2010年6月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese teens compete for entry to elite schools (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Anxious parents wait outside a school where students are taking the annual college entrance examinations in Beijing, China, Monday, June 7, 2010. This year, about 9.5 million students are expected to take the exam on June 7 and 8, a slight dip from 10.2 million last year, according to a report posted on the web site of the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The 14-hour study sessions were over but the nerves remained for Tong Dan as she squeezed in some last-minute cramming during a lunch break Monday from the most important test she and millions of other Chinese teens will ever take.

Ex-China PM's 'diary' sheds new light on Tiananmen (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:19 AM PDT

Former Chinese premier Li Peng -- seen here in 2003 -- acted on orders from late leader Deng Xiaoping to AFP - Former Chinese premier Li Peng acted on orders from late leader Deng Xiaoping to "shed some blood" when he sent in troops to end the Tiananmen protests, the publisher of Li's purported diary said on Monday.

Foxconn gives China workers dramatic wage hike (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

Apple phone effigies are burned during a protest near the offices of Foxconn in Hong Kong. The Taiwanese IT giant has said it will hike wages at its factories in the south Chinese city of Shenzhen, in a move observers said could trigger industry-wide salary increases.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn, hit by a series of suicides, said Monday it would hike wages at its plants in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, a move observers said could trigger industry-wide pay rises.

Hon Hai shares tumble on new China wage rise (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:16 AM PDT

A couple stand on a footbridge in front of nets, newly installed to prevent workers from jumping to their deaths, outside one of Foxconn's factory buildings in the township of Longhua, in southern Guangdong province June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - Shares in Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317.TW) tumbled on Monday on concerns about earnings after the electronics maker offered workers in southern China a second pay rise that could double wages from a month ago.

Floods and landslides kill 53 in southwest China (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain have killed 53 people in China's southwestern Guangxi region since late May, including three children swept away as they walked home from school, state media reported on Monday.

Landslides, flooding kill 53 in southern China (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:46 PM PDT

In this Wednesday June 2, 2010, photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a man looks at the interior of a vehicle stranded in floodwaters in Yao Ethnic Autonomous County of Du'an in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The rainstorms had damaged 3,260 homes and 103,450 hectares of crops, Xinhua said, quoting Guangxi's Civil Affairs Department. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Huang Xiaobang) ** NO SALES **AP - A news report says the death toll from flooding and rain-triggered landslides in southern China has climbed to 53 after the bodies of all missing people were recovered.

Tight security for China college entrance exams (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:47 PM PDT

A graduate adjusts his mortar board at a graduation ceremony in an university in Shanghai. Nearly 10 million high school students began sitting for China's make-or-break college entrance exams Monday under tight security following a spate of school attacks and concerns over cheating.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Nearly 10 million high school students began sitting for China's make-or-break college entrance exams Monday under tight security following a spate of school attacks and concerns over cheating.

Six rescued after three days in flooded China mine (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Six miners have been pulled alive from a Chinese mine three days after it flooded, state media said Monday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Six miners have been pulled alive from a Chinese mine three days after it flooded, state media said Monday.

Agricultural Bank of China IPO size doubt: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:36 PM PDT

File photo shows a branch of the Agricultural Bank of China in Xining in northwest China's Qinghai province. Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering, billed for months as the world's largest share sale, may raise much less than expected, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering, billed for months as the world's largest share sale, may raise much less than expected, a report said Monday.

Exxon in discussions with China firms on partnership (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Exxon Mobil is holding detailed discussions with China's national oil firms on partnerships for a number of resources including unconventional, a top executive said on Monday.

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