2010年5月16日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Three Chinese oil workers abducted in Yemen (Reuters)

Posted: 16 May 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Separatist Yemeni militants kidnapped three Chinese oil company workers on Sunday in an apparent move to pressure authorities in a local criminal dispute, an official in the eastern province of Shabwa said.

China's property moves leave buyers in limbo (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Prospective home buyers check out new housing projects at a fair in Beijing. Soaring property prices in China - and a series of moves by the government to rein them in - are causing problems for many first time buyers.(AFP/File/Franko Lee)AFP - Accountant Jiao Yurong carefully organised her family's finances to put her son through university in the United States. Now that he has the coveted degree, she has been saving to buy him a flat.


Shanghai unveils 'stronger' version of Wall Street bull (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2010 09:23 PM PDT

Italian-US artist Arturo Di Modica's Charging Bull statue is seen at the Bund after its unveiling in Shanghai. At 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) tall and 2.5 tonnes (2.7 tons), the Shanghai sculpture was the same size as the Wall Street version, but AFP - Shanghai unveiled a new landmark on its Bund waterfront over the weekend, a bronze bull sculpture inspired by Wall Street's "Charging Bull" representing China's rising financial ambitions.


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