2010年4月20日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China oil demand up on double-digit growth (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT

AP - China's demand for oil rose 12.8 percent in March as the Chinese economy returned to rapid growth and refining capacity expanded, according to a report Tuesday.

China quake awakens new fears for school safety (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Tibetans are driven past tents set up for quake victims in earthquake-hit Yushu county, northwest China's Qinghai province, Monday, April 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Last week's earthquake in western China destroyed or left in critical condition more than two-thirds of the schools at the center of the disaster, bringing fresh fears two years after an even larger quake left thousands of students dead.


Senate panel sets hearing on China yuan policy (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:41 AM PDT

Reuters - A Senate Banking subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday to examine the impact of China's exchange rate practices on U.S. manufacturing, the panel said on Tuesday.

Shanghai Expo offers sneak peak in trial run (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:05 AM PDT

A visitor enters the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Expo organisers gave members of the public a preview of the largest-ever World's Fair as they tested facilities and public transportation ten days before the official start.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Organisers of Shanghai's World Expo gave members of the public a preview of the massive event Tuesday as they tested facilities and public transportation 10 days before the official start.


China says door not shut to negotiations with Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:43 AM PDT

Reuters - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday there was still room for a negotiated solution to Iran's disputed nuclear program, despite talks among major powers of fresh sanctions against Tehran.

China's CNPC to boost Iraqi oilfield output (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:59 PM PDT

One of the facilities are seen here at the North Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq. China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country's top oil producer, aims to boost output at Rumaila oilfield by 10 percent this year, a newspaper owned by the company said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the country's top oil producer, aims to boost output at a giant Iraqi oilfield by 10 percent this year, a newspaper owned by the company said Tuesday.


6,000 detained in Shanghai Expo crime sweep: media (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:57 PM PDT

General view of the World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai. Police in World Expo host city detained more than 6,000 people in a crime sweep, state press said Tuesday, as they ramp up security ahead of the huge event's May 1 kick-off.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in World Expo host city Shanghai detained more than 6,000 people in a crime sweep, state press said Tuesday, as they ramp up security ahead of the huge event's May 1 kick-off.


China to mourn quake dead as toll passes 2,000 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:34 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 - China will hold a national day of mourning for victims of an earthquake in the country's western region, the government announced on Tuesday, as the official death toll from the disaster climbed to 2,039.


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