2009年11月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

U.S. yuan critics urge Obama keep campaign promise (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:26 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. critics of China's currency policy said on Wednesday they were skeptical of a hint from Beijing that it could soon let its yuan rise against the dollar again after an 18-month hiatus.

China hints at resumption of yuan appreciation (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:54 AM PST

An employee checks U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Hefei, Anhui province November 2, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China sent its clearest signal yet that it was ready to allow yuan appreciation after an 18-month hiatus, saying on Wednesday it would consider major currencies, not just the dollar, in guiding the exchange rate.

China's output, retail sales gather pace in October (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:07 AM PST

Chinese workers assemble vehicles at a production line in an auto factory in Hefei, 2008. China said that massive government spending was paying off as a new wave of data showed the world's third-largest economy continued to strengthen, following the worst global crisis in decades.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China said Wednesday that massive government spending was paying off as a new wave of data showed the world's third-largest economy continued to strengthen, following the worst global crisis in decades.

China industrial output,retail sales up in October (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:34 AM PST

Construction workers work at a building under construction Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 in Shanghai, China. China's retail sales and industrial output both jumped in October from the same month a year earlier, further signs that its economic recovery is firmly on track, the government said Wednesday. The key inflation rate, the consumer price index, was down 0.5 percent in October from the same month last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - The slump in China's exports eased last month as industrial output and retail sales rose sharply, the government said Wednesday, showing that recovery in the world's third-largest economy was firmly on track.

China to guide yuan with eye on major currencies (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:11 AM PST

An employee checks U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Hefei, Anhui province November 2, 2009. China will refer to changes in capital flows and fluctuations in the values of major currencies when guiding the value of the yuan, the central bank said on Wednesday, in a departure from past language. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China said on Wednesday it will consider major currencies in guiding the yuan, suggesting a departure from an effective dollar peg that has been in place since the middle of last year.

China mining co. accused of damaging Great Wall (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:03 AM PST

AP - A Chinese gold mining company is being investigated for causing serious damage to one of the oldest sections of the Great Wall of China.

Amnesty denounces China executions (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:18 AM PST

Armed Chinese security forces seen on patrol in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China has defended its handling of the executions of nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, saying the cases were dealt with AFP - Amnesty International condemned China's execution of nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its Xinjiang region, and expressed fears more could take place.

Playing with weather stirs debate in China (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST

Snow-covered bicycles are seen parked along a street in central Beijing, on November 10. Chinese scientists artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese scientists artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature.

Mixed figures on China's economy (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:08 PM PST

Pedestrians are seen entering a metro station in front of a shopping mall in Shanghai. The nation's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, fell 0.5 percent in October compared with the same month a year earlier, after falling 1.1 percent in the first nine months of the year.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Industrial production and retail sales picked up pace in China in October, while consumer prices continued to fall, according to official data.

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