2010年12月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


APNewsBreak: China to award prize to rival Nobel (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 05:33 PM PST

Police officer stands guard besides the picture of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Protesters rallied in Hong Kong on Sunday for the release of the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Only three weeks after the idea was first publicly floated, China has cobbled together its own peace prize and plans to award it Thursday — the day before the Nobel Committee honors an imprisoned Chinese dissident in a move that has enraged Beijing.


China media say 13 killed in coal mine explosion (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:43 PM PST

AP - An explosion in a coal mine in central China killed 13 miners who were working despite an order to halt production at the site, state media reported Wednesday in the latest tragedy to strike the country's accident-ridden mining industry.

Thirteen dead in China mine explosion: state media (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST

A coal miner is seen at a mine in China. A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China on Tuesday killed 13 people, state media said, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining industry.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China on Tuesday killed 13 people, state media said, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining industry.


Economic carrot helps China in Nobel boycott drive (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:58 AM PST

Reuters - Most of the 18 states joining China in shunning Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo have strong commercial interests at stake or share its hostility to Western human rights pressure.

Chinese bishops open meeting amid tense Vatican ties (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:35 AM PST

Chinese Catholics attend a regular Saturday evening mass at the state-sanctioned Immaculate Conception South Cathedral in Beijing. Chinese bishops opened a meeting on Tuesday to elect top leaders that could further inflame tensions with the Vatican following the controversial ordination of a bishop by the state-backed church.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese bishops opened a meeting on Tuesday to elect top leaders that could further inflame tensions with the Vatican following the controversial ordination of a bishop by the state-backed church.


Alstom, Bombardier sign rail agreements with China (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:44 AM PST

Picture taken in 2005 at Le Bourget Airport during the 46th International Paris Air show of the logo of Bombardier. Alstom and Bombardier on Tuesday signed agreements with China's railways ministry to speed up development of rail transport in the vast country and also in overseas markets, the companies said.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Alstom and Bombardier on Tuesday signed agreements with China's railways ministry to speed up development of rail transport in the vast country and also in overseas markets, the companies said.


China, Nobel committee at odds over award boycott (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 05:44 AM PST

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia pose in this undated photo released by his family on October 3, 2010. REUTERS/Handout/FilesReuters - China said on Tuesday the "vast majority" of nations would boycott this week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, but the Norwegian award committee said two-thirds of those invited would attend.


China rate rise talk builds as loans and inflation rise (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 05:07 AM PST

Reuters - China is likely to raise interest rates in the coming days in a demonstration of the government's resolve to tame inflation, an official newspaper said on Tuesday.

China says does not want to "replace" U.S. as world power (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 02:06 AM PST

Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at the opening of the Shudseb Ogyen Dzong Nyingmapa Monastery, near Dharamsala, India, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.  Last month an aide said the Dalai Lama wished to give up his ceremonial duties as head of the Tibetan state-in-exile. The Dalai Lama effectively serves two roles: He is both the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists and a ceremonial leader of their government, which operates in exile since Chinese troops marched into their Himalayan homeland in the 1950s.(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Reuters - China does not want to "replace" the United States from its dominant role in the world, and the world should not fear China's rise, the country's top diplomat wrote in an essay.


China says hopes WikiLeaks will not affect U.S. ties (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 01:45 AM PST

Reuters - China said on Tuesday that it hoped revelations in U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks would not affect ties with Washington.

China says it hopes leaks do not hurt US ties (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 12:34 AM PST

AP - China says it hopes U.S. diplomatic leaks painting Beijing's foreign policy as abrasive and its officials as difficult will not hurt relations with Washington.

China to choose Catholic heads; Vatican ties tense (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 12:17 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2010 file photo, worshipers take pictures with nuns in front of the Pingquan Church after a bishop ordination ceremony in Chengde city, in northeastern China's Hebei province. China's bishops opened a meeting Tuesday Dec. 7, 2010, to choose leaders of the government-backed Catholic church amid tensions with the Vatican after it denounced the recent ordination of a bishop who did not have the pope's approval. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - China's bishops opened a meeting Tuesday to choose leaders of the government-backed Catholic church amid tensions with the Vatican after it denounced the recent ordination of a bishop who did not have the pope's approval.


China interest rate hike may be imminent: state media (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:39 PM PST

The port of Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta. China may raise interest rates as early as the end of this week after Beijing pledged to tighten its monetary policy in 2011 to fight inflation, state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - China may raise interest rates as early as the end of this week after Beijing pledged to tighten its monetary policy in 2011 to fight inflation, state media reported Tuesday.


Allegedly drunk Chinese official kills 5 with car (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:28 PM PST

AP - A Chinese government official suspected of being drunk killed five teenagers while driving over the weekend, the latest deadly hit-and-run case involving a government official.

China's Bright Food close to GNC deal: source (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:05 PM PST

Pedestrians walk past a Reuters - China's Bright Food Group Co is near a deal to buy U.S. vitamin retailer GNC Holdings Inc, giving the well-known foreign brand a potential entry to China to cater to the country's growing middle class.


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