2010年6月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's Hu Jintao in Canada ahead of G20 summit (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:30 PM PDT

China's President Hu Jintao, seen here in 2009, touched down in the Canadian capital Wednesday for a three-day state visit ahead of a G20 summit in Toronto, live television footage showed.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao touched down in the Canadian capital Wednesday for a three-day state visit ahead of a G20 summit in Toronto, live television footage showed.


Hanesbrands: Yuan fluctuation won't impact results (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT

AP - Hanesbrands Inc. on Wednesday said it will not see a material impact from China's decision to let the value of its currency fluctuate.

China trade barriers a serious concern: U.S. aides (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Reuters - Top U.S. officials told Congress Wednesday they had serious concerns about Chinese trade policies that keep out American companies and would take strong action if necessary to pry open the market.

Commerce Secretary: China currency undervalued (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:33 PM PDT

A Chinese woman, who sells clothes on the roadside, holds tens of Yuan, while dealing with a customer, in a Hutong, or a traditional alleyway, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June, 22, 2010. Proving that flexibility is a two-way street, the Chinese yuan edged lower against the U.S. dollar in spot trading Tuesday, a day after surging to a new high following the central bank's decision to let the currency trade in a wider range. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Despite China's decision to let its currency appreciate against the dollar, the yuan is still undervalued, hurting American exports, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Wednesday.


Death toll in China flooding climbs to 211 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:27 AM PDT

A Chinese farmer stands with his pigs on a roof top as floodwater surrounds his house in Luozhen township of Fuzhou city in central China's Jiangxi province Wednesday June 23, 2010. Torrential rains burst a dike in southern China, sending 88,000 people fleeing their homes and prompting China's top leaders to call Tuesday for stepped-up rescue operations.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - The death toll from summer flooding across a wide swath of southern China climbed to 211 on Wednesday, as a river in Jiangxi province overflowed its banks but did not cause any additional casualties, authorities and state media said.


China warns of fresh rain onslaught in flooded regions (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:01 AM PDT

Chinese rescuers help evacuate villagers from their flooded homes in Fuzhou in east China's Jiangxi province on June 22. Weather forecasters have warned of a fresh onslaught of downpours across southern China, which has already been battered by floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people.(AFP)AFP - Weather forecasters warned Wednesday of a fresh onslaught of downpours across southern China, which has already been battered by floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people.


China gives 257 military trucks to Cambodia (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:55 AM PDT

AP - China stepped in Wednesday to provide Cambodia with more than 250 military vehicles after the United States earlier suspended a similar shipment when the Cambodian government deported 20 asylum seekers.

Flood-hit dyke in south China suffers new breach (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:49 AM PDT

A man moves his belongings from his flooded house on the outskirts of Fuzhou, Jiangxi province June 22, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A flood-battered dyke in China suffered a fresh breach on Wednesday as heavy flooding that has killed more than 210 people in the past week intensified and about 100,000 residents fled after an earlier break in its wall.


Strikes in China halt Toyota, Honda factories (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:44 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 22, 2010, workers take part in a strike at the Denso Corp., a Japanese car parts supplier to Toyota Motor Corp., in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province. Toyota said production at the one of its main factories in China remained halted Wednesday because of a strike at the supplier, the latest Chinese labor action to hit the Japanese carmaker in recent weeks. (AP Photo)  CHINA OUTAP - Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Corp. said Wednesday they stopped production at some of their car assembly plants in southern China after parts suppliers were hit by more labor unrest.


Taiwan, China to sign trade deal June 28-30: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Taiwan and China will sign a landmark trade deal between June 28 and 30 in the Chinese city of Chongqinq, opening the way for a major boost to around $100 billion in annual two-way trade.

Honda again halts China production due to strike (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:24 PM PDT

AP - Honda Motor Co., which has been repeatedly forced to suspend production in China due to strikes, again halted operations there Wednesday as a fresh walkout disrupted parts supplies.

China's central bank sets weaker yuan exchange rate (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:01 PM PDT

China's central bank said it let the yuan exchange rate weaken against the dollar Wednesday, after authorities pledged to relax controls over the currency.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - China's central bank said it let the yuan exchange rate weaken against the dollar Wednesday, after authorities pledged to relax controls over the currency.


Another strike in China halts Toyota factory (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:28 PM PDT

AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said production at one of its main factories in China remained halted Wednesday because of a strike at a supplier, the latest Chinese labor action to hit a Japanese carmaker in recent weeks.
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