2010年1月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China


GM expects to need new China plant as sales rise (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 09:00 AM PST

A Buick Excelle car is displayed at a General Motors auto dealership in Shanghai December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - General Motors expects it will need to build a new greenfield manufacturing facility in the near future in China to accommodate strong growth in the world's largest auto market, but it will not be building a plant this year, its China president said on Saturday.


'Five jailed' for polluting Chinese city's water (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 03:44 AM PST

A couple walk on the frozen Songhua river in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, November 2005. Five people have been jailed for spilling industrial waste into a drinking water source, causing the supply for a city of five million people to be cut off for a week, state media reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Five people have been jailed for spilling industrial waste into a drinking water source, causing the supply for a city of five million people to be cut off for a week, state media reported Saturday.


China eyes grand plan to develop Tibetan regions (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:59 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama wears a ceremonial hat during a prayer ceremony at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. The Central Tibetan Administration led by the Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche organized a prayer ceremony for the longevity of Dalai Lama's life. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - China's top leaders say Tibet's development must include Tibetan areas in neighboring provinces — a move likely aimed at tying the region tighter to the rest of the country after deadly riots two years ago.


China plans to fast track Tibet development (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:36 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama wears a ceremonial hat during a prayer ceremony at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. The Central Tibetan Administration led by the Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche organized a prayer ceremony for the longevity of Dalai Lama's life. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Reuters - China plans to fast track development of Tibet to enhance security in the poor mountainous region racked with chronic ethnic tensions that turned deadly in 2008, official media said on Saturday.


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