2010年4月9日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Senate leader eyes action on China currency bill (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:47 PM PDT

Employees count yuan banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Changzhi, Shanxi province February 24, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The Senate could vote by the end of May on legislation to prod China to raise the value of its currency, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday.

China executes three Japanese drug smugglers (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

Activists hold an emergency rally hosted by the Amnesty International Japan in front of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, on April 5, to protest against all executions in China. China executed three convicted Japanese drug smugglers on Friday, just days after another Japanese citizen was put to death for the same offence -- prompting concerns in Tokyo that ties could suffer.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - China executed three convicted Japanese drug smugglers on Friday, just days after another Japanese citizen was put to death for the same offence -- prompting concerns in Tokyo that ties could suffer.

China passenger car sales up 63 pct in Mar. (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:59 AM PDT

In this Sunday April 4, 2010 photo, Chinese trade used cars at an auto market in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province. China's passenger car sales rose to 1.26 million vehicles in March, a rise of 63 percent from a year earlier, as manufacturers scrambled to meet strong demand driven by tax cuts and government subsidies, a state-affiliated industry group reported Friday (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China's passenger car sales jumped 63 percent in March from a year earlier as manufacturers scrambled to meet strong demand driven by tax cuts and government subsidies, a state-affiliated industry group reported Friday.

Better US-China ties could speed currency change (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:27 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, April 6, 2010, a bank clerk counts Chinese banknotes next to U.S. dollars on the counter at a bank in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to press Beijing over its currency controls when he meets Vice Premier Wang Qishan in a sign the two sides are stepping up efforts to narrow their differences in the dispute. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - For months, economists have expected Beijing to start boosting the value of its currency about now to ease strains in its fast-growing economy. The big question: Would Chinese leaders put off changes to avoid looking weak in the face of mounting U.S. pressure for action?

China may raise rates soon, revalue yuan by Oct (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:59 AM PDT

An employee counts Yuan banknotes at a Bank Of China branch in Hefei, Anhui province April 6, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China might increase interest rates as early as this month, but Beijing will probably not resume yuan appreciation as soon as that, a senior government economist said on Friday.

China mine death toll rises as hopes fade for survivors (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:36 AM PDT

A view of the Wangjialing coal mine is pictured in northern China's Shanxi province. The death toll from a massive flood at the mine rose to 25 on Friday, state media reported, as rescue efforts pressed on despite fading hopes of finding any more survivors.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - The death toll from a massive flood at a Chinese coal mine rose to 25 on Friday, state media reported, as rescue efforts pressed on despite fading hopes of finding any more survivors.

China asks WTO to rule on shoe dispute with EU (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:17 PM PDT

Factory workers are pictured checking shoes at the Kangnai shoe factory in the Chinese city of Wenzhou. At the end of 2009, the EU extended for 15 months a 16.5-percent punitive tax -- first introduced in October 2006 -- on imports of Chinese shoes with leather uppers.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Beijing has requested the World Trade Organisation rule on a row with the European Union over anti-dumping duties imposed on shoes from China.

China scientists show how arsenic treats blood cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Scientists in China have demonstrated how arsenic -- a favorite murder weapon in the Middle Ages -- destroys deadly blood cancer by targeting and killing specific proteins that keep the cancer alive.

Lawyer: Rio Tinto exec not to appeal sentence (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:52 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, April 2, 2010, inspection and quarantine officials take samples of iron ore imported from Australia, at a port in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. Jailed Australian former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu has opted not to appeal his 10-year sentence for bribery and commercial spying, his lawyer said Thursday, April 8, 2010. Hu was in charge of iron ore negotiations for Rio Tinto before he was detained last July, along with his three colleagues. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - An Australian former Rio Tinto executive decided voluntarily not to appeal a 10-year prison sentence in a high-profile bribery and commercial spying case and is "peaceful and relaxed," his lawyer said Friday.

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