2010年5月1日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Shanghai World Expo throws open doors (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Fireworks illuminate the sky during the opening ceremony of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, on April 30. World leaders gathered in Shanghai as the city kicked off the World Expo with a star-studded opening ceremony that ended with skies over the city set ablaze in a massive fireworks show.(AFP/POOL/Ian Langsdon)AFP - Hundreds of thousands of people flooded into Shanghai's World Expo on Saturday at the start of a six-month showcase of culture and technology seen as the latest sign of China's growing economic might.


Chinese city goes on defense after school attack (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT

A Chinese girl who was attacked at the Zhongxin Kindergarten, plays with her toys at a hospital in Taixing, in east China's Jiangsu Province, Saturday, May 1, 2010. A knife-wielding man attacked a kindergarten class of 4-year-old in eastern China on Thursday, slashing 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/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A Chinese city shaken by one of three back-to-back attacks on schools stepped up security and urged its citizens to "trust the government" Saturday, a day after parents of the injured children protested outside a local hospital.


Crowds endure waits as Shanghai's Expo opens (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:19 AM PDT

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer welcomes visitors at Canada Pavilion on the opening day of the Shanghai World Expo Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai's Expo is likely to be the largest World's Fair ever, with some 70 million visitors expected to attend in the six months before it closes on Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Hundreds of thousands of visitors waited for hours in the baking sun Saturday on the opening day of the Shanghai World Expo 2010, showcasing China's rise as a modern industrial power.


China school attack triggered by home demolition threat: family (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:02 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese farmer who attacked kindergarten children with a hammer and then burned himself to death despaired about government plans to knock down his new home, his family said on Saturday.

Booming China on show to world at Shanghai Expo (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:36 AM PDT

Reuters - Shanghai opened its multi-billion dollar World Expo to the public on Saturday, showcasing China's booming economy and resurgent national pride, as well as the latest green technology from 189 countries.

China 'sets up task force' after wave of school attacks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:46 PM PDT

A Chinese policeman shows teachers and school workers how to defend themselves during an attack, at a school in Beijing, on April 29. Authorities across China have ordered stepped-up security at schools and increased police patrols near campuses after a wave of knife attacks targeting children.(AFP/File)AFP - China has set up a special task force focused on beefing up school security, state media said Saturday, after three violent campus attacks against young children in as many days this week.


China manufacturing activity continues to expand (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT

A worker is seen at her work station at a garment factory in Pinghu, some 100 kms from Shanghai. China's manufacturing activity accelerated in April, a government survey showed Saturday, as domestic and overseas demand for Chinese-made goods remained robust.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China's manufacturing activity accelerated in April, a government survey showed Saturday, as domestic and overseas demand for Chinese-made goods remained robust.


Survey: China manufacturing accelerated in April (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:58 PM PDT

AP - A survey says China's manufacturing accelerated in April as domestic demand increased.

China says Houston police beat, injured diplomat (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:16 PM PDT

The Chinese consulate is shown Friday April 30, 2010 in Houston. Three Houston police officers have been restricted to desk duty after they followed a Chinese diplomat into the parking garage of the Chinese Consulate, arrested the man and injured him, the Houston mayor said. Mayor Annise Parker said in a statement that the officers' duties will remain limited pending an investigation into how Chinese diplomat Yu Boren was injured last Saturday. (AP Photo/Steve Campbell)AP - Three Houston police officers have been restricted to desk duty after they followed a Chinese diplomat into the parking garage of the Chinese Consulate, arrested the man and injured him, the Houston mayor said.


China carmaker puts N. American headquarters in LA (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT

AP - A rapidly expanding manufacturer of all-electric cars, solar panels and other green products from China announced Friday it will open a North American headquarters in Los Angeles, with plans to begin selling autos in the U.S. by the end of the year.
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