2010年3月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Focus on rising Chinese political star Bo (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:10 AM PST

AP - China's ruling elite gather this week for the year's biggest political event and the buzz is mainly about one especially savvy player, the son of a revolutionary who's reaped national acclaim by targeting gang leaders and corrupt police.

Toyota president apologizes to Chinese customers (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:07 AM PST

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda arrives for a press conference in Beijing, Monday, March 1, 2010. Toyoda's visit to China to talk about his company's quality problems reflects the fast-growing Chinese market's importance to automakers as they struggle with weak global sales. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - Toyota President Akio Toyoda brought his damage-control campaign to the world's biggest auto market Monday, apologizing to Chinese customers for quality problems and stressing their importance to the Japanese automaker.


Toyoda slips into China on damage control mission (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 05:07 AM PST

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda sought to ease quality concerns during a low-key visit to China on Monday, fresh from a grueling hearing in the U.S. Congress over his company's biggest safety crisis.

China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic: study (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 03:38 AM PST

This 2007 photo shows the Esmark glacier on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, which has shrunk by 3.5 kilometers since 1966. China has started exploring how to reap economic and strategic benefits from the ice melting at the Arctic with global warming, a Stockholm research institute said.(AFP/File/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)AFP - China has started exploring how to reap economic and strategic benefits from the ice melting at the Arctic with global warming, a Stockholm research institute said Monday.


Toyoda apologizes to Chinese consumers for recalls (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:32 AM PST

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) President Akio Toyoda on Monday offered a sincere apology to Chinese consumers over its massive global recall, which has had limited impact in the Chinese market.

Coal mine flood traps 31 people in northern China (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:03 AM PST

AP - Rescuers worked to save 31 coal miners trapped underground by a flood early Monday in northern China, state media reported.

Research group: China prepares for Arctic melt (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 02:02 AM PST

AP - China is starting to prepare for the commercial and strategic opportunities arising as global warming melts the polar ice cover in the Arctic, an international peace research group said Monday.

China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 01:18 AM PST

Recruits of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) attend a training session at a military base in Changzhi, Shanxi province March 1, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to displace the United States as the global "champion," a Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.


Flood traps dozens in China coal mine (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:21 AM PST

File photo shows miners entering a coal mine in China. A flood has left dozens of workers trapped in a coal mine in northern China's Inner Mongolia region on Monday, the mine's owner said.(AFP/File)AFP - A flood left dozens of workers trapped in a coal mine in northern China's Inner Mongolia region on Monday, the mine's owner said.


China manufacturing continues to expand: surveys (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 11:42 PM PST

A woman passes a rack of tyres in Beijing. China's manufacturing activity continued to expand in February though at a slower pace, surveys by the government and HSBC have shown, with the bank expressing optimism for the coming months.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's manufacturing activity continued to expand in February though at a slower pace, surveys by the government and HSBC showed Monday, with the bank expressing optimism for the coming months.


China's Panchen Lama named to legislative body (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:52 PM PST

China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Panchen Lama (pictured), has been named to a parliamentary advisory body, amid an apparent push by Beijing to promote his legitimacy.(AFP/Pool/File/Eugene Hoshiko)AFP - China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan Buddhist leader has been named to a parliamentary advisory body, amid an apparent push by Beijing to promote his legitimacy.


China's 'Terminal' activist vows to fight on (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:26 PM PST

Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu wears a shirt bedecked with his appeal at Narita International Airport, near Tokyo. Feng was forced to camp out near an immigration counter at the tranpsort hub after the Chinese government refused on several occasions to let him come home.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - After three months in legal limbo in Japan, Chinese rights campaigner Feng Zhenghu says he is not wasting any more time.


China's Wang Meng might retire (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:23 PM PST

China's triple Olympic gold medallist in women's short track speed skating Wang Meng is contemplating retirement following her record haul at the Vancouver Games, state press said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/Streeter Lecka)AFP - China's triple Olympic gold medallist in women's short track speed skating Wang Meng is contemplating retirement following her record haul at the Vancouver Games, state press said Monday.


Panchen Lama named to top advisory body in China (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:37 PM PST

AP - The Panchen Lama, the young man enthroned by Beijing as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, has joined China's top legislative advisory body.
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