2009年12月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Annual income of Chinese farmers hits record high: media (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST

Chinese farmers pack garlic at a wholesale market in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province, on December 8. The average annual income of Chinese farmers hit a record 5,000 yuan (732 dollars) this year as increased demand for migrant workers saw more money sent back to rural areas, state media reported Monday.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - The average annual income of Chinese farmers hit a record 5,000 yuan (732 dollars) this year as increased demand for migrant workers saw more money sent back to rural areas, state media reported Monday.

China set to execute Briton many say is unstable (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:16 PM PST

This undated handout photo taken in Warsaw, Poland and issued by Reprieve on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Akmal Shaikh a Briton scheduled to be executed in China for drug smuggling. Relatives made a last-minute plea for mercy Monday after visiting the man whom they say may be mentally ill. Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of three, was not aware that his execution had been scheduled for Tuesday, until his cousins told him. He would be the first citizen of a European country to be put to death in China in half a century. (AP Photo/Luis Belmonte Diaz/Reprieve, ho)AP - China says Akmal Shaikh is a drug smuggler and must be executed Tuesday morning. But family and acquaintances say the 53-year-old Briton is mentally unstable and was lured to China from a life on the street in Poland by men playing on his dreams to record a pop song for world peace.

China author set to sue Google over web book scan (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:39 AM PST

Chinese author Mian Mian, who shot to fame with lurid tales of sex, drugs and alcohol in the underworld, will sue Internet giant Google this week for copyright infringement, her lawyer said Monday.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Chinese author Mian Mian, who shot to fame with lurid tales of sex, drugs and alcohol in the underworld, will sue Internet giant Google this week for copyright infringement, her lawyer said Monday.

Cousins ask China to reprieve Briton facing death (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST

Nasir (R) and Soohail Shaikh, cousins of a British man due to be executed for smuggling drugs into China, speak to journalists as they arrive at Beijing airport December 28, saying they would appeal to China's President Hu Jintao in a last-ditch bid for clemency for the relative they say is mentally ill. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Cousins of a British man due to be executed for smuggling drugs into China made a last-ditch appeal to Chinese authorities for clemency for the relative they say is mentally ill.

China plant shuts after children poisoned by lead (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:44 AM PST

AP - Chinese authorities Monday started administering health checks on all children living near a battery factory in the south of the country and closed the plant after more than 40 children were found with lead poisoning.

Mine explosions kill 17 in China, 6 more trapped (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:03 AM PST

Map of China locating recent mine accidents. Seventeen coal miners have been killed and six others trapped in two gas explosions in China, state media, in the latest accidents to strike the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.(AFP/Graphic)AP - A coal mine explosion has killed 12 people in northern China, while five other miners were killed and six trapped in an accident in the southwest of the country, state media reported Monday.

China urges Hong Kong to heed democracy challenge (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:57 AM PST

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets to demand universal suffrage in Hong Kong November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuReuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday called on Hong Kong to handle political reform effectively, just as opposition democrats in the city planned fresh protests at the slow pace of change.

China targets political foes after dissident trial (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:43 AM PST

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds the court's official verdict outside the office of her husband's lawyer in Beijing December 25, 2009. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - A senior Chinese police official has vowed "pre-emptive attacks" against threats to Communist Party control, in a speech published days after the nation's most prominent dissident was jailed for criticizing the Party.

China discovers tomb of ancient legendary ruler (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:13 AM PST

This photo released by archaeologists from China's Henan cultural relic bureau shows the interior of a nearly 1,800-year-old tomb which was uncovered by Chinese archaeologists. Experts believe the tomb belonged to the legendary ruler Cao Cao, who was known as a cruel tyrant but also a cunning military strategist and poet.(AFP/HO)AFP - Chinese archaeologists believe they have found a nearly 1,800-year-old tomb belonging to the legendary ruler Cao Cao, who was known as a cruel tyrant but also a cunning military strategist and poet.

China mine blasts kill 17 (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:24 AM PST

Map of China locating recent mine accidents. Seventeen coal miners have been killed and six others trapped in two gas explosions in China, state media, in the latest accidents to strike the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Seventeen coal miners have been killed and six others trapped in two gas explosions in China, state media said Monday, in the latest accidents to strike the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.

China police order strikes against state enemies (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST

Workmen maintain security surveillance cameras in Beijing. A top police official in China has ordered pre-emptive strikes against perceived threats to social order in a speech published Monday, just days after a key political dissident was jailed.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A top police official in China has ordered pre-emptive strikes against perceived threats to social order in a speech published Monday, just days after a key political dissident was jailed.

China finds likely tomb of 3rd century general (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:56 PM PST

AP - Chinese archaeologists have found what could be the tomb of Cao Cao, a skillful general and ruler in the 3rd century who was later depicted in popular folklore as the archetypal cunning politician.

China likely to become top global exporter in 2009 (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:28 PM PST

File photo shows a container truck driver checking the manifest after his vehicle is loaded with a container at Tianjin port, China. China is likely to overtake Germany as the world's largest exporter in 2009, despite a sharp fall in shipments as the global downturn took its toll, a high-ranking trade official has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China is likely to overtake Germany as the world's largest exporter in 2009, despite a sharp fall in shipments as the global downturn took its toll, a high-ranking trade official has said.

China says ship crew rescued from Somali pirates (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:15 PM PST

Reuters - The crew of a Chinese ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October was safely rescued, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, making no mention of a reported ransom payment.

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