2010年8月2日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

9 dead, 7 trapped in central China coal mine (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:46 PM PDT

Relatives mourn for miners which has killed in an explosion at the Liugou Coal Mining Company in Yicheng county in Linfen in north China's Shanxi Province, Saturday, July 31, 2010. An overnight blast near a workers' dormitory killed at least 17 people Saturday at a coal mine in a city in northern China notorious for mining disasters. (AP Photo)**CHINA OUT**AP - Nine workers were killed and seven others trapped after lethal gas leaked into a coal mine in central China, a state news agency said Tuesday.

Summary Box: China's auto sales growth slows (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:37 AM PDT

AP - HITTING THE BRAKES: Auto sales growth in China, the world's biggest market, slowed in July. Sales rose 17.2 percent to 1.05 million units, down from 19.4 percent growth in June. The state report said August sales are likely to weaken further.

Summary Box: China's Geely completes Volvo buy (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:23 AM PDT

AP - DONE DEAL: Geely Holding Group completes its $1.5 billion purchase of Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit. The small-but-ambitious Chinese automaker is gaining a foothold in Europe along with huge management challenges.

Trash threatens to jam China's Three Gorges dam (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:17 AM PDT

A view of the Three Gorges Dam in Xiling, central China's Hubei province. Layers of trash floating in the Yangtze river are threatening to jam China's massive Three Gorges hydroelectric dam, state media reported Monday.(AFP/Olli Geibel)AFP - Layers of trash are building up in the Yangtze, much of it washed into the river in recent heavy rains and floods, are threatening to jam China's massive Three Gorges Dam, state media said Monday.

Flood-borne trash threatens Three Gorges gates (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, Chinese workers pick up waste swept by flood waters near the Three Gorges Dam at the Yangtze River in Yichang in China's Hubei province. Intense flooding has swept thick layers of garbage down the Yangtze River that are threatening to block the gates of the Three Gorges Dam, state media reported Monday. 'The large amount of waste in the dam area could jam the miter gate of the Three Gorges Dam,' dam official Chen Lei told the official China Daily in an interview, referring to the dam's huge shipping locks. (AP Photo) **CHINA OUT**AP - Intense flooding has swept thick layers of garbage down the Yangtze River that are threatening to block the gates of the Three Gorges Dam, state media reported Monday.

China's Geely signals new era for Volvo (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:40 AM PDT

A man talks on a mobile in front of a Geely car displayed at the headquarters of private automaker in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, on August 1. After a lost decade as a Ford brand, Sweden's Volvo entered a new era Monday under the ownership of China's Geely, turning its sights to the world's largest car market.(AFP)AFP - After a lost decade as a Ford brand, Sweden's Volvo entered a new era Monday under the ownership of China's Geely, turning its sights to the world's largest car market.

Garbage islands threaten China's Three Gorges dam (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:00 AM PDT

A worker clears floating garbage washed down by recent torrential rain on the Yangtze River in Wuhu, Anhui province, August 2, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Thousands of tons of garbage washed down by recent torrential rain are threatening to jam the locks of China's massive Three Gorges Dam, and is in places so thick people can stand on it, state media said on Monday.

China bridge collapse toll rises to 51 dead (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:42 AM PDT

The town of Kouqian in China's Jilin province, July 2010. At least 51 people have been killed and 15 were still missing after a bridge collapsed in central China because too many people crowded on it to watch the flood torrents below, state media reported.(AFP/AFP/File)AFP - At least 51 people were killed and 15 were still missing after a bridge collapsed in central China because too many people crowded on it to watch the flood torrents below, state media reported Monday.

China, Taiwan military trust 'long way off': media (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:29 AM PDT

A Chinese soldier walks past missiles at a military museum in Beijing. China and Taiwan have a AFP - China and Taiwan have a "long way to go" to build up military trust, state media said Monday, after Beijing reportedly offered to consider removing its missiles pointed at the self-ruled island.

Court rejects appeal from Tibetan environmentalist (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT

AP - A court in northwest China has rejected an appeal from a Tibetan environmentalist who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of grave robbing and dealing in looted antiquities, his lawyer said Monday.

China's Geely completes acquisition of Volvo (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:50 AM PDT

AP - Geely Holding Group completed its acquisition of Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit Monday in a $1.5 billion deal that gives the small-but-ambitious Chinese automaker a global brand and huge management challenges.

China's Geely completes Volvo buy (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:41 AM PDT

Volvo's corporate logo is seen on the rear hatch of a Volvo C30 in this file photo, May 20, 2010. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - China's Geely on Monday completed its purchase of Ford Motor Co's Volvo unit, marking China's biggest acquisition of a foreign car maker and reflecting the nation's rapid rise in the auto world.

Report: China's July auto sales up 17 percent (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:59 AM PDT

AP - Auto sales growth in China, the world's biggest market, weakened further in July, data showed Monday.

Police detain China activist for sex worker rights (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:23 AM PDT

AP - Plainclothes officers detained a Chinese activist for sex workers' rights Monday, a few days after she publicly called for prostitution to be legalized, her sister said.

Drunken man kills 11 in China tractor rampage (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:25 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, a man smokes near smashed vehicles at Yuanshi county, in north China's Hebei province. A drunken shovel loader driver went on a rampage in northern China, smashing into shops and vehicles and killing 11 people, a government spokesman said Monday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A drunken man went on a rampage while driving a shovel loader in northern China, smashing into shops and vehicles and killing 11 people, a government spokesman said Monday.

China's manufacturing contracts in July: HSBC survey (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:18 AM PDT

A worker looks on from her work station at a garment factory in Pinghu, some 100 kms from Shanghai, earlier this year. Manufacturing in China contracted for the first time in 16 months in July, an independent survey showed Monday, lifting Chinese shares on hopes that policymakers will refrain from any new tightening moves.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Manufacturing in China contracted for the first time in 16 months in July, an independent survey showed Monday, lifting Chinese shares on hopes that policymakers will refrain from any new tightening moves.

Drunk man on shovel loader rampage kills 11 in China (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:58 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese shovel loader driver on a drunken rampage killed 11 people and injured 30 after ending a quarrel with a client by killing him, state media said on Monday.

Authorities deny anti-Cantonese agenda after new protests (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:54 AM PDT

A man holds a sign professing his love for Cantonese, the main language used in the city, as he attends a Hong Kong rally to help stop Mandarin being promoted to the detriment of Cantonese in mainland China. Chinese authorities on Monday sought to reassure Guangdong residents that they were not seeking to discriminate against the province's Cantonese dialect in favour of Mandarin.(AFP/Antony Dickson)AFP - Chinese authorities on Monday sought to reassure Guangdong residents that they were not seeking to discriminate against the province's Cantonese dialect in favour of national language Mandarin.

China confirms promotion of Mao Zedong's grandson (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:08 AM PDT

AP - The only grandson of China's former leader Mao Zedong has been promoted to the rank of major general in the People's Liberation Army, state media confirmed Monday.

Yuan trading band 'appropriate' for now: PBOC official (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:15 PM PDT

The yuan is currently allowed to rise or fall by up to 0.5 percent against the dollar within a given trading day, from a central parity rate set daily by the People's Bank of China.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The yuan's daily trading band is "appropriate" for the time being but could be widened in the future, a vice-governor of China's central bank said in an interview published Monday.

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