an "historical inevitability", state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to weaponising outer space.


China rushes to clean up oil spill on Yangtze (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:38 PM PST

The Iranian-registered vessel identified as the Zoorik on the brink of capsizing, after running aground in heavy weather at the mouth of China's Yangtze river, near Shanghai on November 1.(AFP)AFP - Authorities in China rushed to clean up an oil spill at the mouth of the Yangtze River after an Iranian-registered ship ran aground in bad weather, state media said Monday.


Houses toppled as 4.9-quake hits southwest China: govt (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:30 PM PST

A seismologist looks at data showing an earthquake. A moderate earthquake hit southwest China Monday, injuring 28 people, toppling more than 1,000 houses, and killing hundreds of livestock, local authorities reported.(DDP/AFP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - A moderate earthquake hit southwest China Monday, injuring 28 people, toppling more than 1,000 houses, and killing hundreds of livestock, local authorities reported.


China says efforts ongoing to rescue hijacked ship (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST

A European Union naval force-issued image shows Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Hai off the east coast of Somalia. China said on Monday that efforts were ongoing to rescue the 25 crew members aboard the vessel hijacked last month by Somali pirates.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - China said on Monday that efforts were ongoing to rescue the 25 crew members aboard a cargo ship hijacked last month by Somali pirates, as Premier Wen Jiabao headed to Egypt for talks with African leaders.


Shanghai set to build Disneyland: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:11 PM PST

A girl looks at a billboard promoting Disneyland Hong Kong on a wall in Shanghai in August. The Chinese government could give the green light this week for a multi-billion dollar Disney theme park in Shanghai, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - The Chinese government could give the green light this week for a multi-billion dollar Disney theme park in Shanghai, a report said Monday.


China imposes duties on imported chemicals (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST

A chemical plant of Chinese energy giant CNOOC and Anglo-Dutch firm Shell petrochemical plant in Daya Bay in southern China. The country has imposed anti-dumping duties of as much as 35 percent on a chemical from the United States, in the latest tit-for-tat trade measure ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.(AFP/File/Laurent Fievet)AFP - China on Monday imposed anti-dumping duties of as much as 35 percent on a chemical from the United States, in the latest tit-for-tat trade measure ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.


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