2010年7月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

House sets China currency hearing for September (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representative said on Thursday they will wait until at least September before taking any action on legislation to force China to revalue its currency.

Typhoon Chanthu lashes flood-hit China (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Chinese residents salvage their belongings from floodwaters in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on July 19. Typhoon Chanthu has lashed southern China with punishing winds and heavy rain in the latest weather challenge for a country in which flooding has killed 700 people this year.(AFP)AFP - Typhoon Chanthu lashed southern China with punishing winds and heavy rain on Thursday in the latest weather challenge for a country where flooding has killed 700 people this year.

Rights group accuses China of abuses in Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:56 AM PDT

Chinese riot police are seen aboard a truck on patrol in front of the Potala palace in Lhasa. Chinese security forces brutally beat and even shot dead some protesters during unrest in Tibet in 2008, and tortured many in the subsequent crackdown, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Chinese security forces brutally beat and even shot dead some protesters during unrest in Tibet in 2008, and tortured many in the subsequent crackdown, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.

Pipeline repaired as China works to contain spill (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:53 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 21, 2010 and released by Greenpeace on July 22, 2010, an employee scoops up dead snails at the Guotai Water Products Farm, about one kilometer (.62 miles) away from the site of the oil spill at Xingang Port, Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province. China National Petroleum Corp. said Thursday a vital pipeline has resumed operations after an explosion caused the country's largest reported oil spill. Cleanup efforts, marred by the drowning death of a worker, continued over 165 square mile (430 square kilometer) stretch of water blanketed in thick, dark oil Thursday, after an official warned the spill posed a severe threat to sea life and water quality. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He) ** NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES **AP - China and environmental observers said cleanup efforts on the country's largest reported oil spill were progressing Thursday, but the environmental and economic damage was clear.

China's star blogger discusses love life (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Chinese blogger Han Han attends a press conference at the book fair in Hong Kong. The blogger -- praised for his searing critiques of corrupt officialdom and social issues -- conceded Thursday that his biggest problems may be in the romance department.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - China's most famous blogger Han Han, praised for his searing critiques of corrupt officialdom and social issues, conceded Thursday that his biggest problems may be in the romance department.

Southern China lashed by second typhoon (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Southern China was lashed on Thursday by its second typhoon in a week, with shipping and flights disrupted by heavy rain and strong winds, state media said.

Clean-up crews use bare hands against China oil spill (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:51 AM PDT

Oil coats a boat rope after a huge spill following a fire at the Yellow Sea port of Dalian. Chinese authorities are battling to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese authorities battled Thursday to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact.

Strikes end at two Chinese automotive suppliers (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese factory workers at two suppliers for foreign automakers returned to work on Thursday after winning hefty pay rises, ending strikes that again highlighted the carmakers' vulnerability to their China suppliers.

EU trade chief says China business concern rising (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:26 AM PDT

The German (left), Chinese (centre) and European Union flags are seen in Berlin. German business leaders have expressed their concerns about intellectual property rights directly to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, amid increasing concerns over the business environment in China.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said Thursday European companies were increasingly worried about doing business in China, citing intellectual property protection as a major concern.

Typhoon lashes south China with heavy rain, winds (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 11:19 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 photo, a street lamp is partially emerged by the flooded Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing city. Flooding this year has killed 701 people, left 347 missing and caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, the worst toll across the board that China has seen in a decade, a senior Chinese official said Wednesday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Typhoon Chanthu sent debris flying through the air in southern China's Guangdong province on Thursday, bringing rain that could aggravate the country's worst floods in a decade.

China's Huawei denies stealing Motorola technology (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 10:43 PM PDT

A Huawei Technologies booth is seen at a technology show in Singapore in June 2010. Chinese telecoms maker Huawei Technologies on Thursday rejected allegations by Motorola that it had stolen technology secrets from the US mobile phone giant over the past decade.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Chinese telecoms maker Huawei Technologies on Thursday rejected allegations by Motorola that it had stolen technology secrets from the US mobile phone giant over the past decade.

Chinese rating agency chief slams Western rivals (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 09:05 PM PDT

People walk under a sign at the Athens stock exchange. The head of China?s largest credit rating agency has accused his Western rivals of causing the financial crisis and becoming too close to the clients they were assessing, a report said Thursday.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - The head of China?s largest credit rating agency has accused his Western rivals of causing the financial crisis and becoming too close to the clients they were assessing, a report said Thursday.

China's Baidu doubles profits in second quarter (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 08:22 PM PDT

Chinese Internet search giant Baidu on Wednesday reported its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, topping 837 million yuan, or 126 million dollars.(AFP/Simon Lim)AFP - Chinese Internet search giant Baidu said Thursday its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, as its customer base widened at the expense of rival Google.

China should widen yuan's float: c.bank researcher (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2010 07:32 PM PDT

Reuters - China should let the yuan float within a wider range in a gradual process over the next five years, an official at a local branch of the central bank said in comments published on Thursday.

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