2010年1月31日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China banks lend nearly 1.6 trn yuan in Jan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 06:21 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese banks issued net new yuan loans of nearly 1.6 trillion yuan ($234.4 billion) in January, the Economic Information Daily reported on Monday, pointing to a much slower pace of lending in the last 10 days of the month.

China fumes after U.S. arms sales to Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 06:05 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese state media laid into the United States on Monday after the Obama administration unveiled its first arms package for Taiwan, a move that prompted China to impose sanctions on the firms involved.

Ford's China JV ends gas pedal review (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:56 PM PST

AP - A joint venture partner of Ford Motor Co. said Sunday it has resumed making buses in China after determining that the gas pedal assembly doesn't have the same problem that forced a recall of millions of Toyota vehicles.

Earthquake strikes southwestern China, killing 1 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 02:41 AM PST

Two children walk by a collapsed house after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Moxi town in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. (AP Photo)AP - A moderate earthquake jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing one person and injuring 12 others, officials said. More than 200 houses were damaged or destroyed.


China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:27 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China's national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies.

Moderate China quake kills one: state media (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

A quake reading on a seismograph. A moderate 5.2-magnitude quake hit the Chinese province of Sichuan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A moderate earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing one person, injuring at least 11 others and collapsing some homes, the government said.


China: Taiwan arms sales harm national interest (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

FILE - In this July 20, 2006 photo, a U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises in  Ilan County, 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Taipei, Taiwan. The United States is planning to sell US$6.4 billion in arms, including Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, mine hunter ships and information technology, to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama's efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time. (AP Photo/File)AP - China's foreign minister warned that U.S. plans to sell $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan will harm Chinese efforts to unify peacefully with the island, the ministry said Sunday, after China suspended U.S. military exchanges and threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies.


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