2010年5月5日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China detains two men threatening new school attacks (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:26 AM PDT

Chinese police show students how to protect themselves from attacks at a school in Linyi, east China's Shandong province on May 4. Chinese police have detained two men suspected of threatening to carry out new attacks on schools following a spate of assaults on children that have shocked the nation, state media said Wednesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese police have detained two men suspected of threatening to carry out new attacks on schools following a spate of assaults on children that have shocked the nation, state media said Wednesday.


Nukes, trade underpin NKorea leader's China visit (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:25 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong  Il, wearing a pair of glasses, 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 Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for secret talks believed aimed at securing economic aid from China in exchange for his country's return to international nuclear negotiations, reports said.


N.Korea leader in Beijing for talks with Hu: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:39 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspects a park in Pyongyang. Kim is reportedly in Beijing ahead of summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his first trip abroad in years to secure much-needed economic aid.(AFP/KNS via KCNA/File)AFP - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il was reportedly in Beijing on Wednesday ahead of summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his first trip abroad in years to secure much-needed economic aid.


China issues strict rules to meet emissions targets (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Smoke billows from several chimneys at a factory in Jilin, northern China. China has said it will punish officials who failed to fulfil emissions reduction targets, warning the nation's current environmental situation was extremely serious.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - China said on Wednesday it would punish officials who failed to fulfil emissions reduction targets, warning the nation's current environmental situation was extremely serious.


China's Xinjiang to get $1.5 billion boost (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:40 AM PDT

AP - China plans to inject nearly $1.5 billion into a western region that is the site of simmering unrest, boosting its economy in hopes of reducing ethnic tension after riots last year killed nearly 200 people.

China backs insurer Ping An's acquisition plan (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:38 AM PDT

A Ping An Insurance office is seen in Shanghai. Chinese regulators have approved a plan by the Shenzhen-based insurance powerhouse to buy a stake in Shenzhen Development Bank from US private equity firm TPG, Ping An said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Chinese regulators have approved a plan by Shenzhen-based powerhouse Ping An Insurance to buy a stake in Shenzhen Development Bank from US private equity firm TPG, Ping An said Wednesday.


China touts Tibet, Xinjiang harmony at Expo (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:30 AM PDT

A visitor walks past the Xinjiang pavilion at the site of the World Expo 2010 on May 3 in Shanghai. The restive regions of Tibet and Xinjiang have for years been thorns in the side of China's ruling Communist Party, but visitors to the World Expo would never know it with pavilions representing an idealised vision of the provinces.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - The restive regions of Tibet and Xinjiang have for years been thorns in the side of China's ruling Communist Party, but visitors to the World Expo in Shanghai would never know it.


China spending plans in restive Xinjiang: media (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:36 PM PDT

Chinese troops take position outside a court in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang province. China will pour around 1.5 billion dollars in economic aid into the restive region as it seeks to quell simmering unrest, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - China will pour around 1.5 billion dollars in economic aid into its restive Xinjiang region as it seeks to quell simmering unrest, state media reported.


China, Russia to discuss Iran in Moscow (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:39 PM PDT

An Iranian army cleric stands close by an S-200 surface-to-air missile during a military exercise. Chinese President Hu Jintao will discuss the Iranian nuclear standoff with Russian leaders during a weekend visit to Moscow, a Chinese official said Wednesday, noting the two sides had AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao will discuss the Iranian nuclear standoff with Russian leaders during a weekend visit to Moscow, a Chinese official said Wednesday, noting the two sides had "similar views".


Chinese rescuers in Myanmar after mine accident (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese rescue workers entered Myanmar to recover the bodies of Chinese miners killed by a landslide at a mine near the border, the Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
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