2009年12月3日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Air Canada gears up to expand service to China (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:40 PM PST

Reuters - Air Canada said on Thursday it plans to more flights between China and the two busiest Canadian hubs after Canada received "approved destination status," clearing the way for Chinese group tours to the country.

China should adapt to climate change: meteorologist (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 11:38 AM PST

Chinese herders walk on a dried-up reservoir in Gulang in northern China's Gansu province. The country's top meteorologist has warned climate change could cause AFP - China's top meteorologist has warned climate change could cause "incalculable" damage to the country and that efforts should focus on adapting to global warming rather than slowing it.


China, Canada sign environmental deal (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:07 AM PST

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (R) and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) toast during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Harper is in Beijing for a four-day visit that will include talks with top Chinese leaders as he bids to boost trade and turn around languishing ties.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Canada and China signed a series of agreements on areas including climate change on Thursday, during a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper aimed at jump-starting ties between the two countries.


China sentences five more to death over riots: state media (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 08:50 AM PST

A riot police officer on patrol in Urumqi in July 2009 following widespread deadly riots in the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang. A court in Xinjiang region sentenced five people to death on Thursday for murder and other crimes committed during deadly unrest in July, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A court in China's restive Xinjiang region sentenced five people to death on Thursday for murder and other crimes committed during deadly unrest in July, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.


China announces more death sentences for Xinjiang riot (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 06:49 AM PST

A policeman walks next to the wreckage of a destroyed car during a demonstration in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - A Chinese court on Thursday handed down a further five death sentences to people convicted of murder and other crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region in July in which almost 200 people died.


China sentences 5 more to death for Xinjiang riots (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:50 AM PST

China state TV-provided television grab from October 15 shows a defendant (orange top) accompanied by security officers during a trial over the July 2009 ethnic unrest in northwest China's Xinjiang region. The US has urged China to ensure fair trials after nine people were executed over ethnic riots in Xinjiang, throwing the spotlight on human rights ahead of President Barack Obama's Beijing visit(AFP/CCTV/File)AP - A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death Thursday for killing a police officer with a brick, kicking bystanders to death and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that rocked the western region of Xinjiang in July.


China busts huge crystal meth gang: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:09 PM PST

Police in southwestern China have busted 85 people suspected of manufacturing methamphetamines at eight illegal production labs and distributing the drug nationwide, state press have said.(AFP/File/Lui Jin)AFP - Police in southwestern China have busted 85 people suspected of manufacturing methamphetamines at eight illegal production labs and distributing the drug nationwide, state press said Thursday.


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