2010年7月12日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Top China miner pollutes river: report (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:47 AM PDT

Dead fish wash up on the beach of Hong Kong's Lamma Island. Pollution from a mine owned by a top gold producer has severely contaminated a river in southeastern China, leading to a massive fish kill, the government and state media said Monday.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Pollution from a mine owned by a top gold producer has severely contaminated a river in southeastern China, leading to a massive fish kill, the government and state media said Monday.


Chinese credit report rates US below China (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 07:12 AM PDT

AFP - A Chinese rating agency warned Monday that developed countries like the United States faced "big problems" after issuing what it called the first sovereign credit risk report by a non-Western agency.

Hu hails China-Taiwan trade pact (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 06:44 AM PDT

AP - President Hu Jintao hailed a historic trade pact between China and Taiwan on Monday when he met with the chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, saying it signals progress on their deepening ties.

Chinese officials must report personal assets (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:17 AM PDT

AP - China issued new rules requiring officials in government and state companies to report everything from personal assets to the business activities of spouses and children, in a renewed attempt to quash endemic corruption Beijing sees as a threat to its rule.

China's property prices slow in June (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 09:23 PM PDT

A construction worker is seen at work on a building site in Shanghai. Property prices in China rose at a slower pace in June from a month ago, government data showed Monday, in a further sign that Beijing's efforts to cool the sizzling real estate market were kicking in.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Property prices in China rose at a slower pace in June from a month ago, government data showed Monday, in a further sign that Beijing's efforts to cool the sizzling real estate market were kicking in.


In Havana's Chinatown, rare droplets of freedom (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

AP - At Cuba's only privately run newspaper, it doesn't take much to stop the presses. It's a wonder they even get started.

China to start draining dam that threatens city (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 07:21 PM PDT

A boy helps to drain water from his mother's store after a rainstorm hit Wuhan, Hubei province July 10, 2010. China's Hubei province saw seven people dead and three missing due to rain-triggered accidents, as well as economic losses of 1.09 billion yuan ($161 million), Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Authorities in a remote western part of China hope to start draining as soon as Tuesday an overfilled, leaking reservoir which is threatening to burst and flood a nearby city, state media said on Monday.


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