2010年6月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China takes hands-off approach to labor strikes (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this file 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. When workers at a Honda transmission plant in China decided to go on strike for higher wages in mid-May, they succeeded in touching off a domino effect of high-profile labor disputes. (AP Photo, file) ** CHINA OUT **AP - When workers at a Honda transmission plant in China went on strike for higher wages last month, they touched off a domino effect of high-profile labor disputes.

Biggest obstacle for China's gays: Social pressure for marriage (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:10 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SHANGHAI — They had what they thought was the perfect solution, but it turned out that the men are just too picky.

Chinese nationalists increasingly strident (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:12 AM PDT

AP - Upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean naval drills have sparked an unexpected outcry from Chinese nationalists, whose fiery rhetoric has been stoked by their country's rising economic strength and global clout.

Sino-Canadian ties of 'growing strategic importance:' Hu (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 08:02 AM PDT

China's President Hu Jintao, seen here in 2009, kicked off a state visit to Canada on Thursday, dining with Queen Elizabeth II's representative and later meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday called for a new start and a firming of Sino-Canadian ties, despite new irritants, during a state visit to Canada ahead of G8 and G20 summits in the Toronto area.

China sets strong yuan rate ahead of G20 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:56 AM PDT

China's central bank has set the strongest yuan exchange rate in years, as international pressure builds for a stronger currency ahead of the weekend Group of 20 summit in Canada.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's central bank set the strongest yuan exchange rate in years on Friday, as international pressure builds for a stronger currency ahead of the weekend Group of 20 summit in Canada.

Swollen river threatens major city in central China (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Chinese rescuers carry boats in to evacuate residents from Fuzhou in east China's Jiangxi province. Chinese rescue teams scrambled to shore up flood defences as a swollen river threatened a major city, after heavy rains across the nation's south and centre left more than 230 people dead.(AFP/Str)AFP - Chinese rescue teams scrambled to shore up flood defences Friday as a swollen river threatened a major city, after heavy rains across the nation's south and centre left more than 230 people dead.

China's currency rises to new high ahead of G-20 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:07 AM PDT

A visitor takes pictures on the Chinese banknotes displayed at a currency museum in Beijing 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/Andy Wong)AP - China's currency surged Friday to its highest level yet, with the central bank setting the daily official level at 6.7896 yuan to the dollar, acting on a pledge to allow greater flexibility in the exchange rate ahead of a weekend G-20 summit.

Drug cases shoot up 16 percent last year in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 03:17 AM PDT

Drug addicts prepare heroin in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Monday, June 21, 2010.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - China says drug cases shot up 16 percent last year from 2008 with courts convicting more than 56,000 people.

Big algae bloom expanding off China's east coast (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:24 AM PDT

AP - A huge bright green algae bloom is blanketing the sea off China's east coast and wind is driving it closer to land, an official said Friday.

Death toll in China flooding climbs to 377 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:05 AM PDT

In this Friday June 24, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,front, visits a dike at the Changkai section of the Fuhe River in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province. The Chinese leader rallied rescuers and comforted victims in southern China's Jiangxi province on Thursday following widespread flooding that has killed more than 200 and caused $6.4 billion in damages. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei) ** NO SALES **AP - The death toll from storms that have pounded southern China for more than a week has climbed to 377, the government said Friday.

Tibet environmentalist jailed for 15 years: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:12 PM PDT

File photo shows a Chinese paramililtary policeman standing guard in front of the Potala palace in Lhasa. A prominent Tibetan environmentalist who said he was AFP - A prominent Tibetan environmentalist who said he was "brutally tortured" in custody has been jailed for 15 years on tomb-robbing charges that were dropped years ago, his lawyer said Friday.

China Mofcom plays down yuan impact on exports (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:47 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese exporters on balance will benefit more than they will suffer from the reintroduction of greater flexibility in the yuan, Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Yaoping said on Friday.

China's yuan move too soon to judge: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:41 PM PDT

A worker inspects a US and a Chinese flag in Tiananmen Square during a diplomatic event in Beijing. US President Barack Obama has said it is too premature to determine the impact of China's limited currency reform although he viewed the move as AFP - US President Barack Obama has said it is too premature to determine the impact of China's limited currency reform although he viewed the move as "positive."

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