2010年3月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Google may announce China plans next Monday: report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:52 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc may make an announcement next Monday about whether it will pull out from China, the China Business News reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed Google employee.

U.S. tells China yuan issue is of "real concern" (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:43 PM PDT

An employee counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - The United States kept up pressure on China on Thursday to let its yuan currency climb as Beijing disclosed it was sounding out exporters on whether they could cope with a stronger exchange rate.


U.S. political odd couple takes on China (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 11:33 AM PDT

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during an interview at the Newseum in Washington, October 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - An American political odd couple is leading a charge to crack down on what critics see as China's unfair trade practices.


China probes vaccines after child deaths reported (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:39 AM PDT

AP - China's Health Ministry is investigating the safety of inoculations in a northern province after a report that defective vaccines possibly killed four children and seriously sickened dozens.

US-China differences 'should not harm Iran cooperation' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:12 AM PDT

Washington's ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, seen here in 2009, has said that Chinese-US differences over Taiwan and Tibet should not stop Beijing from backing strong sanctions against Iran or trip up cooperation on global issues.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Chinese-US differences over Taiwan and Tibet should not stop Beijing from backing strong sanctions against Iran or trip up cooperation on global issues, Washington's ambassador to Beijing said Thursday.


US ambassador urges China cooperation on Iran (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:08 AM PDT

Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to China, gestures as he delivers his speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Huntsman said Thursday bilateral disputes should not interfere with cooperation between the U.S. and China on international issues such as global warning and Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Beijing needs to take seriously American concerns about the value of the Chinese currency, but bilateral disputes should not impede cooperation on global issues such as climate change and Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. ambassador to Beijing said Thursday.


China rejects US lawmakers pressure on currency (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:05 AM PDT

AP - China rejected pressure by U.S. lawmakers for Beijing to ease currency controls and accused Washington on Thursday of trade protectionism that it said might hurt the global recovery.

China Mobile growth prospects improve (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:36 AM PDT

The company logos of China Mobile are displayed at an outlet in Hong Kong August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Aaron TamReuters - China Mobile's (0941.HK) forecast-beating results suggest its years of investment in data services is paying off, helping the world's largest mobile carrier report an unexpected rise in revenue per user.


China Mobile says 2009 profit up 2.3 percent (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:07 AM PDT

Wang Jianzhou, Chairman and CEO of China Mobile Limited, attends the company's 2009 annual result announcement in Hong Kong Thursday, March 18, 2010. The largest mobile carrier by market value and subscribers in China, posted a full-year net profit of 115.2 billion yuan (US$16.9 billion).  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by subscribers, said Thursday its 2009 profit rose 2.3 percent over a year earlier and warned it faces growing competition.


Australia concerned about Rio Tinto trial (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:24 AM PDT

AP - Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and some lawmakers doubted the mining executive involved would get a fair hearing.

South China drought worsens, threatening crops (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:46 AM PDT

AP - Parts of southern China are suffering from the worst drought in decades, leaving millions of people with inadequate water and huge areas of farmland too dry to plant, state media reported Thursday.

Yuan rise would be disastrous: China export body (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:35 AM PDT

An employee counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 18, 2010. A rise in the yuan would be a disaster for labour-intensive Chinese exporters, a semi-official trade group said on Thursday, as frictions grow with the U.S. and other Western powers over Beijing's stable currency policy. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade was checking with more than 1,000 exporters in 12 industries on whether they could cope with a stronger exchange rate, Zhang Wei, vice-chairman of the association, said. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - A rise in the yuan would be a disaster for labor-intensive Chinese exporters, a semi-official trade group said on Thursday, as frictions grow with the U.S. and other Western powers over Beijing's stable currency policy.


Rio staff face three-day trial in China: court (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:31 PM PDT

An iron ore ship is loaded at the Rio Tinto Cape Lambert shipping terminal on West Australia's Pilbara coast. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned China that the AFP - The trial of four Rio Tinto employees will last three days with part of the proceedings closed to the public, a Chinese court said Thursday.


China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:23 PM PDT

Reuters - China's Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four children and making dozens of others sick.

China's roars grow louder in Year of the Tiger (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:18 PM PDT

After running at loggerheads with the West over climate change, human rights and nuclear proliferation, China is now on a collision course with the international community on the value of its currency.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - After running at loggerheads with the West over climate change, human rights and nuclear proliferation, China is now on a collision course with the international community on the value of its currency.


Life sentence upheld for China supreme court judge (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 07:21 PM PDT

AP - A court in northern China has upheld a life sentence for a former supreme court judge convicted of embezzlement and bribery, a state-run newspaper reported.
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