2010年6月30日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Google faces pressure as China to decide on license (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc could face further pressure for its other products in China as Beijing is due to decide whether or not to renew a license for the firm's flagship search engine in the world's largest Internet market.

Google Web search engine 'partially blocked' in China (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:10 AM PDT

A Chinese flag flies outside the Google head office in Beijing. Google's Web search engine in China was AFP - Google's Web search engine in China was "partially blocked" on Wednesday, the deadline for the Chinese authorities to renew the Internet giant's business license.


Business groups urges Senate to reject China forex bill (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:38 AM PDT

Reuters - A broad coalition of U.S. business groups urged senators on Wednesday not to approve a bill that would allow the United States to use import duties against China's exchange rate policy.

China's AgBank launches world-record IPO (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Zhang Yun, Vice Chairman and President of the Agricultural Bank of China speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong. The bank has kicked off a share offer worth a world-record 23.2 billion dollars as China strives to develop depressed regions in the bank's rural heartland.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Agricultural Bank of China on Wednesday kicked off a share offer worth a world-record 23.2 billion dollars as China strives to develop depressed regions in the rural lender's heartland.


Communist Party opens door to secretive school (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:12 AM PDT

Chinese staff gather inside a building of the Communist Central Party School in Beijing Wednesday, June 30, 2010. China threw open the gates of its secretive Central Party School on Wednesday, offering foreign journalists a rare but carefully scripted peek at the leafy campus where the country's communist elite are trained. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - China threw open the gates of its secretive Central Party School on Wednesday, offering foreign journalists a rare but carefully scripted peek at the leafy campus where the country's Communist elite are trained.


Loveless Chinese troops banned from online dating (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1995 file photo, a Chinese soldier tries out a desktop computer at a computer exhibition in Beijing. Rigid restrictions on Internet usage imposed this month on the 2.3-million strong Chinese armed services are sure to cramp the already lackluster social lives of the predominantly young, male force. Online dating was given the boot, along with blogs, personal websites and visits to Internet cafes. (AP Photo/Mike Fiala, File)AP - What will the lonely hearts of the People's Liberation Army do now?


Standard Chartered to invest $500m in AgBank (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:22 AM PDT

Chief Executive of Standard Chartered PLC Peter Sands speaks during a news conference in Mumbai on May 13. The British company has it would sign up for 500 million dollars of shares in Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) in next month's flotation to become one of the biggest shareholders.(AFP/File/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - Britain's Standard Chartered said Wednesday it would sign up for 500 million dollars of shares in Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) in next month's flotation to become one of the biggest shareholders.


Dozens of children among China landslide victims (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:32 PM PDT

A Chinese soldier carries a boy to safety from the landslide area in Guanling, southwest China's Guizhou province on June 29, 2010. Hopes of finding any survivors among nearly 100 people buried in a landslide after heavy rain in southwest China were fading Wednesday, as a report said dozens of children were among the missing.(AFP)AFP - Hopes of finding any survivors among nearly 100 people buried in a landslide after heavy rain in southwest China were fading Wednesday, as a report said dozens of children were among the missing.


China labor strains reflect a countryside in flux (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Ma Xiangqian's house stands silent in a tree-shrouded village in central China, the inscription on its padlocked gate announcing the hopes for prosperity his family says drove him into the factory life that killed him.

China detains democracy advocate for new activism (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:06 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese democracy activist who has already spent a decade in prison has been detained again, a human rights group said Wednesday.

Amusement park accident kills 6 in southern China (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:10 PM PDT

AP - An accident on a space-themed ride at a southern Chinese amusement park has killed six people and injured 10.

China space ride plunge kills six (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:57 PM PDT

Reuters - A space shuttle simulator ride plunged to the ground, killing six people and injuring another 10 at a popular south China amusement park, state media reported on Wednesday.

China sets sail for the Arctic (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 07:34 PM PDT

The Chinese research vessel and ice-breaker Xuelong, which will depart for the Arctic this week. The Arctic is a region much coveted by Beijing for its wealth of scientific data and natural resources. The shrinking of the frozen sheets blanketing the Arctic -- thanks to global warming -- has allowed navigation of the area and access to its as-yet untapped supplies of oil and natural gas.(AFP)AFP - A Chinese research vessel and ice-breaker is due to set sail this week for the Arctic, a region much coveted by Beijing for its wealth of scientific data and natural resources.


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