2010年2月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China


"Solemn" China raps U.S. envoy in Dalai Lama row (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:47 PM PST

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama waves as he arrives at a hotel in Washington February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Friday to complain about President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Beijing reviles as a separatist.


China protests Obama meeting with Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:34 PM PST

Taiwan newspapers headline the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their get-together off-camera and low-key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - China on Friday protested President Barack Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama, saying Washington had interfered in Chinese domestic affairs and demanding that the U.S. take steps to improve ties.


Summers: China holdings of U.S. debt fluctuate (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST

Reuters - Top White House adviser Lawrence Summers on Thursday played down the significance of a decline in China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries.

Fireworks in homeland ahead of Dalai Lama's Obama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:36 AM PST

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets members of the Tibetan community as he arrives at a hotel in Washington February 17, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet the Dalai Lama on February 18, a move that has been denounced by China. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in northwest China welcomed Thursday's scheduled meeting between their exiled spiritual leader and Barack Obama with a defiant show of fireworks.


Beijing's Treasury holdings fall as it diversifies (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2009 file photo, a bank clerk counts U.S. 100 dollar bills near bundles of Chinese renminbi notes at a bank in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province. A decline in China's declared holdings of U.S. Treasury bills comes as it is trying to diversify its foreign assets. But analysts say Washington's debt is still the only asset big enough to absorb the trade-fueled flood of cash Beijing needs to invest, and it might be adding to its hoard with secret purchases through banks abroad.   (AP Photo, File)AP - A decline in China's declared holdings of U.S. Treasury bills comes as it is trying to diversify its foreign assets. But analysts say Washington's debt is still the only asset big enough to absorb the trade-fueled flood of cash Beijing needs to invest, and it might be adding to its hoard with secret purchases through banks abroad.


Wife of missing Chinese lawyer denies contact (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST

File photo shows a group of protestors calling for the release of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng in Hong Kong. The wife of the prominent Chinese legal advocate has denied reports that he has made contact with her since he disappeared more than a year ago.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - The wife of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has denied reports that he has made contact with her since he disappeared more than a year ago.


China activist lawyer's wife seeks his whereabouts (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

AP - The wife of an activist Chinese lawyer missing for more than a year challenged claims by authorities in China that he was working in a remote western region of the country and had been in touch with relatives, a human rights group said Thursday.

China's Wang retains short-track speed skating 500m title (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:28 PM PST

Gold medallist, China's Meng Wang, celebrates after competing in her women's 500m short-track final race at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 17.(AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)AFP - China's Wang Meng retained her Olympic 500m women's short-track skating title and warned there was more to come as she kicked off her all-conquering bid at the Vancouver Games.


China's BoComm mulls 4-billion-dollar rights offer (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:17 PM PST

A man passes in front of a Beijing branch of China's Bank of Communications. The major lender may try to raise four billion US dollars through a rights offering to strengthen its balance sheet, a report has said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's Bank of Communications may try to raise four billion US dollars through a rights offering to strengthen its balance sheet, a report said Thursday.


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