2010年1月24日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China casts nervous eye at erstwhile ally Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

Reuters - The giant red poster staring over China's Wanding border crossing with Myanmar proclaims that their "brotherly feelings will last forever."

China says not involved in cyberattacks on Google (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:08 PM PST

People walk pass the Google China office in Beijing on January 13. Beijing said Monday accusations the Chinese government was behind cyber attacks that have provoked criticism from Washington were AFP - China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and defended Internet censorship as necessary, as a row with Washington over the US firm's threat to leave the country rumbled on.


China's economy may surpass Japan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:14 AM PST

Reuters - China could overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in 2010, one year before Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jim O'Neill had previously expected.

China paper slams U.S. for cyber role in Iran unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:28 AM PST

Reuters - China's Communist Party mouthpiece on Sunday accused the United States of mounting a cyber army and a "hacker brigade," and of exploiting social media like Twitter or Youtube to foment unrest in Iran.

Senior Chinese cadres call for dissident's release (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:49 AM PST

AP - Four senior Communist Party officials known for their liberal views are pushing for the release of an imprisoned Chinese dissident who had issued a daring call for political reform, one of the group said Sunday.

Bank of China to sell up to $5.8 billion in bonds (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:46 AM PST

AP - Bank of China plans to sell up to 40 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) in bonds to replenish its capital and meet government standards following a record surge in lending last year amid Beijing's stimulus measures, a state-run news agency reported.

Police detain nine over south China land riot (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

Police in southern China have detained nine people linked to a violent riot over a land dispute and issued an arrest warrant for the suspected ringleader, local authorities have said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Police in southern China have detained nine people linked to a violent riot over a land dispute and issued an arrest warrant for the suspected ringleader, local authorities said Sunday.


Illegal gold miners freeze to death in China (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 08:39 PM PST

Reuters - Six men and a woman who had been illegally prospecting in remote mountains near the Mongolian border froze to death in a blizzard, China's Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
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