2010年4月10日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China says trade deficit proves yuan not to blame (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Containers wait to be loaded on a ship at the northern German city of Hamburg, destined for China, in March 2010. China said it posted its first monthly trade deficit in six years in March, at 7.2 billion dollars, in news that was likely to bolster Beijing's argument for a low yuan.(AFP/DDP/File/Philipp Guelland)AFP - China said on Saturday its first trade deficit in six years proved the nation's exchange rate did not play a decisive role in global economic imbalances amid pressure to allow the yuan to appreciate.


Death toll rises in flooded China mine (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:55 AM PDT

Mine workers and police are seen at the entrance of flooded Wangjialing coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province, on April 7. Rescuers recovered a total of three bodies at a coal mine in northern China, bringing the death toll from a massive flood to 28, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Rescuers recovered a total of three bodies at a coal mine in northern China, bringing the death toll from a massive flood to 28, state media reported Saturday.


3 bodies recovered at China mine where 115 saved (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Mine workers and police are seen at the entrance of flooded Wangjialing coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province, on April 7. Rescuers recovered a total of three bodies at a coal mine in northern China, bringing the death toll from a massive flood to 28, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AP - Rescuers recovered the bodies of three miners Saturday at a flooded mine in northern China, bringing the death toll to 28, a state news agency said. Authorities continued pumping water with little hope of finding survivors in the pit where 115 were pulled out alive after more than a week.


China's $7.24B March trade deficit 1st in 6 years (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2010 file photo, an unladen container truck moves past shipping containers at Yangshan deep-water port in Shanghai, China. China reported a US$7.24 billion trade deficit in March, its first in almost six years, according to customs figures released Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China reported its first monthly trade deficit in nearly six years in March, a shift expected to be short-lived and one that may give Beijing only a slight respite from pressure to revalue its currency.


South African woman faces death sentence in China (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:52 AM PDT

AP - South Africa says China has sentenced a South African woman to death for drug smuggling.

Yuan rise still on cards despite rare trade deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT

Reuters - China recorded its first monthly trade deficit in six years, but a customs official called the shortfall a blip and economists doubted it would stand in the way of a resumption in the yuan's rise before long.

Virus outbreak causes 40 child deaths in China (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:06 PM PDT

AP - A top Chinese leader called for stepped-up research into vaccines and drugs for hand, foot and mouth disease after 40 children died from outbreaks last month, a state news agency said Saturday.

US slaps import duties on Chinese steel pipe (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:37 PM PDT

The United States has slapped trade sanctions on a billion dollars worth of Chinese pipes, according to the Commerce Department, just days before Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington.(AFP/File/Noah Seelam)AFP - The United States has slapped trade sanctions on a billion dollars worth of Chinese pipes, the Commerce Department said Friday just days before Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington.


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