2010年6月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Geithner signals U.S. patience waning on China currency (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner indicated U.S. patience on China's currency policy was wearing thin on Thursday as a key lawmaker warned that he would move soon on legislation that would penalize Chinese goods.

China's currency policy threatens global reforms: US (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:41 PM PDT

A bank clerk counts US dollar and Chinese 100 yuan notes at a bank in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province. China's refusal to revalue its currency is impeding global economic reforms, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday amid pressure from Congress to impose sanctions on the Asian giant.(AFP/File)AFP - China's refusal to revalue its currency is impeding global economic reforms, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday as Congress piled pressure on the government to retaliate.

Stocks jump on upbeat euro, energy rebound (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Stocks posted their best day in the last nine on Thursday in response to signs of health in the euro debt market and as investors snapped up energy shares crushed in the previous day's sell-off.

Chinese exports leap, put yuan back under microscope (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:37 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, is greeted by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee on the future of U.S. economic relations with China. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Reuters - China's exports jumped in May, reassuring investors about the economy's strength but putting pressure on U.S. President Barack Obama to placate critics who say Beijing is keeping the yuan unfairly undervalued.

China reverses stance with Iran sanctions support (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:25 AM PDT

The members of the U.N. Security Council vote on sanctions against Iran during a session Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The sanctions would ban Iran from pursuing 'any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons,' bar Iranian investment in activities such as uranium mining and prohibit Iran from buying several categories of heavy weapons including attack helicopters and missiles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - China's about-face in backing new nuclear sanctions against Iran was borne out of frustration with Tehran's intransigence and a desire to display global leadership alongside its rising financial and diplomatic clout, analysts said Thursday.

Dozens of Chinese websites warned over porn: state media (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:13 AM PDT

People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province. Dozens of websites in China have been warned they will be shut down if they do not stop offering pornographic games, state media said Thursday, as the government moves to tighten control over the web.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - Dozens of websites in China have been warned they will be shut down if they do not stop offering pornographic games, state media said Thursday, as the government moves to tighten control over the web.

Geithner says world economy needs China yuan reform (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:21 AM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives at the National School of Development of Peking University in Beijing, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Wong/PoolReuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, delivering his sharpest criticism of China's exchange rate policies in months, said on Thursday the yuan's value was "critically important" for the world economy.

Honda says two China plants to resume production (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 04:11 AM PDT

A man is bandaged after 2,000 workers clashed with police during a strike outside the Taiwan-funded KOK Machinery rubber factory in China's Jiangsu province on June 7. Japan's number two automaker Honda Motor said production would resume Friday at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China after a strike at an exhaust parts maker ended.(AFP/File)AFP - Japan's number two automaker Honda Motor said production would resume Friday at two vehicle assembly plants in southern China after a strike at an exhaust parts maker ended.

Strikes put China on spot over labor unrest (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:45 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday June 7, 2010, workers at Foshan Fengfu Autoparts Co. a supply factory to Honda Motor's joint-ventures in China, raise their hands as they strike to demand for higher wages in Foshan in south China's Guangdong province. Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday, June 8, 2010 it was assessing the impact of the walkout by the workers at one of its parts suppliers in China, just days after resolving a strike that froze car production at four factories. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A rash of strikes at Chinese factories highlights growing restiveness among migrant workers, an unsettling development for foreign manufacturers and a privileged communist leadership now far removed from its roots in labor movements a century ago.

China rebuffs US criticism on NKorea (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:48 AM PDT

AP - China said Thursday it has taken a "fair and responsible" attitude in dealing with North Korea's alleged attack on a South Korean warship, batting aside criticism by a top U.S. military official that Beijing hasn't done enough.

China labor unrest spreads as workers seek more (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:16 AM PDT

Workers stand by a fence during a strike at a Honda Motor vehicle manufacturing plant in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, June 10, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuReuters - Labor unrest that began among foreign firms in south China's Pearl Delta area is showing signs of spreading to poorer interior regions, as a new generation of workers seek a bigger portion of the nation's growing wealth.

North Korea seeks to soothe China over border shootings (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:24 AM PDT

North Koreans are seen on the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, June 9, 2010. The banner reads Reuters - North Korea has told China it will punish those responsible for shooting dead three Chinese nationals near the two countries' border last week, and vowed to prevent any repeat, Chinese state media said on Thursday.

Global warming spells doom for Asia's rivers (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:15 AM PDT

Yaks and sheep graze on grasslands in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, known as the AFP - The livelihood of thousands of Tibetans living on China's highest plateau is under threat as global warming and environmental degradation dry up water sources for three mighty Asian rivers, experts say.

Strikes stall Honda car assembly plants in China (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:22 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 - Production at two Honda Motor car assembly plants in China remained stalled Thursday due to a lack of parts because of labor disputes, though the company said a strike at one supplier factory was over.

China labor costs won't deter investors: official (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 11:11 PM PDT

Reuters - China's rising labor costs will not deter foreign investors because policies to boost domestic consumption provide a new reason for them to seek profits in the world's third-largest economy, a senior trade official said on Thursday.

N.Korea vows punishment for China border deaths (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:57 PM PDT

File photo shows armed North Korean soldiers on patrol on the border with China in Sinuiju. North Korea expressed condolences over last week's shooting deaths of three Chinese nationals by border guards and vowed to AFP - North Korea expressed condolences over last week's shooting deaths of three Chinese nationals by border guards and vowed to "severely punish" those responsible, Chinese state media said Thursday.

Foxconn stops payments to suicide workers' families (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:38 PM PDT

Students protest with model effigies of workers who have committed suicide at Foxconn in China during the companies' AGM in Hong Kong on June 8, 2010. Taiwan's IT giant Foxconn said Thursday it has stopped offering condolence payments to the families of staff members who kill themselves as it tries to stem a spate of factory suicides in China.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - Taiwan's IT giant Foxconn said Thursday it has stopped offering condolence payments to the families of staff members who kill themselves as it tries to stem a spate of factory suicides in China.

China housing activist maintains defiant stand (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:10 PM PDT

A Chinese woman weeps next to her demolished home, a traditional courtyard house, in Beijing. China maintains that the rights of residents in the capital were protected in its campaign to requisition and remodel large parts of the city for the 2008 Games, but many housing activists paid a heavy price when they chose to stand up for themselves.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)AFP - Ni Yulan was beaten by police, barred from practising law, and repeatedly jailed for fighting the forced evictions of thousands to make way for Beijing's Olympic makeover.

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