2010年4月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China quake death toll climbs to more than 2,000 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Ethnic Tibetan women rest amid the ruins of their destroyed house in the earthquake-hit Gyegu town in Yushu County, Qinghai province April 18, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The official death toll from an earthquake on China's remote Tibetan plateau has climbed to 2,039, state media said on Tuesday.


U.S. nears decision on China currency probe (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:26 PM PDT

An employee counts Yuan banknotes at a Bank Of China branch in Hefei, Anhui province April 6, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The U.S. Commerce Department could decide this week whether to launch a groundbreaking investigation into charges China is subsidizing exports of an aluminum product by undervaluing its currency, a government official said on Monday.


China factories break labor rules (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:10 AM PDT

AP - Two factories that make Microsoft Corp. products in southern China violated overtime regulations and failed to properly register the use of workers aged 16 to 18, officials said Monday.

China steps up efforts to curb property prices (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:37 AM PDT

Chinese home buyers check out the new housing projects on offer at a property fair in Beijing. China has moved to further curb real estate speculation by telling banks they will be allowed to refuse additional mortgages to buyers who own two or more properties.(AFP/Str)AFP - China has moved to further curb real estate speculation by telling banks they will be allowed to refuse additional mortgages to buyers who own two or more properties.


China says yuan appreciation expectations rising (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:56 PM PDT

Reuters - China might see increased foreign exchange inflows this year as expectations of yuan appreciation mount, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said on Monday.

Time not ripe for China to end dollar peg: adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:39 PM PDT

Reuters - The conditions are not ripe for China to unshackle the yuan from its 21-month-old peg to the dollar, a senior government economist said in comments published on Monday.

China says EU probe on coated paper discriminatory (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 07:56 PM PDT

Reuters - China's Ministry of Commerce protested against a European Union decision to launch an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese-made coated paper, which it said was the first such investigation by the EU.
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