2010年2月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China's new foreign policy takes shape - in Moldova (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:06 PM PST

Reuters - Small, poor nations without significant mineral deposits are unlikely candidates for investment by the world's third-largest economy.

China's Sohu Lags Views On Weak Ads (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:35 PM PST

Investor's Business Daily - U.S. shares of Sohu.com (NasdaqGS:SOHU - News), China's most-visited Web portal, and Changyou (NasdaqGS:CYOU - News), its online games unit, fell Monday after the pair gave weak guidance for the current quarter and reported mixed fourth-quarter results.

Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:27 AM PST

AP - When the online fantasy game "World of Warcraft" was yanked from China last year because of a bureaucratic turf battle, the millions of Chinese players were outraged.

White House: China sanctions on US unwarranted (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:26 AM PST

AP - A White House spokesman says it would "not be warranted" for China to slap sanctions on U.S. companies in retaliation for the Obama administration's plans to sell arms to Taiwan.

China's interests may limit sanctions on US firms (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:32 AM PST

A Chinese family looks inside the cockpit of a Chinese made fighter jet near the remains of U.S. made Taiwanese reconnaissance planes shot down by China in the 1960's on display at the military museum in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. China angrily summoned the U.S. ambassador on Saturday and warned that a plan to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan would harm already strained ties. One Chinese expert said the sale would give Beijing a 'fair and proper reason' to accelerate weapons testing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's threats to punish U.S. companies involved in a major arms sale to Taiwan are raising questions over whether Beijing could pull it off without undermining its own aviation industries.


China pledges more support for rural poor (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:29 AM PST

A Chinese blind beggar performs along a sideway in downtown Beijing, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China will boost spending in rural areas and let more farmers migrate to urban areas in a bid to close the widening income gap between villages and cities, government officials said Monday.


China says U.S. protectionism jeopardizes trade ties (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:17 AM PST

Reuters - China has accused the United States of straining their vast economic relationship through a slew of anti-dumping measures, adding to growing tensions between the two global powers.

Japan, China still at odds over 'Rape of Nanking' (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 05:50 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 1937 file photo Japanese soldiers cheer as they hoist their flag from the roof of the central government building after they seized Nanking in the Second Sino Japanese War. Japan acknowledged its wartime military caused tremendous damage to China in the 'Rape of Nanking' massacre, but the two sides failed again to agree on the death toll in a report published this week. The massacre was one of the worst incidents in Japan's invasion of China during the first half of the 20th century. (AP Photo)AP - Japan acknowledged its wartime military caused tremendous damage to China in the "Rape of Nanking" massacre, but the two sides failed again to agree on the death toll, a joint study obtained Monday said.


China sticks to hard line in talks on Tibet (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:22 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, March 27, 2008 file photo, Chinese paramilitary police stand guard in front of shops damaged during March 14 riot in Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Envoys of the Dalai Lama were due in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, ahead of new talks over the status of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader. The weekend meetings come amid renewed speculation over possible shifts in Beijing's policies toward Tibet, geared toward boosting the Himalayan region's economy in hopes of reducing the chances of further ethnic unrest. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - China stuck to its hard line in its first talks with Tibetan envoys in 15 months, refusing to discuss changes to the Himalayan region's status and thus dashing hopes of a breakthrough.


China moves again on lending, economy shows strength (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:00 AM PST

Reuters - China has ordered a further clampdown on excessive bank lending to ensure credit has not illegally entered the stock or property markets as two surveys on Monday showed the mounting challenges faced by policymakers.

China manufacturing expanded in Jan, surveys show (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:50 AM PST

Workers are seen at a construction site downtown Beijing, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. China shook off the global crisis as growth surged to 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009 but inflation picked up, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rising prices without disrupting the recovery. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's manufacturing expanded in January and the outlook was positive despite government efforts to cool inflation by tightening control over bank lending, two surveys showed Monday.


China says won't relax grip on Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:11 AM PST

China has said it made no concessions on Tibetan sovereignty during talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, seen here in India's Bihar state in January, over the future of the region -- the first such negotiations in more than a year.(AFP/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - China said on Monday it made no concessions on Tibetan sovereignty during talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama over the future of the region -- the first such negotiations in more than a year.


China tells Tibet envoys no compromise on sovereignty (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:15 AM PST

Chinese paramilitary policemen patrol at the Potala palace in Lhasa. China has said it made no concessions on Tibetan sovereignty during talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama over the future of the region -- the first such negotiations in more than a year.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)Reuters - Chinese officials told envoys of the Dalai Lama there would be no compromise on China's control of Tibet and Communist rule was a boon to the mountain region, state media said Monday.


Dalai Lama envoys return from China after talks (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:48 PM PST

AP - Two envoys of the Dalai Lama have returned to India after meeting officials in Beijing for the first talks on restive Chinese-ruled Tibet in 15 months, a spokesman for the exiled spiritual leader said Monday.

China intensifies clampdown on media: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:35 PM PST

Magazines on sale at a newspaper stall along a Beijing street. China intensified its clampdown on local and foreign media last year with reporters facing violence, censorship and arbitrary detention, according to a report by an international press watchdog.(AFP/File/Wang Zhao)AFP - China intensified its clampdown on local and foreign media last year with reporters facing violence, censorship and arbitrary detention, according to a report by an international press watchdog.


Chinese cop sentenced to death in mafia trial (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:31 PM PST

A police officer stands guard near the Forbidden City in Beijing. A former police officer in China has been sentenced to death in the latest court verdict following a huge mafia crackdown that has lifted the lid on official collusion with gangsters.(AFP/File)AFP - A former police officer in China was sentenced to death on Monday in the latest court verdict following a huge mafia crackdown that has lifted the lid on official collusion with gangsters.


Report: China increases media controls in 2009 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:53 PM PST

AP - China tried to increase control over its domestic media in 2009, issuing orders not to cover several topics including ethnic rioting in Xinjiang and corruption by government officials, an international press freedom group said.

Dalai Lama envoys return from China: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:41 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama prays in Dharamshala in October, 2009. Envoys of the exiled leader the Dalai Lama returned to India on Monday after talks in China on the future of the troubled Himalayan region, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama said.(AFP/File)AFP - Envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama returned to India on Monday after talks in China on the future of the troubled Himalayan region, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama said.


China govt opens cracks in its culture of secrecy (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

This Dec. 8, 2009 photo shows Chinese businessman Wu Junliang during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Shenzhen, China. Wu battled for years to get local officials to reveal their publicly funded budgets, but in a country notorious for keeping citizens in the dark, his quest seemed nearly impossible. Then China did what would once have been unthinkable, it enacted an open-government policy, and last fall Wu Junliang pressed his case with the Guangzhou city government. This time, to his surprise, he won. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - The Chinese businessman battled for years to get cities to reveal their budgets, but his quest seemed quixotic in a country notorious for keeping citizens in the dark.


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