2010年2月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China's Communists issue ethics code (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:32 PM PST

File photo of Chinese paramilitary police questioning a woman yelling in protest near the Forbidden City in Beijing. Tens of thousands of so-called AFP - China's ruling Communist Party has issued an ethics code to curb the widespread corruption that its leaders see as one of the biggest threats to its long-term survival, state media reported Wednesday.


China toughens Internet rules (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:06 PM PST

File photo shows customers using their laptop computers at a wireless cafe in Beijing. China has issued new restrictions on Internet use, requiring those wanting to set up a website to meet regulators and provide identity documents, in a move slammed Wednesday by one rights group.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has issued new restrictions on Internet use, requiring those wanting to set up a website to meet regulators and provide identity documents, in a move slammed Wednesday by one rights group.


China postpones some military exchanges with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:39 PM PST

The Dalai Lama yawns as he speaks to students, faculty, and guests at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)Reuters - China has postponed several high-level exchanges between U.S. and Chinese military leaders since Washington angered Beijing by announcing a $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, U.S. officials said Tuesday.


Sector Snap: China video game stocks mostly down (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:28 AM PST

AP - Shares of several Chinese video game companies traded slightly lower Tuesday despite a report from an analyst that said game companies, particularly ones that focus on casual online games, performed well during the Chinese New Year.

China calls on US to 'undo damage done' by Dalai Lama meet (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 09:39 AM PST

The Dalai Lama is greeted by supporters in Washington, DC on February 17. China on Tuesday demanded the United States AFP - China on Tuesday demanded the United States "undo the damage done" by a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, while lashing out anew over US arms sales to Taiwan.


Chinese Communist Party issues new ethics code (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:06 AM PST

AP - The Chinese Communist Party issued a new code of ethics Tuesday as the country's fight against widespread corruption intensifies, the party's Central Committee announced.

China tells schools to shun relief agency Oxfam (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:36 AM PST

Howard Liu, director of Oxfam Hong Kong China Unit, stands at his office after a news conference in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. China is telling schools to shun the international relief agency Oxfam and bar their campus recruitment efforts, accusing the group's Hong Kong branch of having a hidden political agenda. School administrators must ban all campus volunteer recruitment efforts run by the group's Hong Kong office, according to a notice attributed to the Education Ministry. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China is telling schools to sever all ties with the international relief agency Oxfam and bar its campus recruitment efforts, accusing the group's Hong Kong branch of having a hidden political agenda.


US-born pandas adjusting to life in China (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:35 AM PST

Tai Shan chews on bamboo in a Washington zoo on February 3. Two US-born pandas returned to China earlier this month are adapting to their new homes at their own paces, but their handlers say they have both developed a healthy appetite for Chinese bamboo.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Two US-born pandas returned to China earlier this month are adapting to their new homes at their own paces, but their handlers say they have both developed a healthy appetite for Chinese bamboo.


US, SKorea envoys visit China amid NKorea hopes (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:09 AM PST

AP - Nuclear envoys from the United States and South Korea are visiting China amid renewed diplomatic efforts to restart stalled talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Chinese official accused of graft by ex-wife (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 12:12 AM PST

A furious Chinese woman has launched a public campaign against her ex-husband, a local government official, accusing him of corruption in revenge for his alleged infidelities, state media said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A furious Chinese woman has launched a public campaign against her ex-husband, a local government official, accusing him of corruption in revenge for his alleged infidelities, state media said Tuesday.


China promises better benefits for rural migrants (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 11:48 PM PST

AP - China will grant young migrant workers more social service benefits and help them rent or buy homes in smaller cities, a government adviser said Tuesday.

China to release pollution-fighting fish in lake (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:45 PM PST

Green and silver carp are released into the Taihu Lake in Suzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province. Authorities in the region have said they will release 20 million algae-eating fish into one of the nation's most scenic lakes that has been ravaged by pollution.(AFP/File)AFP - Authorities in eastern China have said they will release 20 million algae-eating fish into one of the nation's most scenic lakes that has been ravaged by pollution.


China artists march over Beijing demolition: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:35 PM PST

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's 'Bird's Nest' Olympic Stadium, at a press conference. About 20 Chinese artists including Ai Weiwei have protested in central Beijing over the demolition of an art zone in the east of the capital, state media and a rights group have said.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - About 20 Chinese artists including outspoken activist Ai Weiwei protested in central Beijing over the demolition of an art zone in the east of the capital, state media and a rights group said Tuesday.


China studies long-term impact of tainted milk (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST

FILE-In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province. More than one in 10 children sickened by tainted milk still were suffering from kidney problems six months afterward, Chinese researchers have found, raising concerns about the long-term effects of China's massive food safety scandal.  Researchers from Peking University's Institute of Reproductive and Child Health found that while most children in a rural Chinese area who became ill after drinking tainted milk had recovered, 12 percent still had kidney problems six months later.   The report was published Monday, Feb. 22, 2010,  in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.    Despite tightened regulations and increased inspections on producers, melamine-tainted milk products have shown up repackaged in several places around the country recently, exposing weaknesses in China's promises to better police the food chain.   (AP Photo/File)AP - More than one in 10 children sickened by tainted milk still were suffering from kidney problems six months afterward, Chinese researchers have found, raising concerns about the long-term effects of China's massive food safety scandal.


China to prosecute 23 for CCTV tower fire: court (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:43 PM PST

The fire damaged China Central Television (CCTV) complex seen in Beijing on January 25. The country will prosecute 23 people for the blaze at the new state television headquarters that engulfed a hotel, killed a fireman and left a 24-million-dollar clean-up bill, a court official has said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China will prosecute 23 people for a blaze at its new state television headquarters that engulfed a hotel, killed a fireman and left a 24-million-dollar clean-up bill, a court official said Tuesday.


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