2010年3月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Sen. Schumer says plans China currency bill (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 01:17 PM PST

Senator Charles Schumer speaks at the NAACP's Centennial Convention, in New York in this July 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Senator Charles Schumer said on Friday he plans to move forward soon on legislation aimed at stopping China from "manipulating" its currency.

China slams US on human rights, yuan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 11:39 AM PST

A man walks past notebooks printed with portraits of late Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (L) and acting president of the United States Barack Obama (C) in Shanghai on February 2010. China on Friday slammed US criticism of its human rights and currency policies, alleging a campaign of defamation as relations between the two giant powers took a new lurch for the worse.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China on Friday slammed US criticism of its human rights and currency policies, alleging a campaign of defamation as relations between the two giant powers took a new lurch for the worse.

Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:44 AM PST

** SPECIFIES THE ZOO WHERE TIGERS DIED ** FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at the cash-strapped Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in Liaoning province in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreeding endangered animals in the hopes of making illicit profit on their carcasses.

NGOs in China say threatened by new donor rules (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:42 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2009 file photo, Chinese children celebrate with gifts from the NGO Disaster Preparedness Center whose members visited the quake-hit town of Luoshui, near Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province. Aid groups in China said Friday, March 12, 2010 they feel threatened by new rules that make it harder to take overseas donations, warning that losing the money could put many out of business as the government steps into the issue for the first time. China is behind most countries in embracing outside aid groups. Its leaders know outside help is needed on deep social welfare problems, but they worry that the activities of private groups could turn political. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China has surprised thousands of aid groups by stepping in to regulate overseas donations for the first time, complicating efforts to get money from supporters in the United States and elsewhere. Some groups warned that losing the support could force many to shut down.

Elevens Siberian tigers 'starve to death in China zoo' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:36 AM PST

A worker prepares to feed Siberian tigers at the world's largest Siberian tiger park in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province in 2008. Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in Shenyang, northeast China, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, according to state media.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in northeast China, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, state media reported.

China fires back at US human rights criticisms (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:54 AM PST

AP - China accused the United States of destabilizing the world economy and meddling in other countries' affairs Friday — its standard response to Washington's annual review of Beijing's human rights record.

China calls U.S. a hypocrite over human rights (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:51 AM PST

Reuters - China accused Washington of hypocrisy on Friday for its criticism of Beijing's restrictions on the Internet and dissent, blaming the United States for the financial crisis and saying its own rights record was terrible.

Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:30 AM PST

Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, gestures during a press conference in Beijing Friday, March 12, 2010. Li, China's top Internet regulator, insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or 'pay the consequences,' giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.

Tea greases the wheels of Chinese politics (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:15 AM PST

In this photo taken Thursday, March 11, 2010, a Chinese woman holds a paper cup with the words 'Great Hall of the People' during a plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China. Tea serves as the main social lubricant at the annual session of China's parliament, allowing the nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates in attendance an opportunity to sit, chat, and network. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Tea serves as the main social lubricant at the annual session of China's parliament, allowing the nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates in attendance an opportunity to sit, chat, and network.

Leave yuan to us, China tells Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:12 AM PST

Reuters - The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime.

Haier selling GE appliances in rural China (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 11:33 PM PST

AP - Chinese appliance maker Haier says it has joined with General Electric in selling GE appliances to rural areas, the focus of subsidies intended to boost spending by hundreds of millions of farmers.

Air China to raise over $950 mln in share issue (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 11:01 PM PST

Shares in Air China rose Friday after the nation's flag carrier said it plans to raise more than $950 mln through a private share placement to boost capital and lower financing costs. Air China, the country's second largest airline by fleet size, said it will raise 5.6 bln yuan ($819.9 mln) by selling up to 585 million new yuan-denominated A shares.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Shares in Air China rose Friday after the nation's flag carrier said it plans to raise more than 950 million dollars through a private share placement to boost capital and lower financing costs.

Man saved as China landslide toll climbs to 27 (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 10:03 PM PST

Chinese rescuers carry a body of one of the victims after a landslide buried homes in Zizhou, north China's Shaanxi province, on March 10. A 20-year-old man was rescued from the mud and rubble of a the massive landslide early on Friday after being buried for 54 hours, as the death toll rose to 27, according to state media.(AFP/File)AFP - A 20-year-old man was rescued from the mud and rubble of a massive landslide in north China early Friday after being buried for 54 hours, as the death toll rose to 27, state media said.

Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 09:57 PM PST

A vendor is pictured waiting for customers behind trays of shrimps and prawns at a Beijing market. China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, according to state press.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday.

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