2010年5月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. unlikely to push China hard on currency issue (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States will continue nudging China at top-level talks in Beijing next week to let its yuan currency appreciate but trade issues appeared to be higher on the U.S. agenda ahead of the sessions.

Organ trafficking trial exposes grisly trade (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Reuters - A Beijing court is prosecuting a man for illegal organ trafficking, local media reported, putting the spotlight on a grisly black market in body parts in a country where demand for transplants far outstrips supply.

New China knife attack wounds 9 students (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT

A Chinese school child practices during a self defense course at Changzheng Kung-fu School in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. At least five men armed with knives burst into the dormitory of a vocational college Wednesday and slashed nine students, one of them seriously, sparking new fears in a country on edge over a series of shocking rampages at schools. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Men with knives burst into a Chinese college dormitory and slashed nine students in the latest violence in a country shaken by a recent string of rampages at schools.


Students hurt in China cleaver attack (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 04:26 AM PDT

A policeman keeps watch across the road from a school in Beijing on May 12. Thirteen vocational students were hurt in China -- including one who had a hand chopped off -- when they were attacked by youths with cleavers, after a string of violent school assaults.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Thirteen vocational students were hurt in China Wednesday -- including one who had a hand chopped off -- when they were attacked by youths with cleavers, after a string of violent school assaults.


US commerce secretary urges China to import more (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 03:06 AM PDT

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke attends a press conference after a luncheon organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Locke said the United States was lagging many developed countries in terms of exports as he urged Chinese consumers to buy more American products.(AFP/Antony Dickson)AFP - US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said Wednesday the United States was lagging many developed countries in terms of exports as he urged Chinese consumers to buy more American products.


EU crisis adds urgency to U.S.-China talks: Locke (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 02:30 AM PDT

Reuters - The European debt crisis adds fresh urgency to high-level talks between the United States and China scheduled for next week, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Wednesday.

Judge suspended in China coerced confession case (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 01:09 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese provincial high court chief justice has been suspended over a case in which a man spent 11 years in jail after being tortured into confessing to a murder he did not commit, a court official said Wednesday.

9 charged for coal mine flood in China (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:37 AM PDT

A mine worker is seen in northern China's Shanxi province in late March. A gas explosion has rocked a coal mine in northern China, killing 10 miners and leaving one missing, state media reported Wednesday, citing work safety officials.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AP - Chinese prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for nine technicians and engineers in connection with a mine flooding two months ago that killed 38 people but also riveted the country because 115 were rescued after more than a week trapped underground.


China's CNPC buys stake in Shell's Syria unit (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:28 AM PDT

China National Petroleum Corp., the country's top oil producer, has acquired part of a Shell subsidiary in Syria, the latest move in its global quest to secure energy resources.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - China National Petroleum Corp., the country's top oil producer, said Wednesday it had acquired part of a Shell subsidiary in Syria, the latest move in its global quest to secure energy resources.


10 dead, one missing in China mine: state media (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

A mine worker is seen in northern China's Shanxi province in late March. A gas explosion has rocked a coal mine in northern China, killing 10 miners and leaving one missing, state media reported Wednesday, citing work safety officials.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A gas explosion has rocked a coal mine in northern China, killing 10 miners and leaving one missing, state media reported Wednesday, citing work safety officials.


China urged to drive 'hard bargain' with US on yuan (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:48 PM PDT

A Chinese economist has urged Beijing to drive a AFP - A Chinese government economist has said Beijing should drive a "hard bargain" with the United States on the yuan issue, ahead of key Sino-US talks next week likely to focus on economic concerns.


Chinese girls freed after bondage ordeal: report (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:40 PM PDT

A man kept two teenaged girls shackled naked in a secret underground chamber in China for nearly a year and the pair were only rescued after smuggling out a note, state media said Wednesday.(AFP/File)AFP - A man kept two teenaged girls shackled in a secret underground chamber in China for nearly a year and the pair were only rescued after smuggling out a note, state media said Wednesday.


Taiwan leader says China may dismantle missiles (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 11:11 PM PDT

AP - China could feel compelled to dismantle the more than 1,000 missiles it has pointed at Taiwan as relations between the rivals improve, the island's president said Wednesday.

Swingers' case tests sexual limits in China (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 09:24 PM PDT

AP - They were members of a modern-day swingers' club in China, where people met online and then gathered in homes or hotels for group sex parties involving dozens of men and women.
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