2009年12月17日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China is willing to detail emission efforts (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST

AP - China says it is willing to provide details about its actions to control carbon emissions, moving to meet a key U.S. demand for verification of China's promises to fight global warming.

BHP-Rio tie-up 'a monopoly': China steel industry (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 07:07 AM PST

A woman walking past the headquarters of the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, in Melbourne. China's steel industry has said it AFP - China's steel industry said Thursday it "firmly opposes" BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's iron ore joint venture, branding it a "monopoly in disguise".


Shanghai Expo to show baby pandas at city's zoos (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:12 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, June 10, 2008, two pandas play at China Conservative and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, China's southwest Sichuan province. Ten giant panda cubs will be on display at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 at the city's zoos, giving tens of millions of Chinese and foreign visitors a glimpse at the highly endangered species. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)AP - Ten giant panda cubs will be on display at the Shanghai World Expo next year at the city's zoos, giving tens of millions of Chinese and foreign visitors a glimpse at the highly endangered species.


China central banker says harder to buy U.S. Treasuries (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:15 AM PST

An employee counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a Bank of China branch in Hefei, Anhui province October 16, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - It is getting harder for governments to buy U.S. Treasuries because the United States' shrinking current-account gap is reducing supply of dollars overseas, a Chinese central bank official said on Thursday.


China holds US engineer on trade secrets charge (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:45 AM PST

In this Jan. 27, 1998 photo released by Li Hong, Hu Zhicheng, second from left, an American automotive engineer,  stands with his colleagues at an event in N.J. Chinese police have detained Hu for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets, the latest case of vague secrecy laws being used against an American in China.   (AP Photo/Li Hong)AP - Chinese police have detained an American automotive engineer for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets — the latest case of vague secrecy laws being used against an American in China.


Chinese rules on home confiscations under attack (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:24 PM PST

Reuters - China's rules on the forced demolition of homes are under attack after a Beijing man set fire to himself to protest against confiscation of his family's home, while legal experts urged reforms to better protect residents.

China jails 11 over online games scam: state media (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:51 PM PST

File photo shows Chinese students playing online computer games at an internet cafe during their summer holidays in Hangzhou. A court in east China has handed down jail sentences of up to three years to 11 people for their roles in online gaming scams that netted them around 140,000 dollars, state media said.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - A court in east China has handed down jail sentences of up to three years to 11 people for their roles in online gaming scams that netted them around 140,000 dollars, state media said.


Deaths over housing lead to China reform call (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:19 AM PST

AP - Yue Xiyou died after trying to defend his fiancee's apartment from a wrecking crew. A woman named Tang Fuzhen protested another demolition by standing on the roof and setting herself on fire.
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