2010年3月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Rio trial enters final day with spotlight on kickbacks (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese (C) leaves after a meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during China Development Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 22, 2010. REUTERS/Feng Li/PoolReuters - Four Rio Tinto steel executives who admitted taking bribes to conduct business in China face a last day in court on Wednesday that focuses on allegations of stealing commercial secrets.

Want to look rich in China? Buy a Tibetan mastiff (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Tibetan mastiff puppies are seen atop a car on a red cloth for sale out side a convention center at Changping, northern suburb of Beijing, China, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - China's latest must-have luxury for the ultra-rich, to go with mansions and sports cars, is a large, slobbery dog with massive amounts of hair best known for herding sheep in Tibet.

8 children stabbed to death at Chinese school (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Police officers guard the crime scene outside Nanping City Experimental Elementary School where students were stabbed by a man in Nanping in southeast China's Fujian province, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. A former doctor armed with a large knife killed eight children and injured five others Tuesday at the school, a local official said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A former medical worker allegedly stabbed to death eight young children and wounded five others Tuesday in a bloody rampage outside an elementary school in eastern China.

US: China should reflect on Google retreat (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:40 AM PDT

A Chinese girl lights a candle in front of Google China headquarters in Beijing Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Google Inc. stopped censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland Monday but said it will maintain other operations in the country. The maneuver attempts to balance Google's disdain for China's Internet rules with the company's desire to profit from an explosively growing market. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The United States is urging Beijing to "seriously consider" the meaning of Google's decision to partially withdraw from China over Internet restrictions.

High-level Sino-US talks set for late May: China (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:27 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao following their 2009 talks in Beijing. China said the next round of high-level strategic and economic talks with the United States would be held in Beijing in late May, amid strains between the countries on a number of issues.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - China said Tuesday that the next round of high-level strategic and economic talks with the United States would be held in Beijing in late May, amid strains between the countries on a number of issues.

Putin, China's Xi vow 'strategic' support in first meeting (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:23 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping before their talks in Moscow. AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, tipped to become China's president, hailed the strength of bilateral ties Tuesday as they looked to forge a counterbalance to the power of the US.

Afghan leader Karzai to begin China visit (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, pictured on March 18, was due in China on Tuesday for a visit aimed at drumming up investment to help rebuild his war-ravaged nation and strengthening ties with its powerful neighbour.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was due in China on Tuesday for a visit aimed at drumming up investment to help rebuild his war-ravaged nation and strengthening ties with its powerful neighbour.

Google row won't affect Sino-US ties: China (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:04 AM PDT

The Google logo on the search engine's China headquarters in Beijing. China has said that Google's decision to stop censoring its search results in the country would not affect Beijing's relations with Washington -- unless the issue were to be AFP - China said Tuesday that Google's decision to stop censoring its search results in the country would not affect Beijing's relations with Washington, unless the issue were to be "politicised".

Chinese doctor hacks eight schoolchildren to death (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:24 AM PDT

AFP - A former doctor with a history of mental illness hacked eight children to death with a machete Tuesday and injured five others at a primary school in southeast China, state media reported.

Rio Tinto exec facing commercial secrets charges (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:56 AM PDT

Tom Connor, Australia's consul-general in Shanghai, center, speaks to journalists after attending the second day of the trial of an Australian citizen and three other Rio Tinto employees at security checkpoint of the Shanghai No. 1 People's Intermediate Court Tuesday, March 23, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto pleaded guilty to taking bribes in an embarrassing case seen as part of a harsh new attitude toward foreign business in China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Four Rio Tinto employees were standing trial Tuesday in a closed Shanghai court session on politically sensitive charges of stealing commercial secrets after earlier pleading guilty to taking bribes.

China's Geely expects Volvo deal by month's end (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:26 AM PDT

AP - Zhejiang Geely Holding Group expects to wrap up talks on buying Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit by the end of this month, a spokesman for the Chinese automaker said Tuesday.

Rare China trade deficit not seen signaling new trend (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao answer a question during a meeting with entrepreneurs from various countries at China Development Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 22, 2010. REUTERS/Feng Li/PoolReuters - China will probably run a trade deficit of more than $8 billion in March, state media said on Tuesday, citing Premier Wen Jiabao.

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