2010年6月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China says NKorean guard killed 3 Chinese (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 12:36 PM PDT

AP - China said Tuesday that a North Korean border guard shot and killed three people and wounded a fourth on the countries' border last week, prompting a formal complaint from Beijing.

Foxconn parent suffers share slump, protests (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Taiwan demonstrators protest outside Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co's, the parent company of Foxconn, during an investors conference in Tucheng, Taipei county. The parent of Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn took a market beating on Tuesday after announcing hefty wage hikes in response to several factory suicides in China, as labour activists heckled its annual meeting.(AFP/Sam Yeh)AFP - The parent company of Taiwan's IT giant Foxconn took a market beating Tuesday after announcing hefty wage hikes in the wake of factory suicides in China, as labour activists heckled its annual meeting.

China reaps benefits of Iraq war with oil deals (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT

** CORRECT THE CHINESE TRANSLATION OF THE SIGN ** In this Wednesday, March 31, 2010, photo, workers are seen at the al-Waha Oil Company in Wasit in southern Iraq. The red banner that hangs at the entrance of the office of the company, the Iraqi affiliate of China's state-owned China National Petroleum Corp reads 'we will cooperate and contribute together for al-Waha.' From among the most outspoken of critics of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, China has emerged as one of the biggest economic beneficiaries of the war, snagging lucrative deals and shrugging off the security risks with the country's political instability for the promise of oil, while western firms were largely subdued in their interest in Iraq's recent oil auctions. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Perspiration staining their orange jumpsuits, the Chinese engineers and laborers form Al-Waha Oil Co. work alongside their Iraqi counterparts under a sweltering sun readying an expanse of arid land southeast of Baghdad for infrastructure to extract and carry the viscous liquid on which Iraq's future lies: oil.

China wage hikes boost costs but might help sales (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 08:45 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Feb. 24, 2010, a recruiter talks to job seekers near a sign which reads 'Foxconn Technology Group Recruitment Point' in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province. On Sunday, June 6, 2010, Taiwanese-owned Foxconn Technology announced the second in a series of raises that would increase pay by up to 65 percent at its factories in Shenzhen. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - The cost of hiring Chinese workers who supply the world with inexpensive furniture and toys is climbing. But workers with more money to spend is good news for foreign companies that see them as customers, not just factory labor.

Foxconn ends death payouts to halt suicides: report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Reuters - iPhone maker Foxconn International Holdings will no longer pay compensation to families of employees who kill themselves to discourage further suicides, China's Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

Cirque du Soleil creates quirky Canada vision for World Expo (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:09 AM PDT

In this picture taken on May 2010 a member of Cirque de Soleil performs at the Canada pavillion on the first day of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. After going into orbit last year when founder Guy Laliberte orchestrated a multimedia show from the International Space Station featuring U2, Cirque du Soleil is re-imagining its homeland for the millions of Chinese visiting Expo.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - At Canada's prism-shaped World Expo pavilion in Shanghai, dayglo-suited businessmen juggle bowling pins, royal guards march in "bearskin" hats made of flowers and hockey players zoom on roller blades.

Honda hit by new strike in China (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:01 AM PDT

Workers called off a strike Tuesday at a Chinese auto exhaust components joint venture between a Honda subsidiary and a Taiwanese firm after a deal with management, Xinhua news agency reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Honda said Tuesday a new strike had hit a Chinese joint venture between its subsidiary Yutaka Giken and a Taiwanese firm that produces exhaust components, halting operations at two assembly plants.

New strike breaks out at Honda supplier in China (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:26 AM PDT

A Honda sign is seen outside the Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co. Ltd. plant in Foshan, southern Chinese Guangdong province, June 4, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuReuters - A new strike has broken out at a Chinese factory making exhaust systems for Honda Motor (7267.T), prompting the carmaker to plan a suspension at two local car plants just days after a strike at another supplier was settled.

Beijing says North Korea killed three Chinese at border (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:10 AM PDT

Reuters - North Korean border guards shot and killed three Chinese suspected smugglers and wounded a fourth last week, prompting a complaint from Pyongyang's only major ally, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Honda assessing impact of latest supplier strike (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 03:33 AM PDT

An uniformed police officer, light blue in center, negotiates with a group of migrant workers after they tried to protest against unpaid salary by marching with a banner on a main street in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. China outlaws unauthorized labor organizing, limiting such activities to the government-affiliated trade unions but in recent years authorities increasingly appear to be tolerating sporadic, peaceful protests by aggrieved workers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it was assessing the impact of a walkout by some workers at one of its parts suppliers in China, just days after resolving a strike that froze car production at four factories.

iPhone maker Foxconn seeks price hikes to offset wages (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 12:34 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 - iPhone maker Foxconn International Holdings said it will seek higher prices from its clients to help offset wage hikes at a plant in southern China that has been hit by a series of suicides.

China defends Internet 'Great Firewall' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 11:41 PM PDT

China has defended its right to censor the Internet, saying it needed to do so to ensure state security, and cautioned foreign governments to respect and obey its online policies. The government's white paper on the Internet in China comes after a very public row with Google over web freedoms, which prompted the US firm to shut down its Chinese search engine.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China on Tuesday defended its right to censor the Internet, saying it needed to do so to ensure state security, and cautioned other nations to respect how it polices the world's largest online population.

China says will keep blocking online content (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 10:04 PM PDT

AP - China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying in a white paper it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to "national unity."

Shares in Foxconn parent tumble after pay hike (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:14 PM PDT

Workers assemble electronic components at the factory of Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn in Shenzhen. The parent of Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn took a market beating on Tuesday after announcing hefty wage hikes in response to several factory suicides in China, as labour activists heckled its annual meeting.(AFP/File)AFP - More than three billion US dollars was wiped off the parent of Taiwan IT giant Foxconn in two days after it announced a pay hike for staff at suicide-hit plants in south China, analysts said Tuesday.

China's Panchen Lama visits sensitive border area (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:48 PM PDT

Reuters - The Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, traditionally the second-most powerful figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama, has paid his first visit to a sensitive border region with India, state media said on Tuesday.

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