2010年5月2日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China orders tighter school security after attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT

People gather outside the Zhongxin Kindergarten 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 - When classes resume in China this week, police officers and vans will be stationed outside school gates in the bustling southwestern city of Chongqing while newly installed video surveillance and intruder alarms will be keeping watch over classrooms in eastern Fujian. Guards patrolling school premises in southeastern Jiangxi will carry police batons and pepper spray.


Rescue workers recover 28 bodies from China mine (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:18 AM PDT

A soldier and visitor look down at the Wangjialing coal mine. Emergency workers have recovered 28 bodies from a mine in China's Inner Mongolia region that flooded in early-March, leaving three people still unaccounted for, state news agency Xinhua has reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Emergency workers have recovered 28 bodies from a mine in China's Inner Mongolia region that flooded in early-March, leaving three people still unaccounted for, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday.


China raises required reserves as inflation stirs (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:07 AM PDT

Reuters - China on Sunday raised the proportion of deposits that lenders must keep in reserve at the central bank, another step in its months-old campaign to mop up excess cash in the economy at a time when inflation is on the rise.

China raises bank reserve ratio to rein in lending (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT

A pedestrian walks past the People's Bank of China, 2007. China told banks to increase the amount of money they must keep in reserve as it tries to rein in an explosion of new lending that has stoked fears of inflation and economic overheating.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China on Sunday told banks to increase the amount of money they must keep in reserve as it tries to rein in new lending amid fears of a property bubble and economic overheating.


Shanghai Expo giant opportunity for big business (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 04:17 AM PDT

A couple kiss at Mexico Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China's commercial capital of Shanghai has always been all about business. Nowhere is that more evident than at its World Expo, a giant bazaar of ideas, technologies and outright PR offensives focused on the world's fastest-growing major market.


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

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:52 PM 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 - A steady flow of visitors joined long lines in sweltering heat at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 on Sunday, a day after organizers said visitor numbers were just more than half of what was expected.


China steps up security at schools after attacks (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:30 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. China has ordered police forces nationwide to beef up security around schools and kindergartens following a spate of violent attacks against young children.(AFP/File)AFP - China has ordered police forces nationwide to beef up security around schools and kindergartens following a spate of violent attacks against young children.


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