2010年1月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Aides: US notifies Congress on Taiwan arms sales (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:21 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration has notified Congress that it has decided to sell weapons to Taiwan, a move expected to worsen already tense ties between China and the United States, senior congressional aides said Monday.

US will not back away from Internet freedom push (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:46 PM PST

A Chinese flag flies over the company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. The United States said Monday it will not back away from an Internet freedom push that has raised hackles in China amid a dispute between Beijing and Web giant Google over cyberattacks.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The United States said Monday it will not back away from an Internet freedom push that has raised hackles in China amid a dispute between Beijing and Web giant Google over cyberattacks.

China steps up defense of Internet controls (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:13 AM PST

A man walks past a logo of Google China in front of its headquarters in Beijing January 22, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee CHINAReuters - China widened its attack against U.S. criticisms of Internet censorship on Monday, raising the stakes in a dispute that has put Google in the middle of a political quarrel between the two global powers.

Beijing mayor warns over city's development (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:02 AM PST

Smoke billows from chimneys at a power plant near where new apartments and office buildings have sprung up in recent years in east Beijing on January 13. Beijing's mayor warned on Monday of AFP - Beijing's mayor warned on Monday of "extremely serious" contradictions between protecting the capital's environment and maintaining rapid economic growth and development.

China reiterates film rules after 'Avatar' flap (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:13 AM PST

Photo taken January 17 shows Chinese movie-goers wearing 3-D glasses as they watch the science-fiction blockbuster AFP - China on Monday reiterated rules that most of the screen time in the nation's cinemas be given to domestic films, after it cut short the run of US blockbuster "Avatar".

China denies state role in Google cyberattacks (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:43 AM PST

A view of Google China's office in Beijing. China has denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and accused the United States of AFP - China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and accused the United States of "double standards" as a row with Washington over Internet freedom intensified.

Outspoken Chinese writer released after 2 weeks (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:22 AM PST

AP - The wife of a Chinese author who leads an outspoken writers' group said Monday her husband was released after being detained for two weeks.

Beijing to close thousands of lobbying offices (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 06:09 AM PST

AP - China is hoping to close thousands of local government lobbying offices in Beijing to cut down on waste and corruption, official media reported Monday.

Tibet envoys leave for fresh talks with China (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:13 AM PST

Reuters - Top envoys of the Dalai Lama will arrive in China for talks on Tuesday, the Tibetan government-in-exile said, the latest attempt to revive dialogue that has stalled since 2008.

More melamine-tainted milk products found in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:59 AM PST

AP - Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal, a government spokeswoman said Monday.

Dalai Lama envoys to revive talks with Beijing (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:45 AM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, seen here at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya on January 9. Representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will revive talks with China Tuesday on the thorny issue of the Himalayan region after a 15-month impasse, his office said.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will revive talks with China on Tuesday on the thorny issue of the Himalayan region after a 15-month impasse, his office said.

Dalai Lama's envoys to hold talks with China (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:41 AM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, seen here at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya on January 9. Representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will revive talks with China Tuesday on the thorny issue of the Himalayan region after a 15-month impasse, his office said.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will revive talks with China Tuesday on the thorny issue of the Himalayan region after a 15-month impasse, his office said.

After 2008 scare, China finds more toxic milk products (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:38 AM PST

Employees put uncontaminated milk formula products onto the shelves of a supermarket in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province September 17, 2008. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Authorities in southwestern China have ordered three batches of milk products off shelves because they contain a chemical that killed at least six children in 2008, causing global concern over the made-in-China brand.

More tainted milk products found in China shops (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:39 AM PST

A young child drinks milk from a bottle outside his home in a hutong in Beijing. Melamine-laced milk products have been found on sale in China, state media has reported, more than a year after the chemical was blamed for six deaths in a huge scandal over contaminated dairy goods.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Melamine-laced milk products have been found on sale in China, state media said on Monday, more than a year after the chemical was blamed for six deaths in a huge scandal over contaminated dairy goods.

Retired communists urge China dissident review (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:08 AM PST

People hold a candlelight vigil for activist Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong. Four retired Communist Party officials have signed an open letter to China's government calling for a review of the case of the jailed dissident, one of their relatives said Monday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Four retired Communist Party officials have signed an open letter to China's government calling for a review of the case of jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, one of their relatives said Monday.

Countdown to Shanghai World Expo begins (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:33 AM PST

A worker is dwarfed by the Chinese pavilion at the World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai. Less than 100 days before the event opens in the Chinese city, armies of workers wearing yellow and orange hard-hats are buzzing around a huge muddy site where the pavilions are far from finished.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Less than 100 days before the World Expo opens in Shanghai, armies of workers wearing yellow and orange hard-hats are buzzing around a huge muddy site where the pavilions are far from finished.

Villagers protest Chinese incinerator (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:53 PM PST

AP - About 100 villagers on Monday protested the construction of a garbage incinerator in southern China, alleging several residents have already become sick from pollution from another trash-burning facility in the area.

World Bank praises China anti-inflation steps (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:46 PM PST

A branch of the Bank of China in Shanghai. China moved this month to calm growing inflationary pressures and soaring stock and property prices caused by runaway bank lending, which last year nearly doubled from 2008.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - The World Bank said Monday recent moves by China to clamp down on rampant lending were the "best way" to tackle the problem of rising inflation and the threat of asset bubbles.

China firms found selling melamine-tainted food: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:03 PM PST

A young child drinks milk from a bottle outside his home in a hutong in Beijing. Melamine-laced milk products have been found on sale in China, state media has reported, more than a year after the chemical was blamed for six deaths in a huge scandal over contaminated dairy goods.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Three Chinese companies have been found selling food products laced with melamine, the chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in a huge dairy scandal in 2008, state media said Monday.

Taiwan set to open key trade talks with China (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 09:34 PM PST

AP - Taiwan and China open negotiations Tuesday in Beijing on a trade pact that seems destined to change the island's character in a way not seen since it split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war 60 years ago.

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