2010年5月22日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


13-year-old American climbs Everest, calls his mom (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo provided by the Romero family, Jordan Romero, 13, Jordan Romero poses at the Carstensz Pyramid summit, Oceania's highest peak at 16,024 feet, making Jordan the youngest person to summit. Romero, a 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest. A spokesman for Romero says the boy's team called by satellite phone from the summit of the world's highest peak on Saturday, May 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Romero family, File)  ** NO SALES **AP - The youngest climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest hugged his tearful companions and told them he loved them. Then 13-year-old Jordan Romero took the satellite phone and called his mom.


China mulling immigration law to control foreign arrivals (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Chinese jobseekers gather at an employment fair in Hefei, east China's Anhui province in February 2010. China is considering its first immigration law following a surge in the number of foreigners seeking to take advantage of the booming economy in the world's most populous nation, state press said Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - China is considering its first immigration law following a surge in the number of foreigners seeking to take advantage of the booming economy in the world's most populous nation, state press said Saturday.


Geithner: global economy can handle Europe strains (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said a strengthened global economy is now in better shape to handle the strains emanating from Europe's crisis, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

Clinton avoids China disputes, hands out teddy bears (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2010 02:25 AM PDT

A Chinese web surfer checks stories and photos about the Dalai Lama on the Google Chinese search page at an office in Beijing in January 2010. The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, held his first Internet chat with Chinese web users Friday, in a wide-ranging dialogue touching on politics and his eventual successor.(AFP/File)Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton passed out teddy bears to Chinese children as she toured the Shanghai World Expo on Saturday and carefully skirted the United States' many policy disputes with China.


U.S. could fall behind China in clean energy: Locke (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2010 01:06 AM PDT

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (C) looks at a water dispenser at a Homebasix supermarket from America, in Tianjin, May 22, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - The United States could fall behind China and other countries in clean energy technology unless Congress passes energy legislation, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Saturday.


China PM to visit SKorea, Japan in 4-nation tour (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 12:09 AM PDT

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will visit South Korea, Japan, Mongolia and Myanmar on a four-nation Asian trip starting later this month, the foreign ministry has confirmed.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will visit South Korea, Japan, Mongolia and Myanmar on a four-nation Asian trip starting later this month, the foreign ministry has confirmed.


China's NBA star Yao Ming becomes dad (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 07:13 PM PDT

China basketball star Yao Ming (R) and his wife Ye Li (L) are the proud parents of a baby girl. The baby was born in Houston on Friday and weighs 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Both mother and daughter are in good health.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China's star NBA center Yao Ming and wife Ye Li are the proud parents of a baby girl, a statement released by his US representatives on Friday said.


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