2010年5月4日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


NKorea's Kim to meet Chinese leaders on rare visit (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:44 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong  Il, wearing a pair of glasses, gets into a vehicle as he leaves a hotel in Dalian, northeastern China, on Monday May 3, 2010. A luxury 17-car train believed to be carrying reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pulled into China on Monday, reports said, in what would be his first journey abroad in years as his regime faces a worsening economy and speculation that it may have torpedoed a South Korean warship. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICAAP - North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was making his way Tuesday to China's capital on a rare overseas trip meant to be so secret that Beijing refused to confirm it — despite videos shot by foreign media showing him leaving a Chinese hotel.


Chinese schools reopen with guards after attacks (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:29 AM PDT

A policeman patrols as a woman watches the school children perform exercise inside the Chijia Elementary School in Beijing, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Extra Chinese police and security stood guard Tuesday as nervous parents dropped off their children on the first day of classes after three back-to-back attacks on schools last week that left a few dozen children injured. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Flashing police cars guarded Beijing schools Tuesday and officers in another city were told they could shoot to kill to stop assaults on students, as Chinese authorities tried to assert control after three attacks last week left dozens of children injured. The government also banned further media coverage of the attacks, a watchdog group said.


Chinese parents seek damages over milk scandal (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Photo dated May 2009 shows a Chinese woman holding a portrait of her deceased grand-daughter outside the Health Ministry in Beijing. Four mainland Chinese parents who said their children were poisoned by melamine-tainted dairy products launched a legal bid for damages in Hong Kong.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Four mainland Chinese parents who said their children were poisoned by melamine-tainted dairy products launched a legal bid for damages in Hong Kong on Tuesday.


China urges tough Internet laws (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:59 AM PDT

People surf the Internet in Jinan, eastern China. China supports international efforts to secure cyberspace but believes each nation's AFP - One of China's top propaganda officials has urged lawmakers to push through tough legislation to stop "hostile forces" abroad using the Internet to achieve their aims, state press said Tuesday.


Chinese city adopts 'shoot to kill' policy (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:52 AM PDT

A Chinese policemen shows school workers how to defend themselves in case of an attack at a school in Beijing. The Chinese city of Chongqing has ordered police to shoot to kill anyone attempting to harm students, following a spate of violent attacks against children that have stunned the nation.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese city has ordered police to shoot to kill anyone attempting to harm students, following a spate of violent attacks against children that have stunned the nation, state press said on Tuesday.


In China's primary school stabbings, some see social injustice as culprit (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:04 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Police mounted special guard on primary schools around China Tuesday, as children returned to class for the first time since three back-to-back knife attacks last week left more than 50 toddlers injured.

Taiwan: No change on China policy after Ma comment (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:58 AM PDT

AP - Taiwan will maintain a robust defense to deal with a possible Chinese attack, a senior official said Tuesday in the first Defense Ministry comment since the president's contentious statement that the island would never seek U.S. help to defend itself.

Taiwan opens first tourism office in China (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:56 AM PDT

A Chinese usher and a staff member stand at the entrance to the newly opened Taiwan Strait Tourism Association office as they wait for guests in Beijing, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Taiwan established its first quasi-government presence in China on Tuesday, opening a tourism office in Beijing that is its first official presence since the sides split amid civil war in 1949. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Taiwan opened a tourism office Tuesday in Beijing that represents the island's first official presence in China's capital since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.


China's Huawei seeks India meeting over telcom ban (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:27 AM PDT

Huawai Technologies employees at the firm's Indian headquarters in Bangalore. The Chinese telecoms firm is planning to meet senior Indian officials to persuade them its equipment poses no security threat, a report has said.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Chinese telecoms maker Huawei Technologies is planning to meet senior Indian officials to persuade them its equipment poses no security threat, a report said Tuesday.


China tainted-milk victims sue in Hong Kong (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 11:28 PM PDT

AP - Frustrated by their inability to get compensation in China, four parents whose children were poisoned in the country's tainted milk scandal on Tuesday took their cases to Hong Kong, a former British colony that maintains a Western-style judicial system.

Shanghai Expo opening attendance below expectations (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

A visitor gets his photo taken next to a terracotta warrior statue holding the hand of Haibao, the mascott of the World Expo 2010, in Shanghai on May 3, 2010. Attendance at Shanghai's World Expo fell far short of expectations during the opening weekend, despite long lines of visitors waiting to enter the massive site, official data showed Tuesday.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Attendance at Shanghai's World Expo fell far short of expectations during the opening weekend, despite long lines of visitors waiting to enter the massive site, official data showed Tuesday.


At least 10 dead in China workers' dorm fire (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:37 PM PDT

Chinese firefighters are seen during a drill in Beijing. At least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a dormitory for railway workers in China's Inner Mongolia region, the state Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing local firefighters.(AFP/File)AFP - At least 10 people have been killed in a fire at a dormitory for railway workers in China's Inner Mongolia region, the state Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing local firefighters.


Reports: NKorea's Kim to meet Chinese leaders (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2006 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. A news report said Kim's personal train has crossed the border into China early Monday, May 3, 2010, indicating that he may have begun a much-speculated trip there. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Rao Aimin, File) ** NO SALES **AP - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is expected to meet top Beijing officials Tuesday, a day after he arrived in China for his first journey abroad in years, reports said.


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