2010年7月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China


AgBank's massive share sale begins in China (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk past a branch of the Agricultural Bank of China in Beijing. Agricultural Bank of China was set to make its stock market debut in Shanghai on Thursday, in what is shaping up to be the world's largest initial public offering.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Agricultural Bank of China was set to make its stock market debut in Shanghai on Thursday, in what is shaping up to be the world's largest initial public offering.


China lowers dairy protein requirement to curb melamine (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Reuters - China has lowered dairy plants' required protein levels for raw milk as a way of discouraging farmers from adding the industrial chemical melamine to bolster protein-test readings, health ministry officials said.

Beijing starts gating, locking migrant villages (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:31 AM PDT

In this July 8, 2010, photo residents cycle past on the outside of a locked exit to a gated village on the outskirts of Beijing. The government calls it 'sealed management.' China's capital has started gating and locking some of its lower-income neighborhoods, with police checking the papers of who comes in and out, in a throwback to an older style of control. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The government calls it "sealed management." China's capital has started gating and locking some of its lower-income neighborhoods overnight, with police or security checking identification papers around the clock, in a throwback to an older style of control.


Hague says new govt to build on China ties (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:11 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands following a meeting in Beijing. Hague has vowed that the new coalition government would strengthen ties with China which have been strained by clashes over human rights, climate change and other issues.(AFP/POOL/Alexander F. Yuan)AFP - Britain's foreign secretary vowed Wednesday that the new coalition government would strengthen ties with China which have been strained by clashes over human rights, climate change and other issues.


Tibet's next leader? (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 08:01 AM PDT

The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, talks during an interview with AFP at his residence in Dharamshala on July 5. The Karmapa, who made the perilous journey in 1999, is now 26 -- the same age as the Dalai Lama when he escaped in 1959 following a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.(AFP/File/Strdel)AFP - For those looking for the next spiritual leader of Tibet after the Dalai Lama, the ageing monk's 75th birthday ceremony last week offered some clues.


More than 10,000 evacuated during China storms (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:31 AM PDT

A woman washes plastic bottles near a damaged car after a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Xiaohe, Qiaojia county, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. In Xiaohe, the death toll climbed to 13 following a landslide that swept through the town before dawn on Tuesday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. (AP Photo) **  CHINA OUT **AP - Workers raced to build waterways to drain overflowing reservoirs in southeastern China and thousands were evacuated following torrential rains that triggered flash floods on Wednesday.


Vatican, China OK new bishop as relations warm (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:26 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican and the Chinese government have approved the consecration of a new bishop for Taizhou in a sign of warming ties.

China landslide deaths rise to 41 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 05:25 AM PDT

People search for survivors after a landslide in China's Yunnan province on July 13. A series of landslides triggered by heavy rains in China has left at least 41 people dead and 34 others missing, as authorities brace for possible flooding.(AFP)AFP - A series of landslides triggered by heavy rains in China has left at least 41 people dead and 34 others missing, state media said Wednesday, as authorities brace for possible flooding.


China: Differences with Britain don't hinder ties (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:52 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, Pool)AP - Britain's visiting foreign secretary called Wednesday for greater autonomy and human rights in China's remote Himalayan region of Tibet, while his counterpart said their differences on the issue will not negatively affect ties.


China's AIDS activists face uphill struggle (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:58 AM PDT

Wan Yanhai, China's top AIDS activist (pictured), said he suffered years of harassment from authorities which eventually came to a head earlier this year when he fled to the United States with his family.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Wan Yanhai, China's top AIDS activist, said he suffered years of harassment from authorities which eventually came to a head earlier this year when he fled to the United States with his family.


China web filter developer's finance woes: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:19 PM PDT

A security guard passes in front of computer advertising hoardings in Beijing. The developer of a controversial Internet filter software in China has denied it has closed due to a lack of funding, but it admits to having financial difficulties, state media has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The developer of a controversial Internet filter software in China has denied it has closed due to a lack of funding, but it admits to having financial difficulties, state media said Wednesday.


Wine woos China's chic (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:43 PM PDT

A waiter serves a glass of wine in Shanghai. While a wine glass might not grace every dining table in China, wine has become a symbol of a desirable urban lifestyle, equal parts sophistication and quirky enthusiasm.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China is mad for wine. At the Haagen Dazs cafe in the trendy Xintiandi district, well-heeled Shanghai urbanites decide between Rum Raisin and Cookies 'n Cream to go with their Chilean Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc.


China to invest $10B in Argentina's railways (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:36 PM PDT

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner , third from left in front, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, second from left, inspect a guard of honor contingent during a welcome ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Argentina and China signed a deal for Beijing to invest $10 billion in the South American nation's railways during a visit by the Argentine president but there was no sign of progress in a dispute over soy imports.


Tiny mushrooms blamed for 400 deaths in SW China (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Robert Fontaine, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about the Trogia mushroom, seen at right, believed to be the cause of decades of Sudden Death Syndrome in southern parts of China during a presentation in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. After a five-year investigation, teams of medical detectives from China's Center for Disease Control, where Fontaine served as a senior advisor, believe they have pinpointed the cause of the mysterious deaths. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Every year during the height of the rainy season, villagers of all ages in a corner of southwestern China would suddenly die of cardiac arrest.


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