2009年11月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Obama to raise human rights with China's Hu: official (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 03:21 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he presides over a ceremony at Yid-Gha-Choezin in Tawang, in the northwestern corner of Arunachal Pradesh state. President Barack Obama will directly raise human rights with Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, after being criticized for not meeting Tibet's spiritual leader Dalai Lama before visiting Beijing.(AFP/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - President Barack Obama will directly raise human rights with Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, after being criticized for not meeting Tibet's spiritual leader Dalai Lama before visiting Beijing.


Obama says will raise currency topic with Chinese (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he plans to raise the issue of the yuan currency with Chinese officials when he meets with them in Beijing next week.

US urges China fair trials after executions (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:18 PM PST

This October 2009 television grab from taken from the Central Television of China (CCTV) channel news shows a line up of defendants (orange tops) next to security officers during a trial over the July, 2009 ethnic unrest at the Urumqi court. The United States urged China Monday to ensure transparent and fair trials after Beijing said it executed 9 people over ethnically charged violence in Urumqi.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - The United States urged China Monday to ensure transparent and fair trials after Beijing said it executed nine people over ethnically charged violence in the far-western city of Urumqi.


China executes nine over Xinjiang unrest (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:45 PM PST

This television grab from taken from Central Television of China (CCTV) news on October 15 shows defendants at a trial over the ethnic unrest in China's northwest Xinjiang region. China has executed 9 people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region, regional authorities have said in the first executions since the violence in July.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - China said Monday it had put to death nine people involved in deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region, the first executions since the violence erupted in July.


9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:54 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, July 7, 2009, Uighur women grab a police officer as they protest in front of journalists visiting the area in Urumqi, China. Nine Uighurs have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, the official China News Service reported Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.


Top editor leaves China's boldest news magazine (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:15 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, an issue of the Caijing Magazine is seen at a newsstand in Beijing. Hu Shuli, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Chinese magazine known for pushing boundaries with the country's censors and chasing stories that could embarrass the government, resigned Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, amid friction with her publisher, colleagues and the magazine said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - The editor-in-chief of a hard-driving Chinese magazine that tackled tough subjects such as corruption, pollution and worker's rights resigned Monday, casting doubt over prospects for greater media independence.


China's aid pledges draw African nations (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 08:38 AM PST

A farmer harvests wheat near the Tunisian city of Bizerte. China's pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egypt ended on Monday.(AFP/File/Fethi Belaid)AFP - China's pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egypt ended on Monday.


China executes nine over Xinjiang riots: report (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 06:18 AM PST

A frame grab taken from footage shot on October 14, 2009, shows defendants, involved in ethnic riots in far western Xinjiang region in July, during their trial in Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TVReuters - China has executed nine people convicted of violent crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region in July, the first to be put to death over the unrest, the China News Service said Monday.


China executes nine over Xinjiang unrest: govt (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:01 AM PST

This television grab from taken from Central Television of China (CCTV) news on October 15 shows defendants at a trial over the ethnic unrest in China's northwest Xinjiang region. China has executed 9 people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region, regional authorities have said in the first executions since the violence in July.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - China has executed nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region, regional authorities said Monday, the first executions since the violence in July.


GM's China 2009 sales pass 1.5m units (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 04:23 AM PST

A just-married Chinese couple pictured next to a General Motors Cadillac car in Hangzhou in October. US auto giant General Motors said Monday it had extended its record sales streak in China, selling more than 1.5 million units this year in contrast to weak sales at home since exiting bankruptcy.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - US auto giant General Motors said Monday it had extended its record sales streak in China, selling more than 1.5 million units this year in contrast to weak sales at home since exiting bankruptcy.


China October auto sales up 72 percent on stimulus (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 03:54 AM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, a man pushes a cart through a traffic jam in Guangzhou, in south China's Guangdong province. China's auto sales soared 75 percent in October from a year earlier, boosted by tax cuts and incentives as part of Beijing's stimulus, according to data reported Monday. (AP Photo)AP - Powered by tax cuts and stimulus spending, China's October auto sales soared 72 percent from a year earlier, outpacing U.S. sales for another month, according to data reported Monday.


China praises U.S. trade panel for rejecting probe (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:07 AM PST

A laborer sits on steel pipes at a steel market in Hefei, Anhui province November 6, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China on Monday praised a U.S. trade panel's decision to reject an investigation into imports of Chinese steel fasteners, saying it was the "correct judgment."


Binge drinking kills 3rd China official this year (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST

AP - A Communist Party official in China has died from excessive drinking, the third such alcohol poisoning case that highlights the problems of a drinking culture connected with government and business work, an official newspaper reported Monday.

China media should boost party image, official says (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:23 PM PST

File photo of top Communist party official in China Li Changchun, who has urged the country's state media to expand its footprint overseas and called on journalists to do more to burnish the image of the nation's leaders.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - A top Communist party official in China has urged the country's state media to expand its footprint overseas and called on journalists to do more to burnish the image of the nation's leaders.


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