2009年12月10日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Chinese car market overtakes that of United States (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 02:10 PM PST

A couple look at a car on display for sale at a second hand car market in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. China has overtaken the U.S. as the world's biggest market for automobiles, the first time any other country has bought more vehicles than the nation that produced Henry Ford, the Cadillac and the minivan. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China has overtaken the U.S. as the world's biggest market for automobiles, the first time any other country has bought more vehicles than the nation that produced Henry Ford, the Cadillac and the minivan.


Chinese biopharma China Nuokang drops in debut (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:53 PM PST

AP - Shares of China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. fell nearly 4 percent in their trading debut Thursday after pricing at $9 per American depositary share, below their expected range.

Fast-growing Christian churches crushed in China (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:16 AM PST

AP - Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of China's coal country.

China slaps duties on U.S., Russian steel (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:11 AM PST

Reuters - China, the world's biggest steel consumer, said it will impose anti-dumping duties of up to 25 percent on specialized steel imports from Russia and the United States, stepping up a trade row with Washington.

Three detained in China for tainted milk powder: state media (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:07 AM PST

A police vehicle is parked beside journalists gathered around a group of tearful parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk during a media briefing held on a Beijing sidewalk in January 2009. Police in China have detained three people for selling more than five tonnes of chemical-tainted milk powder, state media said, in a case echoing last year's massive contaminated dairy scandal.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Police in China have detained three people for selling more than five tonnes of chemical-tainted milk powder, state media said Thursday, in a case echoing last year's massive contaminated dairy scandal.


3 detained in China over tainted milk concerns (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:05 AM PST

A police vehicle is parked beside journalists gathered around a group of tearful parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk during a media briefing held on a Beijing sidewalk in January 2009. Police in China have detained three people for selling more than five tonnes of chemical-tainted milk powder, state media said, in a case echoing last year's massive contaminated dairy scandal.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - Police in China have detained three people suspected of selling tons of milk powder tainted with an industrial chemical, a year after more than 300,000 children were sickened in a massive milk safety scandal.


Gold miners held over damage to China's Great Wall (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 07:26 AM PST

AP - Police in China have detained two gold miners accused of causing serious damage to one of the oldest sections of the Great Wall, state media said Thursday.

China detains three in new toxic milk scare (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:26 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese police have detained three people suspected of selling milk powder tainted with melamine, state media said on Thursday, the industrial chemical involved in a massive toxic food scandal last year.

China renews opposition to US arms sales to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:39 AM PST

AP - China reasserted its opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan on Thursday, signaling possible tensions in ties just three weeks after a state visit by President Barack Obama.

China says opposed to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:36 AM PST

A man walks past a torpedo on display outside the Taiwan Armed Forces Museum in Taipei December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - China warned against any new U.S. arms transfers to Taiwan on Thursday, a day after an Obama administration official said Washington was weighing fresh sales to the disputed island, including submarines.


China slaps penalties on US, Russian steel (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 12:39 AM PST

A port worker signals for an overhead crane operator to hoist a huge coil of steel at a port in New Jersey. China said Thursday it will impose penalties on steel imported from the US and Russia, claiming the countries were allowing it to be sold at a cut price.(AFP/File/Tom Mihalek)AFP - China said Thursday it will impose penalties on steel imported from the United States and Russia, claiming the countries were allowing it to be sold at a cut price.


China extends, adjusts pro-consumption policies (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST

AP - China has moved to support its economic recovery by extending tax cuts and subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances, while adjusting some measures to counter rising property prices.

Turkmen-China gas pipeline nearly operational (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:40 PM PST

AP - A natural gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan and China is nearly operational and President Hu Jintao will attend an inauguration ceremony during a visit to the central Asian nation this weekend, a senior Chinese diplomat said Thursday.
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