2010年1月15日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China plays down Google dispute but U.S. concerned (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:11 PM PST

Reuters - China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, but the United States said it will formally express concern over the cyber attacks the Internet search giant said originated in China.

AP Enterprise: US buyers must beware in China (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:53 PM PST

Workers assemble jewelry at a small factor Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010 in Yiwu, China. Interviews with more than a dozen manufacturers and sellers in Yiwu confirm that the toxic metal cadmium is a common ingredient in the earrings, bracelets, charms and other baubles being churned out by local factories and piled high in city's wholesale markets. China's latest quality controversy erupted this week after an investigation by The Associated Press found that 12 of 103 pieces of Chinese-made children's jewelry bought in U.S. stores contained at least 10 percent cadmium, some in the 80-90 percent range. Two others were found to have less than 10 percent in laboratory tests and the rest had none. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - David Smith pushed a cart piled high with boxes of beads and other jewelry through a maze of shops at a wholesale market in southern China.


Police force first Mr Gay China pageant to close (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 09:22 AM PST

Simon Wang, a participant dressed up for Mr. Gay China pageant, poses for photographers even after the event was canceled by authorities in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Police canceled what would have been China's first gay pageant just an hour before it was to start Friday, the event's organizer said.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Police shut down what would have been China's first gay pageant on Friday an hour before it was set to begin, highlighting the enduring sensitivity surrounding homosexuality and the struggle by gays to find mainstream acceptance.


China faces tough challenge over Google dispute (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:55 AM PST

Chinese men are seen behind the window at the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - At a time when they wanted to focus on the economy, Chinese leaders face a surprise political challenge: A possible Google pullout that could anger China's public and embolden other companies to vent grievances.


China wins transparency praise with missile test (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST

AP - China's decision to go public just hours after this week's missile test shows the government has learned from calls to be more upfront and get its military, political leadership and diplomats on the same page.

U.S. to send formal message to China on Google case (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:31 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. State Department said on Friday it will soon give China a formal diplomatic message expressing its concern about cyber attacks that prompted Google Inc to threaten to pull out of China.

US to complain to Chinese about Google hacking (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 08:06 AM PST

AP - The State Department says it will lodge a formal complaint with Chinese officials next week about the hacking attacks on Google's e-mail service in China.

Hong Kongers protest high-speed rail link to China (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 07:20 AM PST

Protesters set up tents outside Hong Kong's legislative chamber Thursday, Jan, 14, 2010, as protesters pressuring lawmakers to vote down a $8.6 billion rail link to mainland China they say hasn't been properly scrutinized. Political analysts say the unusually heated debate over a seemingly uncontroversial project reflects discontent over the semiautonomous Chinese territory's lack of democracy. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - With Hong Kong's leader selected by pro-China figures and its legislature likewise dominated by allies, Beijing is used to key government proposals sailing through in the semiautonomous financial hub.


Chinese banks' bad loans down in 2009: CBRC (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 06:46 AM PST

Employees count yuan banknotes at a Bank of China branch in Changzhi, Shanxi province January 13, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Chinese commercial banks' non-performing loans fell by 62.98 billion yuan to 497.33 billion yuan ($72.85 billion) in 2009, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said in a statement on Friday.


China's foreign reserves rise to $2.4 trillion (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:07 AM PST

AP - China's foreign reserves, already the world's biggest, surged 24 percent last year to $2.4 trillion despite the global financial crisis, the central bank reported Friday.

China's population of Web users hits 384 million (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:44 AM PST

AP - China's population of Internet users, already the world's largest, soared nearly 30 percent last year to 384 million as the number of people surfing the Web by mobile phone more than doubled, a research group reported Friday.

Wife: Police hold leader of Chinese writers' group (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:57 AM PST

AP - Chinese authorities have detained the leader of an outspoken Chinese writers' group since Monday without giving any explanation, his wife said Friday.

Google search engine's future in China is unclear (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:52 AM PST

Google CEO Eric Schmidt listens to President Barack Obama speak during the House Democratic Caucus retreat at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Google Inc. is enjoying an avalanche of good will because of its threat to leave China over e-mail hacking attacks against dissidents.


China names new Tibet governor (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:43 AM PST

Chinese paramilitary police march in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. China named as its new Tibet governor a military veteran who vowed to ensure stability in the Himalayan region, two years after massive unrest prompted a huge security crackdown.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China on Friday named as its new Tibet governor a military veteran who vowed to ensure stability in the Himalayan region, two years after massive unrest prompted a huge security crackdown.


China tries to limit Google dispute fallout (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:26 AM PST

Chinese men are seen behind the window at the Google China headquarters building in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government Thursday said foreign Internet companies are welcome but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over Web censorship. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China tried Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors but giving no sign it might relax Internet controls.


Colleagues concerned about China rights lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:11 AM PST

Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese rights lawyer, is seen during an interview at his office in Beijing in November 2005. Chinese lawyers and a US-based rights group have demanded that police in the Chinese capital locate the legal campaigner who disappeared in September, seven months after being taken into custody.(AFP/File/Verna Yu)AFP - Chinese lawyers and a US-based rights group on Friday demanded that Beijing police locate a prominent attorney who disappeared in September, seven months after being taken into custody.


China appoints new governor in restive Tibet (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama releases the book 'The Buddhist Treasures of Gujarat' during an international seminar titled 'Buddhist Heritage' that opened in Vadodara, about 110 kilometers (69 miles) south of Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - China has appointed a former soldier as the new governor of restive Tibet, reasserting hardline policies toward the Himalayan region which two years ago witnessed the largest uprising against Chinese rule in decades.


Murray: US senators urge China action on currency (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:58 PM PST

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , chairperson of the United State-China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG), speaks to journalists in Shanghai, China, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. U.S. lawmakers urged China to tackle currency reforms, among other rankling trade issues, in talks with their Chinese counterparts that also included such contentious areas as Taiwan and Iran's nuclear program, Murray said Friday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - U.S. lawmakers urged China to tackle currency reforms, among other rankling trade issues, in talks with their Chinese counterparts that also included such contentious areas as Taiwan and Iran's nuclear program, Sen. Patty Murray said Friday.


China says December foreign investment doubles (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:22 PM PST

AP - Foreign direct investment in China more than doubled in December from a year earlier as companies poured money into expanding amid a strengthening economic revival, the government reported Friday.

China's foreign investment doubles in December (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

Investors monitor share prices at a securities firm in Hefei, eastern China. Foreign direct investment in China doubled year-on-year last month as global demand perked up from the depths of the financial crisis, officials have said.(AFP/File)AFP - Foreign direct investment in China doubled year-on-year last month as global demand perked up from the depths of the financial crisis, officials said Friday.


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