2010年6月18日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Jury awards $2.4M in first Chinese drywall trial (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - A Florida couple who fled their dream home because of foul-smelling, ruinous Chinese drywall was awarded $2.4 million in damages Friday in the nation's first jury trial over the defective wallboard that could have legal ramifications for thousands of similar cases.

China now pressuring Tibetans outside politics (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 01:16 PM PDT

This photo obtained June 18, 2010 by The Associated Press shows Rinchen Samdrup in Lhasa in western China's Tibet region. Samdrup and his brother Chime Namgyal were detained in August 2009 after accusing local officials in eastern Tibet of poaching endangered animals. Human Rights Watch says Samdrup is serving a 21-month sentence of re-education through labor for 'harming national security.' (AP Photo)AP - Karma Samdrup was always the kind of Tibetan the Chinese government liked.

Harper to meet with China, India leaders on G20 sidelines (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 11:51 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2009. Harper will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of next week's G20 summit, officials said Friday.(AFP/POOL/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of next week's G20 summit, officials said Friday.

Kyrgyzstan crisis a threat to China's influence (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT

AP - Bustling trade between China and Kyrgyzstan has slowed to a trickle since deadly violence broke out in Kyrgyzstan, and experts say the crisis could diminish Beijing's economic clout in the country while bolstering rival Russia's already dominant influence.

Second strike hits China Toyota supplier (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Reuters - A parts supplier for Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it was dealing with its second strike in China this week, the latest in a rash of factory labor disputes across the country.

Flood toll in China rises to 46; more rain falling (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:10 AM PDT

AP - Floods caused by heavy storms have killed 46 people this week in southern China, with 50 people missing as heavy rains had yet to subside.

China plans Xinjiang crackdown for riot anniversary (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:03 AM PDT

Chinese police stage a drill in Hami, farwest China's Xinjiang region. Police in the capital of China's restive Xinjiang will launch a security clampdown ahead of the anniversary of ethnic riots, the government said Friday, in an indication they fear further unrest.(AFP)AFP - Police in the capital of China's restive Xinjiang will launch a security clampdown ahead of the anniversary of ethnic riots, the government said Friday, in an indication they fear further unrest.

Another Toyota strike shuts major plant in China (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 06:53 AM PDT

A Toyota logo. Japan's Toyota Motor said its largest assembly plant in China had to be suspended Friday after a strike at an affiliated auto parts supplier in the country had halted production.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Japan's Toyota Motor said its largest assembly plant in China had to be suspended Friday after a strike at an affiliated auto parts supplier in the country had halted production.

Nearly 70 dead as China floods continue (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 06:49 AM PDT

Chinese villagers make their way to an open area to be airlifted to safety after their village was hit by flooding in Jinxiu, southwest China's Guangxi region, on June 16. China said the death toll from torrential downpours that have ravaged southern parts of the country for close to a week rose to 69, as the rain continued to affect millions of people.(AFP/File)AFP - China said Friday the death toll from torrential downpours that have ravaged southern parts of the country for close to a week rose to 69, as the rain continued to affect millions of people.

NZ lawmaker claims Chinese security attacked him (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 04:59 AM PDT

AP - A New Zealand lawmaker accused the Chinese vice president's security staff of pushing him, hitting him with an umbrella and tearing from his grasp a Tibetan flag during his one-man protest Friday.

World Bank urges China to hike interest rates (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 04:19 AM PDT

A construction worker gestures as he pushes a cart along a building site in Shanghai. The World Bank on Friday urged China to raise interest rates to curb soaring property prices and rampant borrowing by local governments, which the bank warned were potential risks to the economy.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - The World Bank on Friday urged China to raise interest rates to curb soaring property prices and rampant borrowing by local governments, which the bank warned were potential risks to the economy.

China: yuan exchange rate of no concern to others (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:28 PM PDT

AP - The main focus of China's currency policy is the well-being of its people and any adjustment to the exchange rate is not the concern of other countries, government officials said Friday ahead of President Hu Jintao's trip to next week's G-20 meeting.

Toyota is latest car maker hit by strike in China (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:21 PM PDT

AP - Toyota Motor was assessing the impact Friday from strikes that hit two of its China-based parts suppliers, the latest unrest among migrant workers who are the backbone of the country's industrial sector.

Taiwan's top laptop maker raising China wages (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:20 PM PDT

AP - Compal Electronics Inc., the world's largest contract laptop maker, said Friday that China's labor shortage and rising wages will pose a big challenge to it amid the recovery in the computer market.

World Bank says China's economy slowing (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:17 PM PDT

AP - China's economy is showing signs of softening after its strong stimulus-fueled rebound last year, the World Bank says in its latest quarterly update.

Key China leader to quiz Australia on mining tax (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:57 PM PDT

File photo of China's vice president Xi Jinping, who arrives in Australia Saturday for a visit expected to address a new tax which has roiled the mining industry, a key source of raw materials for his country.(AFP/SCANPIX-SWEDEN/File/Janerik Henriksson)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao's heir-apparent arrives in Australia Saturday for a visit expected to address a new tax which has roiled the mining industry, a key source of raw materials for his country.

China: currency policy not up for debate at G20 (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:40 PM PDT

China said Friday the value of its yuan currency was not up for debate at an upcoming Group of 20 summit and again rejected outside interference in its foreign exchange policies.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China said Friday the value of its yuan currency was not up for debate at an upcoming Group of 20 summit and again rejected outside interference in its foreign exchange policies.

China tells G20 to keep its hands off the yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:09 PM PDT

Reuters - China told the rest of the world on Friday not to meddle with the way it manages the yuan, calling the exchange rate a sovereign matter for it alone to decide.

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