2010年3月21日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Rio Tinto chief to speak as trial begins in Shanghai (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:24 PM PDT

Cars drive in to the Shanghai Number One Intermediate People's Court on the morning of Rio Tinto trail March 22, 2010. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - The trial of four Rio Tinto employees opens on Monday in Shanghai, China's financial hub, in a case closely watched by investors anxious over the business environment for foreign firms and their Chinese employees.


China vows to hit back if targeted by U.S. on yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, blesses people after receiving a book on Tibet authored by Parvez Dewan, right, and co-authored by Siddharth Srivastava, left, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 18, 2010. At an earlier gathering Thursday the Dalai Lama said he favored good relations between India and China to ensure peace in the region, according to a news agency. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)Reuters - Beijing will retaliate if the United States declares China a currency manipulator and imposes trade sanctions, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Sunday, firing the latest salvo in a spat over the value of the yuan.


China's Xinjiang restores access to email, websites (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:55 AM PDT

An elderly Uighur passes Chinese paramilitary policemen standing guard outside the Grand Bazaar in the Uighur district of Urumqi city, in China's Xinjiang region, after ethnic unrest broke out there in July 2009. Authorities in China's Xinjiang have restored access to email services and 32 Internet sites that were blocked after unrest, state media reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Authorities in China's Xinjiang have restored access to email services and 32 Internet sites that were blocked after ethnic unrest broke out in the region in July, state media reported Sunday.


China warns US against sanctions over currency (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:08 AM PDT

AP - China's commerce minister warned the United States on Sunday against imposing trade sanctions over Beijing's currency controls, and said his country was likely to report a trade deficit in March.

China warns US against yuan sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:03 AM PDT

China warned Sunday it may retaliate if the United States imposes trade sanctions and other penalties over its exchange rate policy, state media reported(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China warned Sunday it may retaliate if the United States imposes trade sanctions and other penalties over its exchange rate policy, state media reported.


China to begin trial of 4 Rio Tinto employees (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 12:32 AM PDT

Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court  is seen Thursday, March 18, 2010 in Shanghai, China. 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.  Australian national Stern Hu is one of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto who are due to face a court in Shanghai on Monday charged with stealing commercial secrets and taking bribes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - An Australian executive and three other employees of mining giant Rio Tinto face charges of stealing secrets and offering bribes in a Shanghai trial beginning Monday that is viewed as a barometer of China's handling of foreign business.


China says trade deficit likely in March (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 11:53 PM PDT

File photo of Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, who says China's export-dependent economy is likely to experience a trade deficit in March.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - China's export-dependent economy is likely to experience a trade deficit in March, a senior government official warned Sunday, possibly signalling a slowdown in overseas shipments.


China could report trade deficit in March (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:22 PM PDT

Reuters - China's trade balance could turn to a deficit in March, commerce minister Chen Deming said on Sunday, adding that adjustments to the yuan's value would not by itself resolve global trade imbalances.
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