2010年4月5日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Obama seeks market-based yuan; Congress impatient (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT

An employee carries yuan banknotes at a bank in Suining, Sichuan province, March 22, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The United States on Monday reiterated its call for China's currency to be market-based, as lawmakers warned they would act if there was no movement from China on revaluing the yuan.


Hawaii man's China military secrets trial to begin (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:28 PM PDT

AP - A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer from Maui who is accused of selling military secrets to China is due to face trial in federal court this week.

China hails 'miracle' as 115 rescued from flooded mine (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Mine workers stand outside the entance to the Wangjialing coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province. More than 110 workers were pulled out alive from a Chinese coal mine on Monday in what has been hailed as a miracle rescue over a week after the men were trapped by an underground flood.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - More than 110 workers were pulled out alive from a Chinese coal mine on Monday in what has been hailed as a miracle rescue over a week after the men were trapped by an underground flood.


Obama wants China currency market-based: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 07:34 AM PDT

Reuters - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Monday that President Barack Obama wants China's yuan currency to be market-based.

China dismisses Mekong dam criticism at regional meeting (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Children walk along the Mekong river in Phnom Penh. China has rejected criticism of its dams on the shrinking Mekong River, telling Southeast Asian leaders that it was not to blame for a regional drought affecting millions of people.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - China rejected criticism Monday of its dams on the shrinking Mekong River, telling Southeast Asian leaders that it was not to blame for a regional drought affecting millions of people.


China urges firms to boycott Australian, Brazil iron ore (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:59 AM PDT

A Rio Tinto worker watches as remote-controlled machines stack rail cars with iron ore at Rio Tinto's Port Dampier operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region. A Chinese industrial group has urged domestic steel companies to stop buying iron ore from the world's top three miners in protest of an alleged price monopoly, state media said Monday.(AFP/File/Amy Coopes)AFP - A Chinese industrial group has urged domestic steel companies to stop buying iron ore from the world's top three miners in protest over an alleged price monopoly, state media said on Monday.


China quiet on U.S. currency report delay (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:41 PM PDT

Employees deal with U.S. dollar and Renminbi yuan banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in Shenyang, Liaoning province April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - A Chinese central bank adviser said Beijing could ease pressure over the yuan by buying more from recession-hit U.S. states, but China had no official reaction on Monday to the Obama administration's delay of a contentious currency report.


At least 95 workers survive China mine flood: state tv (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:06 PM PDT

Mine workers and rescuers wait to go down the entrance to the Wangjialing coal mine that flooded eight days ago in northern China's Shanxi province. At least 110 workers have been found alive in the mine eight days after it flooded, state television said Monday, citing rescue officials.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - At least 95 miners have survived a mine flood in a north China colliery, state television said Monday, eight days after the disaster struck.


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