2010年3月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China calls US tariff threats unacceptable (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT

AP - A senior Chinese official says it's unacceptable for U.S. lawmakers to threaten to slap punitive tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing doesn't change its currency policy.

Pressure growing on China to revalue currency (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:53 PM PDT

AP - Pressure on China to allow its currency to rise in value against the dollar intensified Wednesday with a prominent economist telling Congress that the Obama administration should cite China and four other Asian economies as currency manipulators in a report due in April.

China official rejects U.S. complaints on currency (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT

An employee counts yuan banknotes next to U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Changzhi, Shanxi province, March 9, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A Chinese official said on Wednesday China would reform its currency policy gradually and keep the exchange rate stable, rejecting mounting U.S. calls to allow the yuan to rise more quickly.


China becomes world's new diabetes capital (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PDT

Reuters - China now has more people with diabetes than any other country, a new report shows, making it clear that the nation's soaring economic growth is taking a toll on public health.

1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics, study finds (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:12 PM PDT

AP - After working overtime to catch up to life in the West, China now faces a whole new problem: the world's biggest diabetes epidemic.

Google deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:39 AM PDT

A bouquet of flowers is seen on the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Google's attempted detour around China's Internet censorship rules was met with countermeasures Tuesday by the communist government, which blocked people on the mainland from seeing search results dealing with such forbidden topics as the pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - China issued a blistering public attack against Google on Wednesday and appeared to quietly begin getting businesses to abandon the U.S. Internet giant after it moved its controversial Chinese search engine offshore.


Google to phase out China search partnerships (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Passengers sit in a double deck bus painted with a Google advertisement in Beijing March 23, 2010. Google Inc shut its mainland Chinese-language portal and began rerouting searches to an uncensored Hong Kong-based site, unleashing a blast of ire from Beijing and prompting concerns over its future business in China. REUTERS/Christina HuReuters - Two days after shutting its Chinese portal over censorship, Google Inc said it plans to phase out deals to provide filtered search services to other online or mobile firms in China.


Afghan leader visits China, signs economic pacts (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, left, talks to Chinese President Hu Jintao before a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Facing criticism in the West over corruption and electoral fraud, Afghan President Hamid Karzai found a receptive audience in Beijing on Wednesday, overseeing the signing of economic pacts and reaffirming warm traditional ties.


Life 'meaningless' for China school attack suspect (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:05 AM PDT

A child who was stabbed in a stabbing incident at a local elementary school on Tuesday is treated at a hospital in Nanping in southeast China's Fujian province Wednesday March 24, 2010. A former medical worker allegedly stabbed to death eight young children and wounded five others Tuesday in a bloody rampage outside an elementary school in eastern China. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - The suspect in a Chinese elementary school stabbing that left eight children dead and five wounded said he felt life was meaningless after romantic failures and a fruitless job search, reports said Wednesday.


Afghanistan, China sign economic agreements (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:42 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao (R) walk during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The leaders of Afghanistan and China on Wednesday signed agreements on trade and economic cooperation, and vowed to work harder to combat terrorism in Central Asia.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - The leaders of Afghanistan and China on Wednesday signed agreements on trade and economic cooperation, and vowed to work harder to combat terrorism in Central Asia.


The Google Syndrome: China's Corporate Woes (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:38 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - When Google moved yesterday to extricate itself from Chinese censorship laws, it set in motion what could easily have passed for a prearranged choreography.

China-Australia gas deal as Rio Tinto trial ends (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:31 AM PDT

One of lawyers of defendants of four employees of Rio Tinto is driven away from the Shanghai's No. 1 People's Intermediate Court, where the final day of a trial of four Rio Tinto employees on politically sensitive charges of stealing commercial secrets is taking place, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Australian executive Stern Hu and three Chinese coworkers have been detained since last July in a case many thought linked to Beijing's anger over high prices it was paying for iron ore — a key commodity in China's booming economy. Rio Tinto, based in London and Melbourne, is one of the top suppliers of ore to China and a key industry negotiator in price talks with China's state-owned steel mills. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Australia and China signed a multibillion dollar natural gas deal Wednesday, pushing ahead with business as the trial of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto ended in Shanghai with a verdict still to be announced.


GM's EN-V concept car: auto redo for green future (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:44 AM PDT

The latest GM concept car, the EN-V or 'Electric Networked-Vehicle,' is shown at a launch ceremony at the Shanghai Pudong Expo in China, Wednesday, March 24, 2010.  General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC will showcase the 'Electric Networked-Vehicle' in their joint pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, which opens May 1 and runs for six months. (AP Photo)AP - It's not quite as foldable as the space vehicle that cartoon figure George Jetson pops into his briefcase as he bops into the office.


Rio Tinto awaits verdict as China trial ends (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:28 AM PDT

Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court is pictured on March 24, where the highly sensitive trial of an Australian executive and three local employees of mining giant Rio Tinto took place. The trial ended without an immediate verdict as Australia warned that the eyes of the world were watching the outcome.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The trial of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto ended in China without an immediate verdict on Wednesday as Australia warned the world was watching the outcome of the highly sensitive case.


GM unveils electric concept car for mega-cities (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:41 AM PDT

EN-V, or Reuters - General Motors unveiled a new electric concept car in China on Wednesday , aiming to burnish its image as a supplier of non-polluting cars tailored to the crowded mega-cities of the future.


BofA looking to expand in China, CEO says (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Bank of America Corp is keen to expand in China, Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday.

Google users report erratic service in Beijing (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Users of Google Inc.'s search engines across Beijing reported erratic service on Wednesday, with the site sometimes failing to open, and some searches for even non-sensitive terms like "hello" returning error messages.

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