2010年3月11日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 04:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power.


Google says talks with China ongoing (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:33 AM PST

A Chinese flag flies outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.


China's February inflation accelerates (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:10 AM PST

This picture taken Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010 shows a Chinese selects fruits at a department store in Beijing, China.  China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's inflation rose in February amid galloping growth and demand for scarce labor, increasing pressure on Beijing to ease off its stimulus while keeping a recovery going in the world's third-largest economy.


China steps up security crackdown in Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 07:50 AM PST

Photo taken in June 2008 shows Chinese paramilitary policemen patrolling past a slogan promoting national unity, in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, police and reports said Thursday.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, police and reports said Thursday.


Urbanizing China long way from residence reform (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 02:30 AM PST

Reuters - They build the skyscrapers and lay the highways, mind the city children, sew the clothes and tend the shops, but China's army of migrant laborers are still fundamentally aliens in the country's bustling urban centers.

China's consumer prices soar in February (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 02:16 AM PST

People are pictured shopping for food at a supermarket in Beijing. Chinese consumer prices rose for the fourth month running in February while new lending slowed sharply, data showed, as the government campaigns to tame inflation in the booming economy.(AFP/Li Xin)AFP - Chinese consumer prices rose for the fourth month running in February while new lending slowed sharply, data showed Thursday, as the government campaigns to tame inflation in the booming economy.


China orders reporters trained in Marxist theory (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 01:52 AM PST

AP - China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing problems with the current crop of mainland journalists.

Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 12:38 AM PST

Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.

China limits bonuses for bankers to manage risk (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:21 PM PST

AP - China has tightened controls on pay for its top bankers, joining global efforts to try to limit financial risks by linking longer-term performance more closely to compensation.
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