2010年1月28日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China still leery on U.S. sanctions push for Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:26 PM PST

Reuters - China called on Thursday for efforts to resume dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme, stalling U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton's efforts to win public commitment for a new round of U.N. sanctions.

US seeks China transparency in Xinjiang trials (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:01 PM PST

A woman walks past a road block in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region in 2009. The United States on Thursday urged China to be more transparent in its trials in the Xinjiang region as courts handed down more death sentences over last year's deadly ethnic unrest.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - The United States on Thursday urged China to be more transparent in its trials in the Xinjiang region as courts handed down more death sentences over last year's deadly ethnic unrest.


Clinton in 'open, candid' Google talks with China (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:51 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the media during the closing press conference at the London Conference on Afghanistan. Clinton said she raised AFP - The United States and China agreed on Thursday to keep talking about their spat over Google, following "a very open and candid conversation" on the sidelines of an international conference on Afghanistan.


Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST

The skull of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called Reuters - China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds.


US diplomat airs Internet freedom with Chinese (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:56 AM PST

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has told China the United States is concerned about Chinese action that could infringe on Internet freedoms.

U.S. firms face too many "headaches" in China: Locke (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:43 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. companies face too many obstacles trying to do business in China and could lose interest if Beijing backslides on openness and the rule of law, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Thursday.

China says it wants to cooperate with US (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:08 AM PST

Two pedestrians walk past the company logo outside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing on January 15. China stressed Thursday it wanted to cooperate with the United States, in the wake of tensions between the two countries over Google, US arms sales to Taiwan and a host of trade issues.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China stressed Thursday it wanted to cooperate with the United States, in the wake of tensions between the two countries over Google, US arms sales to Taiwan and a host of trade issues.


Ford halts some China vehicle production (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:46 AM PST

AP - Ford Motor Co. has halted production of some full-sized commercial vehicles in China because they contain gas pedals built by the same company behind the accelerators in Toyota Motor Corp.'s recent recall.

Imitation Google, YouTube sites emerge in China (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:42 AM PST

In this photo taken on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, workers clean and repair broken part of a marble tablet bearing Google's logo in front of Google China's headquarters building in Beijing. Google's Android operating system should face no limits on its use by China's phone companies so long as it complies with Chinese regulations, the government said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Imitation Web sites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.


Chinese-led group formally signs Iraq oil deal (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:55 PM PST

A red star adourns a pressurised oil container in Yan'an, Shaanxi province. A consortium led by Chinese oil giant PetroChina has formally signed a 20-year deal with Iraq to develop the Halfaya oil field, as China boosts its presence in the crude-rich region.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A consortium led by oil giant PetroChina has formally signed a 20-year deal with Iraq to develop the Halfaya oil field, as China boosts its presence in the crude-rich region.


China sets up energy agency headed by PM (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:37 PM PST

Austrian President Heinz Fischer, left, is greets by China's Premier Wen Jiabao, before a dinner reception at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)AP - China has set up a government agency headed by Premier Wen Jiabao to better coordinate energy policy, as world's second-largest power consumer faces growing domestic demand and struggles with shortages.


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