2010年1月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

U.S. has met with China on Internet freedom: official (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST

Reuters - The United States has had multiple meetings with Chinese authorities over Internet freedom and will have more in the coming days, a top State Department official said on Tuesday amid continuing tensions between Google and Beijing.

What Internet? China region cut off 6 months now (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 10:49 AM PST

In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, people surf Internet inside an Internet cafe in Dunhuang, in northwest China's Gansu province. For six months now, the 20 million people in China's far western region of Xinjiang have been without the Internet. Every weekend, a few dozen determined commuters pile off the train in Liuyuan, a lonely, sandswept stretch along the ancient Silk Road that's also the first train station outside Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - They arrive at this gritty desert crossroads weary from a 13-hour train ride but determined. The promised land lies just across the railway station plaza: a large, white sign that says "Easy Connection Internet Cafe."

Life sentence for ex-China Supreme Court justice (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 08:04 AM PST

AP - A former Chinese Supreme Court judge was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday following his conviction for embezzlement and receiving more than half a million dollars in bribes.

WTO opens probe of US tariffs on Chinese tires (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:36 AM PST

AP - The World Trade Organization opened an investigation Tuesday into U.S. import taxes on Chinese tires, fees Washington says are needed to slow China's rapid export growth and protect American jobs.

Extreme cold affects millions in northwest China (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:33 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 - Closed roads and delayed flights left thousands of travelers stranded Tuesday following blizzards and extreme cold that killed four people and affected 1.6 million others in northwestern China, a government spokesman said.

China to pull 2D version of Avatar from theaters (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:23 AM PST

FILE - In this file film publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, the character Neytiri, voiced by Zoe Saldana, right, and the character Jake, voiced by Sam Worthington are shown in a scene from, 'Avatar.' Cameron's 'Avatar' has shot past 'Star Wars' to become the No. 3 movie on the all-time domestic box office charts. Next stop: 'The Dark Knight.' Cameron's science-fiction saga took in US$41.3 million over the weekend, raising its domestic total to US$491.8 million. Worldwide, 'Avatar' has grossed US$1.5 billion. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, File)AP - Chinese censors have ordered the 2D version of "Avatar" pulled from screens across the country, apparently to reduce competition for the homegrown film industry ahead of the nation's biggest holiday season.

Google postpones launch of mobiles in China (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:11 AM PST

A woman uses a mobile phone outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google is postponing the launch this week of two mobile handsets in China developed in cooperation with Motorola and Samsung(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Google said Tuesday it had postponed the launch of two mobile handsets in China, in the latest fallout from its threat last week to withdraw from the Asian giant over cyberattacks and censorship.

China says Google no exception to the law (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:44 AM PST

A cleaner sweeps the logo of Google China outside its company headquarters in Beijing, January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Alfred JinReuters - Google Inc will not be treated as an exception to China's demand foreign companies obey its laws, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after the world's largest search engine warned it could pull out of China.

Google postpones mobile phone launch in China (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 05:04 AM PST

AP - Google on Tuesday postponed the planned launch of its mobile phone in China amid a dispute with the government over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking that the search giant says may force it to leave the country.

China calls for stronger trade ties with India (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 02:22 AM PST

An investor holds rupee notes and handwritten investment details outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai on November 27. China has called for stronger trade and investment ties with India, stressing the world's two most populous nations were friends and not enemies.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)AFP - China has called for stronger trade and investment ties with India, stressing the world's two most populous nations were friends and not enemies.

China urges flexibility on Iran, downplays sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 01:37 AM PST

An Iranian operator (R) and a Russian operator discuss a document as they monitor the nuclear power plant unit in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, November 30, 2009. REUTERS/ISNA/Mehdi GhasemiReuters - China urged other powers on Tuesday to show more flexibility in dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear programme, playing down prospects of sanctions after six countries met to discuss the standoff.

WWF says China's wild tigers face extinction (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:35 AM PST

A tiger is seen in its enclosure at a zoo in Beijing. The World Wildlife Fund has warned that the wild tiger faced extinction in China after having been decimated by poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat.(AFP/File)AFP - The World Wildlife Fund warned on Tuesday that the wild tiger faced extinction in China after having been decimated by poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat.

Top Chinese judge jailed for life for graft (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 11:00 PM PST

File photo of the Chinese Supreme People's Court building in Beijing. A Chinese court sentenced a former top supreme court judge to life in prison on Tuesday for taking bribes and other graft charges, a court official and state media said.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese court sentenced a former top supreme court judge to life in prison on Tuesday for taking bribes and other graft charges, a court official and state media said.

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

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:00 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 to expand smoking bans in 7 major cities (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 07:24 PM 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.

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