2010年7月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China seals oil port after spill (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT

A view shows crude oil in the sea near Dalian, Liaoning province July 18, 2010. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - One of China's biggest ports, Dalian, shut on Monday after an pipeline explosion triggered a major offshore oil spill, forcing a refinery to cut processing and importers to divert cargoes elsewhere.


China rushes to clean up oil spill (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 08:37 AM PDT

CHinese fishermen attempt to contain a huge oil slick from further contaminating the Yellow Sea in Dalian, Liaoning province. Authorities in northeastern China have mobilised 1,000 vessels to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a weekend pipeline explosion and fire.(AFP)AFP - Authorities in northeastern China have mobilised 1,000 vessels to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a weekend pipeline explosion and fire, the government said on Monday.


China on track to aim 2,000 missiles at Taiwan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 06:39 AM PDT

A visitor looks at a Dongfeng-1 Missile in the hall of weapons at the Chinese Military Museum, in Beijing January 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - China will have 2,000 missiles aimed at its rival Taiwan by the end of the year, several hundred more than the current number, despite fast-warming trade ties between the two sides, an island defense study said.


Dozens dead, missing in China floods (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 03:38 AM PDT

Chinese villagers are evacuated from flood-hit areas in Chongqing municipality. Floods and landslides triggered by torrential downpours in China have left scores of people dead and missing in recent days, as water levels in major rivers reached dangerous highs.(AFP/AFP)AFP - Floods and landslides triggered by torrential downpours in China have left scores of people dead and missing in recent days, officials said Monday, as water levels in major rivers reached dangerous highs.


China to build new nuclear power plant: state media (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 03:24 AM PDT

Workers at the Qinshan nuclear power plant in China's southeastern Zhejiang province. China has approved plans to build a nuclear power plant in the southwestern region of Guangxi, as Beijing makes good on a pledge to boost renewable energy sources.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has approved plans to build a nuclear power plant in the southwestern region of Guangxi, state media reported Monday, as Beijing makes good on a pledge to boost renewable energy sources.


Landslides leave 20 missing in China (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 03:11 AM PDT

Rescue workers evacuate residents from flooded areas in Jianong town in Leshan in southwest China's Sichuan province on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Flooding  and landslides in communities along the Yangtze River and other scattered parts of China have killed more than 130 people so far this month. (AP Photo)**CHINA OUT**AP - Landslides triggered by flooding left at least 20 people missing in a mountain village Monday, as workers repaired roads, reservoirs and evacuated hundreds of thousands while heavy rains continued lashing China.


2 bodies found in flooded China mine that traps 11 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 03:06 AM PDT

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers head to examine the fire conditions at Xiaonangou coal mine at Sangshuping Township of Hancheng City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Sunday, July 18, 2010.  An electrical fire inside the coal shaft in northern China left 28 miners dead, a government official said Sunday.  (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Xiao) ** NO SALES**AP - Rescuers found two bodies in a flooded coal shaft in northwestern China and 11 miners remained trapped Monday — a reminder of the dangers of an industry that claimed the lives of 40 others in recent days.


GM breaks ground on China hi-tech car lab (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 02:07 AM PDT

US automaker General Motors' president and managing director for China operations, Kevin Wale, gives a press conference in June. GM has broken ground in Shanghai on a research facility that will develop electric cars, lightweight materials and alternative fuel technology for China and the world.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - US auto giant General Motors broke ground in Shanghai on Monday on a research facility that will develop electric cars, lightweight materials and alternative fuel technology for China and the world.


20 missing in China landslide: report (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:19 PM PDT

A local villager is seen riding his motorcycle through floodwaters in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, after torrential rains hit Yangtze River areas. At least 20 people were missing on Monday after a rain-triggered landslide buried parts of a north China village, while rising waters threatened to overrun numerous lakes and rivers including the Yangtze.(AFP)AFP - At least 20 people were missing Monday after a rain-triggered landslide buried parts of a north China village, while rising waters threatened to overrun numerous lakes and rivers including the Yangtze.


China boomtown migrants sorely underpaid (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 08:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Young migrant workers in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen are sorely underpaid but in no position to ask for more money, state media on Monday cited a survey as showing against a backdrop of strikes.

China should cut U.S. Treasury holdings: economist (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:24 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives to testify about the U.S. economic policy towards China during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington June 10, 2010. REUTERS/Molly SkipperReuters - China should cut its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities when market demand is strong, a prominent economist said in remarks published on Monday.


China H2 export growth seen 16.3 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:12 PM PDT

Reuters - China's exports are expected to grow about 16.3 percent year-on-year in the second half, with full year growth estimated at around 24.5 percent, the China Securities Journal said on Monday, citing the country's State Information Center.
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