2009年12月21日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Chinese man gets 12 years for killing rare tiger (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:38 PM PST

AP - A court has sentenced a man to 12 years in jail for killing a rare tiger in southwestern China.

China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:26 PM PST

Reuters - China has sought a WTO probe into U.S. duties on Chinese-made tires but was stymied for now by U.S. objections, state media said, the latest in a series of disputes between the two economic giants to reach the global trade umpire.

China thanks Cambodia for expulsions (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:40 PM PST

AP - Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping thanked Cambodia on Monday for deporting 20 Muslim asylum-seekers while handing the country $1.2 billion in aid , the government spokesman said.

China blasts claim it 'hijacked' climate talks (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST

Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband listens to a question during a Q&A event on the Copenhagen Summit at a conference center in London, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - China dismissed Tuesday a British editorial accusing it of "hijacking" the U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen as baseless and politically motivated.


China will target 8 pct growth in 2010: minister (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:18 PM PST

A growing skyline of new buildings in Beijing stands before Ritan Park where people are gathered in a traditional Chinese pavilion atop a hill, on September 2009. China will target eight percent economic growth next year as the government maintain's pro-growth policies aimed at fighting the global turn-down, a top minister said Monday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will target eight percent economic growth next year as the government maintain's pro-growth policies aimed at fighting the global turn-down, a top minister said Monday.


UK officials: China sets execution date for Briton (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST

AP - China plans to execute a British man convicted of drug smuggling before the end of the year, officials said Monday, ignoring a personal appeal from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to spare the man's life.

Deported Uighurs told UN of fears of China return (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:08 AM PST

In this Wednesday, July 15, 2009  photo, a Uighur ethnic minority man looks at a poster that reads 'Don't forget the party's kindness. Don't forget the warmth of the motherland. Don't forget the struggles of each minority group' in the town's market Bazaar in the city of Hotan, China, . A propaganda campaign to promote ethnic unity by the Han Chinese is in full throttle . The message  'We all belong to the same family' is falling flat among Uighurs in this former caravan stop on the edge of the Taklamakan desert, far from last week's ethnic rioting. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - Ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated over the weekend had warned the U.N. refugee agency they feared long jail terms or even the death penalty if they were sent back to China, according to statements seen Monday by The Associated Press.


China envoy's Taiwan visit stirs backlash (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:24 AM PST

Chen Yunlin, left, chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, raises a toast with chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation Chiang Pin-kung, during dinner on the first day of cross strait negotiations in Taichung, central Taiwan, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - A senior Chinese envoy's visit to Taiwan for trade talks has sparked a backlash among critics who fear the Taiwanese government's China-friendly policies are opening the door to eventual unification with the mainland.


France, China sign aviation, nuclear deals (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:51 AM PST

China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (right), his French counterpart Francois Fillon and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attend a signing ceremony for defence industries group Safran in Beijing. France and China have hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.(AFP/Pool/Peter Parks)AFP - France and China on Monday hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.


Cambodia tightens economic links with China (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:08 AM PST

Reuters - Cambodia signed 14 deals worth an estimated $850 million with China on Monday, two days after defying international pressure by deporting 20 ethnic Chinese asylum-seekers, underlining growing trade and diplomatic links.

Minister: China aims for 2010 GDP growth of 8 pct (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:57 AM PST

AP - China's government is targeting 8 percent growth next year as the global economy recovers, the country's industry minister said Monday.

France's Safran, GE win major deal to equip Chinese jet (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:47 AM PST

French aerospace and defence industries group Safran and US conglomerate General Electric have reached a multi-billion dollar deal to provide engines for China's new C919 passenger jet, Safran has said.(AFP/File/Franck Fife)AFP - French aerospace and defence industries group Safran and US conglomerate General Electric have reached a multi-billion dollar deal to provide engines for China's new C919 passenger jet, Safran said Monday.


Leading China dissident to be tried Wednesday: family (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 11:17 PM PST

This file photo taken on October 22, 2002 shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (L) and his wife Liu Xia in Beijing. Liu will be tried this week on subversion charges, his wife said Monday, more than a year after he was detained following his co-authoring of a bold pro-democracy petition.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo will be tried Wednesday on subversion charges, his wife and lawyer said, more than a year after he was detained following his role in a bold pro-democracy petition.


China gets Myanmar assurances on pipeline, border (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:34 PM PST

Reuters - Myanmar has given China political assurance over an important crude oil pipeline and promised to maintain stability along the border after unrest in August pushed thousands of refugees into the Chinese side.

China praises Cambodia as Uighurs deported (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:06 PM PST

Reuters - China will deal with 20 ethnic Uighurs who were deported from Cambodia over the weekend as illegal immigrants, praising relations with the Southeast Asian country as a model of good cooperation.

Kadeer slams deportation of Uighurs from Cambodia (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 07:34 PM PST

A woman passes a police road block in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region in September 2009. The deportation to China of 20 Uighurs who had sought refuge in Cambodia shows that Beijing's mistreatment of the mainly Muslim minority continues unabated, Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said Monday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - The deportation to China of 20 Uighurs who had sought refuge in Cambodia shows that Beijing's mistreatment of the mainly Muslim minority continues unabated, Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said Monday.


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