2010年4月28日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Most famous Shanghai activist kept quiet for Expo (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Chinese activist Feng Zhenghu speaks to the Associated Press at his apartment Wednesday April 28, 2010 in Shanghai, China.  Feng, who gained noteriety after spending more than three months camped inside Tokyo's international airport as part of a protest, is one of the faces Shanghai seeks to keep hidden, even as it moves to display  its modern facade to the world. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Last week, Shanghai's most celebrated dissident announced he would launch a manifesto on human rights to coincide with the World Expo, China's biggest spectacle since the Beijing Olympics.


China calls for improved economic ties with Mongolia (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:04 AM PDT

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (R) talks to Mongolia's President Tsakhia Elbegdorj during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai in Beijing. Wen Wednesday called for greater economic and trade cooperation with Mongolia, during talks with the landlocked Asian nation's president, state press said.(AFP/POOL/Jason Lee)AFP - China's Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday called for greater economic and trade cooperation with Mongolia, during talks with the landlocked Asian nation's president, state press said.


China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:54 AM PDT

Reuters - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.

Automakers go 'green' in Beijing (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:25 AM PDT

A Chinese-made Geely electric car is on display at the Beijing Auto Show near the capital's airport on April 26. Dozens of carmakers are showing off AFP - Dozens of carmakers are showing off "green" vehicles at the Beijing Auto Show as they position themselves for a hoped-for alternative-energy boom in the world's biggest auto market.


Sarkozy and Hu bury hatchet in Beijing talks (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. France and China have pledged to draw a line under past tensions over Tibet and breathe new life into their relationship by working together on issues from global monetary policy to Iran.(AFP/Minoru Iwasaki)AFP - France and China Wednesday pledged to draw a line under past tensions over Tibet and breathe new life into their relationship by working together on issues from global monetary policy to Iran.


Shanghai Expo designer denies mascot copy of Gumby (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:02 AM PDT

FILE--In this April 27, 2010 file photo, a worker carries a doll of Haibao, the mascot of Shanghai Expo, at World Expo site in Shanghai, China.  The Shanghai Expo mascot Haibao, a plump sky blue cartoon figure shaped like a stick person, is the latest target of claims event organizers may have 'borrowed' some creativity for the event. Chinese Internet chat rooms are all atwitter over suggestions Haibao looks suspiciously like Gumby, a longtime American TV cartoon character that looks just like a stick figure. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - The Shanghai Expo mascot Haibao, a plump sky blue cartoon figure shaped like a stick person, is the latest target of claims event organizers may have "borrowed" some creativity for the event.


Teacher stabs 15 students, 1 teacher in China (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:03 AM PDT

AP - A teacher wielding a knife broke into a primary school in southern China and stabbed 15 students and a teacher Wednesday, the same day another school attacker was executed for killing eight children last month, police and state media reported.

China imposes new tariffs on some U.S. chicken products (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:29 AM PDT

Reuters - China will levy countervailing duties of up to 31.4 percent on some chicken products from the United States, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.

France, China to work on global monetary reform (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:21 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. France and China have pledged to draw a line under past tensions over Tibet and breathe new life into their relationship by working together on issues from global monetary policy to Iran.(AFP/Minoru Iwasaki)AFP - France and China said on Wednesday they would work together to consider an overhaul of the global monetary system, at the start of a state visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.


China executes man who killed 8 schoolchildren (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:55 AM PDT

AP - China executed Wednesday a man who stabbed eight schoolchildren to death last month in attacks that shocked the country, state media reported.

China slaps new penalties on US chicken imports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:08 PM PDT

A man shops for frozen chicken wings at a supermarket in Beijing. China said Wednesday it will impose preliminary tariffs on a variety of US chicken products it claims received government subsidies as trade tensions grow between the two sides.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China said Wednesday it will impose preliminary tariffs on a variety of US chicken products it claims received government subsidies as trade tensions grow between the two sides.


China executes child killer: state media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:06 PM PDT

File photo shows Chinese police outside a court. A Chinese former doctor who stabbed eight schoolchildren to death in an attack last month that shocked the nation was executed on Wednesday, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese former doctor who stabbed eight schoolchildren to death in an attack last month that shocked the nation was executed on Wednesday, state media reported.


Rich Chinese driving growth of luxury auto market (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:24 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, April 25, 2010,  VIP guests take a look at the Aston Martin concept Rapide, a 12-cylinder, four-door sports car at the Beijing Auto China 2010 show held in Beijing, China.  China and its free-spending new rich who have made this a key growth market for luxury goods makers are more important than ever to U.S., European and Japanese creators of high-end automobiles. Sales here are surging at levels well ahead of those in mature markets and manufacturers are pulling out the stops to woo Chinese buyers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The businessman climbed into the Rolls Royce Phantom with the gold-plated Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament and sank his feet into wine-red carpet. He says he has a Mercedes S600 sedan and a Jaguar sports car at home but needs something for work.


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