2009年11月26日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China executes 2 men for abducting, selling children (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:28 PM PST

Reuters - China executed two men who abducted and sold children, some of whom still cannot find their parents, the official news agency said, reflecting growing public anger over the grim trade.

Group: Chinese overinvestment could strain trade (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:52 AM PST

AP - China's stimulus spending has fueled massive overexpansion in industrial capacity that could drive a surge in low-priced exports amid weak global demand, possibly igniting a protectionist backlash abroad, a European business group warned Thursday.

China's Internet buzzing over woman in black (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:25 AM PST

File - In this Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Wang Zifei, is seen at far right in the third row in the background while listening to President Barack Obama, left, answer questions during his town hall meeting at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Shanghai, China. Wang has become China's version of the 'Obama Girl,' as online forums gushed over her beauty and poise. Even a week after Obama left China, the buzz about Wang is still going strong. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - While President Barack Obama talked about Internet rights during his visit to China, the Internet here talked about a mystery woman in black.


China house church leaders sentenced (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:53 AM PST

AP - A court in northern China has sentenced five leaders of an unauthorized Protestant church to prison terms of up to seven years on charges including illegal assembly, rights groups reported Thursday.

China Christians jailed in church row: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:42 AM PST

A court in northern China has sentenced five church leaders to up to seven years in prison after they tried to stop their place of worship being torn down, their lawyer has said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A court in northern China sentenced five church leaders to up to seven years in prison after they tried to stop their place of worship being torn down, their lawyer said Thursday.


Fear of low China target casts cloud over climate talks (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST

Reuters - China is preparing to unveil a target to curb carbon emissions ahead of a major climate summit in Copenhagen next month, but experts and negotiators worry Beijing's much-anticipated figure may disappoint.

China urges boost to natural gas output, imports (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:08 PM PST

Natural gas is stored in Lishan, southwest China's Sichuan province. China has urged its big three energy producers to boost gas imports and output after a supply shortfall hit many parts of the country during an unusually early cold snap.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China has urged its big three energy producers to boost gas imports and output after an ongoing shortfall during an unusually early cold snap forced many cities to cut off supply to businesses.


China mine disaster toll hits 108: state media (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:56 PM PST

A relative cries following the funeral of one of the miners killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Hegang in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. Rescuers have recovered the corpse of the last person missing after the explosion, bringing the death toll to 108, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Rescuers have recovered the corpse of the last person missing after an explosion in a coal mine in northeastern China, bringing the death toll to 108, state media reported on Thursday.


State-run magazine reports on black jails in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, a man walks through a former black jail where a young woman says she was raped while being illegally detained in Beijing, China. A large-scale system of secret detention centers set up in Beijing where Chinese citizens are held, forcibly restrained and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government. Two articles, published Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, are prominently displayed on the opening page of Xinhua's Web site. Calling the extensive network of secret jails a 'gray industrial chain,' the articles say their existence 'damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image.', but the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that the unofficial jails don't exist. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.


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