2010年7月1日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. trade panel denies China steel product duties (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:16 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. trade panel on Thursday turned down an industry request to slap duties on hundreds of millions of dollars of a steel product from China.

China-Pakistan deal raises fears of nuclear proliferation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:50 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A $2.4 billion nuclear reactor deal between China and Pakistan aimed at reducing Pakistan’s chronic energy shortage has cast light on the decades-old strategic partnership that Chinese President Hu Jintao described as “higher than the mountains, deeper than the oceans.”

Uighur leader appeals to world year after unrest (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:03 AM PDT

Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer speaks at a news conference in 2009. One year since China's worst ethnic violence in decades, the exiled leader of the Uighur minority has seen a surge of global interest in her cause but says the world can do far more.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - One year since China's worst ethnic violence in decades, the exiled leader of the Uighur minority has seen a surge of global interest in her cause but says the world can do far more.


China says it welcomes visit by US defence secretary (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C), followed by his officers, visits the Forbidden City in Beijing in 2007. China's military said Thursday it would welcome a future visit by Gates, state media reported, one month after a planned trip was called off.(AFP/POOL/File/Andy Wong)AFP - China's military said Thursday it would welcome a future visit by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, state media reported, one month after a planned trip was called off.


China's Xinhua launches English news channel (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:08 AM PDT

A logo for the Xinhua news agency in Hong Kong. China's official Xinhua news agency has launched a 24-hour global English television news service aimed in part at counter-balancing foreign views of the country.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - China's official Xinhua news agency on Thursday launched a 24-hour global English television news service aimed in part at counter-balancing foreign views of the country.


Taiwan president defends China trade agreement (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local and foreign media on the recently-signed ECFA, Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, between Taiwan and China at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, July 1, 2010. Ma said Thursday Taiwan's landmark trade agreement with China will bolster the island's economy without exposing it to immediate political pressure from Beijing. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Taiwan's president Thursday defended his landmark trade deal with China against claims that it would lead to a Beijing takeover, as the opposition girded for elections that could determine the fate of the ambitious China opening.


China welcomes Gates visit at appropriate time (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:41 AM PDT

AP - China said Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is welcome to visit at an appropriate time, just weeks after it rejected a proposed trip by him.

China general says open to U.S. defense boss visit (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:24 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese general said on Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was welcome to visit China at an "appropriate" time, possibly signaling a desire to soften military tensions between the two powers.

Google search feature blocked in China (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:59 AM PDT

A woman surfs the web on a laptop computer in Beijing. Google CEO Eric Schmidt downplayed fears over the Internet giant's position in China on Thursday, amid a row over censorship and the blocking of a search feature there.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A Google search feature remained blocked in China Thursday as the deadline for renewal of the US web giant's operating licence passed with no word from Beijing, amid a fractious row over censorship.


Electronics workers on strike in northern China (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:26 PM PDT

AP - Workers at a Japanese-owned electronics factory in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin were on strike over pay and benefits Thursday, stopping work for the third day, a worker and the company said.

China's manufacturing activity slows in June (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Workers assemble cars at an auto plant in central China. Manufacturing activity in the country slowed in June, official and independent surveys have shown, suggesting that government efforts to cool the fast-growing economy are working.(AFP/File)AFP - Manufacturing activity in China slowed in June, official and independent surveys showed Thursday, suggesting that government efforts to cool the fast-growing economy are working.


Kung fu hustle? Students try martial arts to ace exam (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Martial arts students at a Kung fu school in Beijing are seen in April 2010. Students in central China have found a way to get a leg up on their contemporaries at the nation's all-important university entrance exam -- paying huge sums of money for a kung fu master certification.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Students in central China have found a way to get a leg up on their contemporaries at the nation's all-important university entrance exam -- paying huge sums of money for a kung fu master certification.


Chinese economy cools as tightening bites (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:47 PM PDT

Reuters - The pace of Chinese manufacturing growth slowed in June as government steps to cool the property market and curb bank lending combined with a faltering global recovery to dampen sentiment.

China industry moves down a gear, PMI poll shows (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Reuters - The pace of Chinese manufacturing growth slowed in June as government steps to cool the red-hot property market and restrain bank lending combined with uncertainty over export prospects to dampen sentiment.

Obama: Pressing China on currency to make trade fair (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday maintained pressure on China to ensure its currency policy did not give it an unfair export advantage.

Nine trapped in flooded China coal mine: state media (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Chinese miners work at a coal mine in 2009. Nine miners were trapped after a flood in China's coal-producing heartland, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/File)AFP - Nine miners were trapped after a flood in China's coal-producing heartland, state media reported Thursday.


China's migrant workers see some gains on labor rights (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:34 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Chinese migrant laborers toiling in the factories of two major firms won unusually hefty raises in recent weeks, as Honda sought to end strikes and Foxconn, maker of the Apple iPad, tried to stave off criticism over a spate of worker suicides.
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