2010年6月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Factory Suicides Expose Sorry Plight of China's Workers (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - BEIJING, Jun 11 (IPS) - Ma Xiangqian, a 19-year-old migrant from the eastern Chinese province of Henan, worked the 11-hour night shift, seven days a week, putting together electronic parts for Foxconn Technology, the world's biggest contract maker of information technology goods.

China sentences school attacker to death (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Chinese police show school officials how to apprehend an attacker in Beijing. A Chinese court has sentenced to death a man who injured 16 children and a teacher in an April stabbing spree -- the third such punishment after a series of school attacks that shocked the nation.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - A Chinese court sentenced to death on Friday a man who injured 16 children and a teacher in a stabbing spree, the third such punishment after a series of school attacks that shocked the nation.


China-Biotics net income slips in 4Q (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 11:28 AM PDT

AP - China-Biotics Inc., which makes probiotic products in China, said Friday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell by 56 percent as one-time charges weighed down results.

Iran slams US, easy on China's OK on sanctions (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:26 AM PDT

An Iranian girl plays with a national flags outside the Iran's Pavilion while waiting for the arrival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - President Barack Obama made a "big mistake" in seeking to punish Iran over its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday, slamming Washington but glossing over China's decision to back U.N. Security Council sanctions.


EU urges China to release convicted dissident (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 08:14 AM PDT

AP - The European Union on Friday condemned the five-year prison sentence for a Chinese dissident, Tan Zuoren, saying his conviction for subversion violated his freedom of speech and international standards of fairness.

China New Borun shares rise after IPO prices low (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 07:01 AM PDT

AP - Shares of Chinese alcohol producer China New Borun rose after its IPO priced below expectations.

At Shanghai Expo, Ahmadinejad polite despite China's support for Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 06:48 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - China gave a low-key welcome to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he visited the Shanghai Expo on Friday, just days after Beijing voted for a fourth round of United Nations sanctions designed to curb Iran’s nuclear program. Officials here have insisted repeatedly in recent days that no senior government leader would meet Mr. Ahmadinejad, who inspected the Iranian pavilion at the Expo.

China policy outlook murky after mixed bag of data (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 05:58 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, is greeted by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee on the future of U.S. economic relations with China.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Reuters - Chinese inflation quickened to a 19-month high in May, but a moderation of growth in factory output and capital spending eased worries for some analysts that the world's third-largest economy could boil over.


Striking Honda China workers hold out for pay, union (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Workers at a lock factory in southern China that supplies Honda Motor Co (7267.T) challenged managers on Friday, demanding higher pay and freedom to form independent unions, banned in the export powerhouse.

China sentences man to death for school attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:18 AM PDT

Chinese police show school officials how to apprehend an attacker in Beijing. A Chinese court has sentenced to death a man who injured 16 children and a teacher in an April stabbing spree -- the third such punishment after a series of school attacks that shocked the nation.(AFP/File/Str)AP - A former teacher was convicted and sentenced to death Friday for a knife attack at a school in southern China even though no one died in the rampage that was one of a string of violent assaults on schools that shocked the country.


Strikes put China on spot over labor unrest (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:39 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday June 7, 2010, workers at Foshan Fengfu Autoparts Co. a supply factory to Honda Motor's joint-ventures in China, raise their hands as they strike to demand for higher wages in Foshan in south China's Guangdong province.  Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday, June 8, 2010 it was assessing the impact of the walkout by the workers at one of its parts suppliers in China, just days after resolving a strike that froze car production at four factories. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Workers demanding higher wages rallied outside a Honda plant in southern China on Friday, part of a rash of industrial action at Chinese factories highlighting growing restiveness among migrant workers.


Man sentenced to death for China school stabbings (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:06 AM PDT

A student who was injured during a knife attack, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Leizhou, Guangdong province, April 28, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A court in southern China has handed down the death sentence to a man for stabbing 16 students and a teacher in primary school in April, state media reported on Friday.


China's inflation outstrips government target (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:52 AM PDT

A shopper is seen at a supermarket in Beijing. An increase in inflation in China outpaced the 2.8 percent rise in prices in April and overtook the government's own inflation target of 3.0 percent for the year, potentially increasing pressure on policymakers to hike interest rates.(AFP/File/Li Xin)AFP - China said Friday that consumer prices surpassed its official target in May while factory output and investment slowed, complicating government efforts to maintain steady economic growth.


Police in China's Xinjiang hold anti-riot exercise (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:59 AM PDT

Chinese riot police block off a street in central Urumqi in China's farwest Xinjiang region in early September, 2009. Police in the area have held massive anti-riot exercises to prepare for the first anniversary of ethnic unrest that left nearly 200 people dead, state press reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in China's restive Xinjiang region have held massive anti-riot exercises to prepare for the first anniversary of ethnic unrest that left nearly 200 people dead, state press reported.


China May inflation rises, industrial growth slows (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:20 AM PDT

AP - China's inflation rose in May amid signs its rebound from the global slump is slowing, adding to pressure on Beijing to keep growth on track and control politically sensitive prices.

China police bust huge counterfeit ring (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:44 PM PDT

Police in central China have arrested four men suspected of forging 210 million yuan (31 million dollars) in fake bills in the nation's single biggest counterfeiting bust, state media said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in central China have arrested four men suspected of forging 210 million yuan (31 million dollars) in fake bills in the nation's single biggest counterfeiting bust, state media said Friday.


Chinese man convicted for selling son on Internet (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:39 PM PDT

A man shields a woman and child from the rain in Beijing. A court in China has given a 22-year-old man a suspended jail sentence for selling his toddler son on the Internet for 18,000 yuan (2,650 dollars), state press reported Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A court in China has given a 22-year-old man a suspended jail sentence for selling his toddler son on the Internet for 18,000 yuan (2,650 dollars), state press reported Friday.


Honda resumes China production, strike continues (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:15 PM PDT

Japan's number two auto maker Honda Motor has said production has resumed at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China, where operations have been on and off in recent weeks due to strikes.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Japan's number two auto maker Honda Motor said production resumed Friday at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China, where operations have been on and off in recent weeks due to strikes.


China May inflation rises to 3.1 percent (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:58 PM PDT

AP - China's inflation edged higher in May amid signs that the third-largest economy's rapid rebound from the global downturn is slowing.

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