2010年1月18日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China's Africa footprint: a makeover for Algeria (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

This Oct. 11, 2009 photo shows Chinese workers building a wall at a housing project funded by the Algerian government and built by a state-owned Chinese firm near Algiers, Algeria. While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two luxury hotels and the longest continuous highway in Africa. The power behind this runaway building spree is China. Some 50 Chinese firms, largely state-controlled, have been awarded $20 billion in government construction contracts, or 10 percent of the massive investment plan promised by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a nation where jobs and housing are scarce and al-Qaeda has struck roots. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)AP - While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two luxury hotels and the longest continuous highway in Africa.

China won't send delegate to Mr. Gay pageant (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST

Simon Wang, a participant dressed up for Mr. Gay China pageant, poses for photographers even after the event was canceled by authorities in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Police canceled what would have been China's first gay pageant just an hour before it was to start Friday, the event's organizer said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China will not send a delegate to the Worldwide Mr. Gay pageant next month, an organizer said Monday, after police blocked an event to choose a Chinese contestant.

China to expand smoking bans in 7 major cities (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:16 AM PST

FILE - In this March 8, 2008 file photo, a man smokes in front of a Chinese national flag in Beijing. Health advocates and Chinese officials are campaigning to enforce smoking bans in seven major cities, the latest sign of rising health awareness in the world's largest tobacco-consuming nation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - China is tightening smoking regulations to ban lighting up in any indoor public spaces in seven provincial capitals, the latest sign of rising health awareness in the world's largest tobacco-consuming nation.

Extreme cold, snow kills 4 in northwest China (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:25 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a herdsman handles a cow who froze to death in Xilingol League of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Rescue workers were evacuating thousands of rural residents from parts of northwestern China after extreme cold and blizzard conditions killed four people and left half a million snowed under, meteorologists said Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Ling)AP - Rescue workers evacuated thousands of rural residents from parts of northwestern China after extreme cold and blizzard conditions killed four people and left half a million snowed under, meteorologists said Monday.

Google probing possible inside help on attack (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:55 AM PST

A cleaner looks out from the lobby of Google China's headquarters in Beijing, January 15, 2010. REUTERS/Alfred JinReuters - Google is investigating whether one or more employees may have helped facilitate a cyber-attack that the U.S. search giant said it was a victim of in mid-December, two sources told Reuters on Monday.

China's 1,459-year-old Buddha gets $10.8M facelift (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 03:29 AM PST

AP - China's oldest Buddhist statue, which is on the brink of collapse, is about to get a $10.8 million facelift, a state news agency reported Monday.

Mazda, Ford deny plans to dismantle China venture (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:29 AM PST

The logo of Japanese auto-maker Mazda, a division of the Ford Motor Company, at an international auto show. Both Mazda and Ford have denied reports they planned to dismantle or restructure their joint venture in China with Chinese partner Changan Automobile.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - Japan's Mazda Motor Corp and US giant Ford Motor Company on Monday denied reports they planned to dismantle or restructure their joint venture in China with Chinese partner Changan Automobile.

China Eastern surges on 2009 profit expectations (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:11 PM PST

China Eastern Airlines technicians check an airplane at Beijing International Airport. Shares in the aviation firm surged on Monday after the company said it expected to return to the black in 2009 due to the rebound in the aviation industry and lower fuel costs.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Shares in China Eastern Airlines surged on Monday after the firm said it expected to return to the black in 2009 due to the rebound in the aviation industry and lower fuel costs.

Earthquake in China kills 7 people (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

AP - Landslides triggered by a small earthquake in southern China killed at least seven people and left one person missing over the weekend, local earthquake officials said Monday.

Shanghai targeted in China phone porn crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Mobile phones on display at a shop in China. Mobile users in Shanghai caught sending dirty short messages, photos or videos by phone could have their numbers cancelled as part of the country's crackdown on pornography, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Wang Zhao)AFP - Mobile users in Shanghai caught sending dirty short messages, photos or videos by phone could have their numbers cancelled as part of China's crackdown on pornography, state media reported Monday.

More cold to compound misery in China's Xinjiang (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:42 PM PST

The eyelashes and hair of an ice fisherman freeze while at work in Fuhai in northwest China's Xinjiang province. Heavy snows in the region have killed four people and left 100,000 homes collapsed or damaged, with still more icy weather on the way, state media has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Heavy snows in China's northwestern Xinjiang region have killed four people and left 100,000 homes collapsed or damaged, with still more icy weather on the way, state media said Monday.

China restores texting in Xinjiang: state media (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 07:25 PM PST

People gather at a makeshift mobile phone stall in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang province. Authorities have further eased restrictions on communications in the troubled region, restoring text messaging services six months after deadly ethnic unrest, state media said Monday.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - China further eased restrictions on communications in its troubled Xinjiang region, restoring text messaging services six months after deadly ethnic unrest, state media said Monday.

Seven die in small China quake (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 07:19 PM PST

File photo shows a rescue worker in front of a quake-damaged home in southwest China. Seven people died and one was missing in landslides triggered by a low-grade earthquake which hit the Guangling district of Guizhou province at the weekend, the government has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Seven people died and one was missing in landslides triggered by a low-grade earthquake in southwestern China at the weekend, the government said Monday.

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