2010年4月11日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Setbacks lead China to tone down anti-US rhetoric (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 03:30 AM PDT

A Chinese man yawns as he waits for odd jobs with placards advertising his skills on the streets of Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province Sunday April 11, 2010. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China is softening its recent muscular global posture, muting criticisms of the U.S. at a time of delicate negotiations with Washington and simmering economic troubles at home.


China mine flood toll rises to 33 (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT

Mine workers and police are seen at the entrance of flooded Wangjialing coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province. Rescuers have recovered five more bodies from the massive coal mine, bringing the death toll in the disaster to 33, state-run Xinhua news agency has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Rescuers recovered five more bodies from a huge coal mine that flooded two weeks ago in northern China, bringing the death toll in the disaster to 33, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.


Rampant cheating hurts China's research ambitions (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:49 PM PDT

In this photo taken on March 1, 2010, Lu Keqian browses his website at his home in Liuzhou, China. When professors in China need to author research papers to get promoted, many turn to people like Lu. Working on his laptop in a cramped spare bedroom, the former schoolteacher ghostwrites for professors, students, government offices — anyone willing to pay his fee, typically about 300 yuan ($45). (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - When professors in China need to author research papers to get promoted, many turn to people like Lu Keqian.


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

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:35 PM PDT

One of the 115 rescued miners from the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine speaks to relatives on the phone as he recuperates at a hospital in Hejin city in north China's Shanxi province Friday April 9, 2010.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Rescuers recovered five more bodies Sunday at a flooded mine in northern China, bringing the death toll to 33 and leaving little hope of finding survivors, state media reported.


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