2010年3月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Tibetans fear China's hand in Dalai Lama succession (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PST

Tibetan monks engage in a religious debate inside Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region in this November 24, 2009 file photograph. REUTERS/Nir Elias/FilesReuters - For Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama, one question is very much on their minds these days -- who will succeed the aging exiled spiritual leader once he dies?


China economy faces 'crucial' year: Wen (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:59 PM PST

Chinese military delegates walk on Tiananmen Square from the Great Hall of the People (rear) in Beijing. China's government Friday predicted another year of rapid expansion while vowing to tame inflation and curb runaway loan growth to forestall a risky bubble in the world's third-largest economy.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's government Friday predicted another year of rapid expansion while vowing to tame inflation and curb runaway loan growth to forestall a risky bubble in the world's third-largest economy.


Xinhua: China expects 8 percent growth this year (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:38 PM PST

Paramilitary police officers march in front of the Great Hall of the People, Friday, March 5, 2010 in Beijing. China's National People's Congress opens its 10-day session later in the day at the hall. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China said Friday it will target economic growth of 8 percent this year, avoiding any slip after it rebounded last year from the world economic crisis.


La. senator: Are deaths linked to Chinese drywall? (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PST

AP - U.S. Sen. David Vitter has called for federal officials to do a more thorough review of the deaths of several people who lived in homes that contained smelly, possibly toxic Chinese drywall.

Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:12 PM PST

Reuters - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country's top sports university said Thursday.

China unveils smallest defence budget hike in years (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 07:11 AM PST

Chinese soldiers stand to attention as part of an honour guard in Beijing. China on Thursday announced its smallest defence budget increase in years amid national belt-tightening, and vowed that its rapid military modernisation posed no threat to other countries.(AFP/Pool/File/Elizabeth Dalziel)AFP - China on Thursday announced its smallest defence budget increase in years amid national belt-tightening, and vowed that its rapid military modernisation posed no threat to other countries.


US pledges to mend ties, China says (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PST

US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is seen here in 2009. China has said that the United States has pledged to work to improve relations with Beijing after Washington stirred up tensions by approving an arms package to Taiwan and hosting the Dalai Lama.(AFP/Pool/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - China said Thursday that the United States has pledged to work to improve relations with Beijing after Washington stirred up tensions by approving an arms package to Taiwan and hosting the Dalai Lama.


China says defense spending rise slows to 7.5 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:34 AM PST

Paramilitary policemen patrol around the Forbidden City, in Beijing March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - China kept the rise in its military budget to 7.5 percent in 2010, a spokesman said on Thursday, a slowdown that left observers skeptical after an increase in tensions with the United States.


China says pushing for diplomatic solution on Iran (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:28 AM PST

AP - China said Thursday it will continue to push for a diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff, rebuffing efforts by Western powers to introduce a new set of sanctions against Iran.

Internet cafe ban call draws Chinese hacker wrath (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:29 PM PST

Young Chinese play online games at an internet cafe in Beijing on February 27, 2010. A member of China's legislative advisory body has said she would propose a nationwide ban on private Internet cafes, hackers paralysed the website of her restaurant chain, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - One woman taking part in China's annual parliamentary meetings has learned that law-making has its drawbacks -- especially when you provoke savvy web users.


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