2010年3月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

U.S. mulling financial services complaint vs. China (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States has talked with U.S. credit cards companies about barriers they face in China and is mulling the best step for cracking open that market, the top U.S. trade official said on Friday.

China Lodging shares climb in IPO debut (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:44 AM PDT

AP - Shares of Chinese hotel chain China Lodging Group are rising in their trading debut, after the company's initial public offering raised $110.3 million.

Environment problems 'pose health risk for China' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:32 AM PDT

Tourists take in the view of the Forbidden City from Coal Hill in Jingshan Park, north of the former Imperial Palace, on a smoggy day in Beijing in 2009. Progress in hauling hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty over the past 15 years has come at a cost of environmental damage that remains a major peril to health, a review published in The Lancet said on Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Progress in hauling hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty over the past 15 years has come at a cost of environmental damage that remains a major peril to health, a review published in The Lancet said on Friday.

Rio China trial defendant says treated fairly: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 05:08 AM PDT

Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu is seen in this undated handout picture obtained on July 15, 2009. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Stern Hu, the Australian citizen and Rio Tinto executive on trial in China this week on charges of bribery and stealing commercial secrets, said he has been treated fairly, his lawyer told Reuters on Friday.

China makes its case for a steady yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:46 AM PDT

Reuters - China reaffirmed its determination on Friday to keep the yuan steady, rejecting U.S. arguments that a stronger exchange rate is needed to help iron out global trade imbalances.

China says stock futures trading to begin April 16 (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:15 AM PDT

AP - China will launch trading of stock futures on April 16, regulators said Friday, in a move that could help boost stock prices and increase the role of China's securities markets in financing economic development.

China's Sinopec says Daimler allegedly paid bribes (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:13 AM PDT

AP - China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's biggest refiner, Friday acknowledged allegations that German automaker Daimler AG had paid bribes to one of its staff, and urged the government to tighten oversight of lawbreaking foreign companies.

Could Hong Kong teach China to quit smoking? (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:06 AM PDT

An elderly woman smokes in Beijing, China, Friday, March 26, 2010. Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes - commonly given as gifts - are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes — commonly given as gifts — are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard.

China foreign minister warns against protectionism (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:37 AM PDT

AP - China's foreign minister warned against protectionism without mentioning the United States on Friday as trade tensions between two of the world's biggest economies remain high.

Australian Rio Tinto exec made mistake: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:26 AM PDT

A police van pulls out of the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court, on March 24, where the highly sensitive trial of an Australian executive and three local employees of mining giant Rio Tinto took place. Stern Hu, the executive charged with bribery and corporate espionage, was an honest man who made a mistake, his lawyer said on Friday, ahead of the court's verdict in the sensitive trial.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - An Australian mining executive charged with bribery and corporate espionage in China was an honest man who made a mistake, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of a verdict in the highly sensitive trial.

China could resume flexible exchange rate: adviser (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 11:52 PM PDT

China could adopt a more flexible exchange rate policy once the global economy is back on a sure footing, Fan Gang (pictured in this file photo), a central bank adviser, said on Friday, as pressure intensifies on Beijing to let the yuan rise.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - China could adopt a more flexible exchange rate policy once the global economy is back on a sure footing, a central bank adviser said Friday, as pressure intensifies on Beijing to let the yuan rise.

China VP due in Sweden as Volvo takeover nears (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (pictured in 2009) is due in Sweden this weekend, amid signs that Chinese carmaker Geely could soon formally seal a deal to buy troubled Volvo from US auto giant Ford. Xi, tipped in political circles to replace President Hu Jintao by 2013, is due to arrive in Stockholm on Saturday for a four-day visit, state Xinhua news agency reported.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is due in Sweden this weekend, amid signs that Chinese carmaker Geely could soon formally seal a deal to buy troubled Volvo from US auto giant Ford.

Chinese man gets death for killing snoring student (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 07:16 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese university student who stabbed his sleeping roommate to death because he snored too much was given a suspended death sentence, state media reported Friday.

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