2010年4月29日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Now a good time for China property tax: researcher (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Reuters - It would be feasible for China to launch a property tax in the near term because economic growth is sufficiently strong, a senior researcher with the Ministry of Finance said in remarks published on Friday.

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT

A child who was attacked at the Zhongxin Kindergarten is transfered into a hospital ward after a surgical treatment in Taixing in east China's Jiangsu Province, Thursday, April 29, 2010.  A knife-wielding man attacked the kindergarten class of 4-year-olds Thursday, slashing over two dozen children in what an expert said was a copycat rampage of two other episodes at Chinese schools in the past month. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - The screams of the 4-year-olds inside the kindergarten could be heard out in the street. When people ran in to investigate, they found what one witness said was a scene "too horrible to imagine" — blood everywhere as a knife-wielding man slashed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard Thursday in the second such school attack in China in two days.


China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Violent crime is rare in the People's Republic because of a ban on guns but that has not stopped a recent string of assaults on children

Shanghai ready to welcome world to Expo (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT

The Singapore pavilion is seen at the site of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Shanghai is set to open the World Expo Friday by setting the skies along its riverfront ablaze with fireworks, welcoming the huge showcase of culture and technology with a bang.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Shanghai is set to open the World Expo Friday by setting the skies along its riverfront ablaze with fireworks, welcoming the huge showcase of culture and technology with a bang.


US congratulates China on lifting HIV visitors ban (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:09 PM PDT

A man creates an AIDS awareness ribbon. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated China on Thursday for lifting travel restrictions for foreigners with HIV and AIDS.(AFP/File/Toru yamanaka)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated China on Thursday for lifting travel restrictions for foreigners with HIV and AIDS.


U.S. piles more duties on China, Indonesia paper (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States on Thursday slapped additional preliminary duties on hundreds of million of dollars of glossy magazine-quality paper from China, as U.S.-Sino trade disputes continued to pile up, two private sector sources said on Thursday.

China will undertake greater global role: Wen (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:57 AM PDT

European Commission President Jose Barroso (L) looks at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) during a joint press-statement at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China pledged to take a greater role in global issues Thursday as it vowed to work with the European Union on nuclear non-proliferation, energy security and climate change.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China pledged to take a greater role in global issues Thursday as it vowed to work with the European Union on nuclear non-proliferation, energy security and climate change.


Wen vows fairness for foreign, Chinese companies (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:14 AM PDT

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, shakes hand with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao after their joint press statement at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, April 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's premier promised foreign companies equal treatment with Chinese rivals Thursday in Beijing's most high-profile effort yet to quell complaints it is trying to squeeze foreign competitors out of its markets.


32 hurt in latest China school knife attack (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:15 AM PDT

A jobless knife-wielding man attacked and injured 28 young children and three adults at a kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday in the third school stabbing frenzy in a month, state media said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A jobless knife-wielding man injured 32 people, mostly young children, at a kindergarten in eastern China Thursday in the country's third school stabbing frenzy since last month.


Chinese man stabs children in kindergarten, 31 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:08 AM PDT

Reuters - A knife-wielding man injured 28 children, two teachers and a security guard in a kindergarten in eastern China, state media reported on Thursday, the fourth such stabbing case in recent weeks.

Deadly school attacks in China (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:02 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday April 28, 2010, a child who sustained a head injury after a man attacked a primary school recuperates at a hospital in Leizhou city in south China's Guangdong province.  On Wednesday, a man broke into a primary school in Guangdong province's Leizhou city in southern China and wounded 15 students and a teacher with a knife. (AP Photo)**CHINA OUT**AP - China has witnessed a series of assaults by knife-wielding attackers on schools in recent years. Many have been blamed on personal grudges or people with psychiatric problems:


Sarkozys see Great Wall, Ming Tombs on China visit (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:53 AM PDT

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, walked the centuries-old Great Wall and wandered the imperial Ming Tombs on a sightseeing stop Thursday during their visit to China.

China urges banks to broaden profit channels (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese banks must develop new revenue streams because they can no longer rely on plump net interest margins for their profits, the country's chief banking regulator said on Thursday.
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