2010年2月14日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Goldman Sachs economist sees China revaluing yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 02:49 PM PST

Reuters - China could be about to allow its currency to strengthen by as much as 5 percent to slow down the country's fast-growing economy, Goldman Sachs' chief economist was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Rights group says missing Chinese lawyer in Urumqi (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 06:25 AM PST

AP - A Chinese lawyer missing for more than a year is in Xinjiang in the far west of the country, a human rights group says it was told by Chinese authorities. However, the lawyer's family said it still has not been able to contact him.

China says most tainted milk destroyed after new scare (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:08 PM PST

Chinese enforcement officers check the dates on the tins of milk powder at a shop in Tongzi, southwest China's Guizhou region last week. China assured consumers most of the tainted milk products that resurfaced in recent months have been destroyed, saying none had made it to store shelves or been exported.(AFP/Str)AFP - China assured consumers most of the tainted milk products that resurfaced in recent months have been destroyed, saying none had made it to store shelves or been exported.


Iron ore prices are likely to rise sharply: BHP chief (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:05 PM PST

Reuters - Benchmark iron ore prices are set to rise sharply in the coming months due largely to a resurgence of demand from China, BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers said.

Chinese embassy gives info on lawyer says rights group (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Reuters - The Chinese embassy in Washington has said the country's best known activist lawyer, missing for a year after being taken from his home, is working in the western city of Urumqi, a U.S.-based rights group said late on Saturday.

Pork-flavored doughnuts? A Chinese market beckons (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:05 AM PST

In this Dec. 3, 2009 photo, Patric Lin, manager of Tenmu Donuts, chooses doughnuts at a Tenmu Donuts shop in Guangzhou, China. Lin is sure he can succeed where others have failed, and get the Chinese hooked on doughnuts. But the doughnuts this entrepreneur is selling, in the city that gave its name to Cantonese cooking, won't be readily recognizable to Westerners. They're shaped like pearl bracelets, and toppings include ham and cheese, red spaghetti sauce, salmon, spicy beef and seaweed flakes. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Patrick Lin is sure he can succeed where others have failed, and get the Chinese hooked on doughnuts.


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