2010年1月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China exports, imports surge on economic strength (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

Reuters - Growth in China's exports and imports last month blew past expectations, providing fresh evidence of the vigor of the economy and strengthening the case for Beijing to let the yuan start climbing again.

China to pick brokerages for margin trade, short selling: report (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:08 PM PST

Reuters - Eleven Chinese brokerages including Citic Securities Co (600030.SS) and Haitong Securities Co (600837.SS) will vie to be included in a pilot program for margin trading and short selling following a nationwide test run in 2008, the China Securities Journal reported on Monday, citing an unidentified regulator.

China says active fiscal policies to stay (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) and China's Finance Minister Xie Xuren toast during a dinner after the first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - China will extend active fiscal policies aimed at countering the global economic slowdown into 2010, the nation's finance minister said, warning that departing "too early" from those policies could damage the economy.


China to give Rio detention decision: Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 03:23 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese authorities are expected to say on Monday whether four Rio Tinto Ltd employees detained for six months over commercial bribery allegations will have their cases referred to prosecutors, Australia's foreign ministry said.

China becomes biggest exporter, edging out Germany (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:59 AM PST

FILE - A worker stands in front of containers at the newly open Yangshan deep water port in this Dec. 10, 2005 file photo taken in Shanghai, China. China has overtaken Germany as the world's biggest exporter after December exports rose 17.7 percent despite weak global demand. Chinese state media said Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 the country's total 2009 exports were $1.2 trillion. That was just above the 816 billion euros ($1.17 trillion) in exports forecast last month by Germany's national foreign trade association for 2009.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.


Google apologises to Chinese writers over book flap (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:52 AM PST

Internet giant Google has issued a public apology to Chinese writers and admitted that it scanned books under Chinese copyright for its Google Books digital library project.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Internet giant Google has issued a public apology to Chinese writers and admitted that it scanned books under Chinese copyright for its Google Books digital library project.


China will likely spend full amount of stimulus (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:34 AM PST

Shoppers select clothes during a new year sale at a shopping mall in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. The economic output of China's capital city probably topped $10,000 person in 2009, reflecting the country's explosive growth despite the global financial crisis, state media said Friday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's government will likely spend the full amount of its planned stimulus in 2010, the finance minister said Sunday, despite improvements in its economy and efforts to control bank lending.


China cements export lead with December surge (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:50 AM PST

File photo shows an American flag flying from a cargo boat filled with China Shipping containers at the Port of Miami. China's exports rose 17.7 percent in December to hit a monthly high for 2009, state television said on Sunday, cementing the Asian power's new status as the world's biggest exporter.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AFP - China's exports surged 17.7 percent in December to snap a 13-month falling streak, the government said Sunday, cementing the Asian power's new status as the world's biggest exporter.


China urges US to halt arms sales to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:13 AM PST

AP - China has reiterated its opposition to American arms sales to Taiwan, calling them an interference in Beijing's internal affairs that could undermine relations with the United States.

Snow prompts evacuations in China's Xinjiang: report (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:40 PM PST

China was rushing tents and other relief supplies to its northwestern Xinjiang region after heavy snow killed one person and forced the evacuation of nearly 5,500 others, state media said Sunday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - China was rushing tents and other relief supplies to its northwestern Xinjiang region after heavy snow killed one person and forced the evacuation of nearly 5,500 others, state media said Sunday.


China vows to keep "hot money" out of property market (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST

Reuters - China vowed on Sunday not to let foreign speculative investment affect the property market, the latest expression of official concern that real-estate prices are racing ahead too fast.

China's 2009 revenues up 11.7 percent, above target (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 06:21 PM PST

Reuters - China's 2009 fiscal revenue was expected to have increased by 11.7 percent to 6.8477 trillion yuan ($1.0 trillion), Finance Minister Xie Xuren was reported as saying by Xinhua on Sunday.
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