2010年3月6日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China faces new pressure to let currency rise (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PST

AP - China faces mounting pressure from trading partners to loosen currency controls and is giving signs it might raise the value of the yuan to ease strains on its fast-growing economy.

China seen opening soon to U.S. pork: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:34 AM PST

Reuters - Pork producers attending their annual meeting here are looking for China to be the next major market to open fully to U.S. pork following word this week that certificate problems with Russia have been solved and exports could start soon to that country.

China's gang-busting city boss gets a national audience (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:22 AM PST

Bo Xilai, the charismatic head of China's Chongqing municipality, pictured in 2007, was mobbed by reporters Saturday as he arrived for a meeting where he vowed to continue a sensational crackdown on organised crime.v(AFP/POOL/File/Ian Waldie)AFP - Bo Xilai, the charismatic head of China's Chongqing municipality, was mobbed by reporters Saturday as he arrived for a meeting where he vowed to continue a sensational crackdown on organised crime.


Chinese president urges stability in Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:17 AM PST

Chinese President Hu Jintao attends the opening session of the nine-day National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5. Hu on Saturday called for stability and swift development in restive Tibet, where violent protests against communist rule have triggered a huge clampdown.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday called for stability and swift development in restive Tibet, where violent protests against communist rule have triggered a huge clampdown.


China official shows off rare public trait: charm (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:18 AM PST

Bo Xilai, center, party secretary of the western city of Chongqing, is surrounded by members of the media upon arrival for a Chongqing delegation meeting of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Bo is the rare official in China with a strong public personality, which could help him with media and popular attention but might not help him within the upper levels of the conservative, ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - He arrived to the squeals of crushed reporters, who crammed into an entryway of China's Great Hall of the People to see one of the country's potential leaders.


China steel sector faces tough restructuring: executive (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 05:45 AM PST

Reuters - China's huge and fragmented steel sector is facing a painful period of restructuring and only the best companies will survive, the head of one of the country's biggest mills said on Saturday.

China says it will move cautiously on currency (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 01:58 AM PST

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China arrives on a financial and economy press conference of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Zhou, China's central bank governor acknowledged Saturday that Beijing is using its controversial exchange-rate controls to cope with the global crisis and said it will be cautious about retreating from the policy.  (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's central bank governor acknowledged Saturday that Beijing is using its controversial exchange-rate controls to cope with the global economic crisis and said it will be cautious about retreating from the policy.


China says exports to fully recover in 2-3 years (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 01:04 AM PST

Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming is pictured during a press conference at the National People's Congress inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 6. China predicted another year of rapid expansion in 2010 but pledged to ensure the benefits of economic growth are shared more evenly, as concern mounts over a widening rich-poor divide.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China said Saturday it could take up to three years for its exports to return to pre-financial crisis levels, as the Asian powerhouse shifted its focus to domestic demand.


China wants yuan in SDR in 2015: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:20 PM PST

Reuters - China is pushing for the yuan to be added to the basket of currencies that comprise the IMF's special drawing rights, aiming for its inclusion in 2015, Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun said on Saturday.

China calls U.S. duties on paper, salts unfair (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:41 PM PST

Reuters - The decision by the United States to impose preliminary duties on Chinese coated paper and phosphate salts was unfair and discriminatory, a spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry said in a statement seen on Saturday.

China central bank to keep yuan basically stable (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:05 PM PST

Reuters - China's central bank pledged on Saturday to keep the yuan's exchange rate basically stable in 2010 and said it would be flexible in implementing its fairly loose pro-growth monetary policy.
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