2010年7月23日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China taking 'more aggressive' stance at sea: US admiral (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:26 AM PDT

US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen holds a press briefing at the Pentagon July 8, in Arlington, Virginia. Mullen said on Friday that China had adopted an increasingly aggressive stance on the high seas, with Beijing pushing territorial claims.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said on Friday that China had adopted an increasingly aggressive stance on the high seas, with Beijing pushing territorial claims.


Report says Uighur journalist jailed in China for 15 years (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Chinese armed police watch as a Chinese woman weeps on a road in Urumqi, on July 5. A Chinese court has sentenced a Uighur journalist to 15 years in jail for endangering state security after speaking to foreign journalists about deadly riots in Xinjiang, according to a report.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A Chinese court has sentenced a Uighur journalist to 15 years in jail for endangering state security after speaking to foreign journalists about deadly riots in Xinjiang, according to a report.


China blames desulphurising chemical for oil pipeline blast (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT

A Chinese fireman steps over hoses after completing work extinguishing the blaze after an oil pipline explosion at the port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province on July 20. Chinese authorities on Friday blamed a chemical used to remove sulphur from crude oil for a blast at a storage facility that caused a spill on the country's northeast coast.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese authorities on Friday blamed a chemical used to remove sulphur from crude oil for a blast at a storage facility that caused a spill on the country's northeast coast.


First details on China oil spill's cause emerge (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:38 AM PDT

In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, a volunteer cleans up crude oil at a polluted beach in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. 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. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lu Wenzheng) **  NO SALES **AP - The first details emerged Friday on the cause of China's largest reported oil spill, while environmentalists urged the government to do more to warn local residents of potential danger, saying children are playing still off nearby beaches.


China sentences Uighur writer to 15 years in jail (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 06:08 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese court sentenced a Uighur journalist to 15 years in jail Friday for critical writings and comments he made to foreign media after last year's deadly ethnic riots in China's western Xinjiang region, a friend said.

New China floods feared as Yangtze swells (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:52 AM PDT

View of the flooded Yangtze River in Chongqing on July 22. China -- already reeling from deadly floods -- is braced for a potential new deluge on the Yangtze downstream from the huge Three Gorges Dam as its reservoir's level hit a high for the year.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - China, already reeling from deadly floods, braced Friday for a potential new deluge on the Yangtze downstream from the huge Three Gorges Dam as its reservoir's level hit a high for the year.


China jails Uighur journalist for 15 years: employer (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 04:33 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese court in the restive western region of Xinjiang has given a Uighur journalist and website manager 15 years in jail for endangering state security by speaking to foreign journalists, his employer said on Friday.

Typhoon lashes southern China, killing 3 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:24 AM 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 killed three people before weakening into a tropical storm Friday after making landfall in southern China's Guangdong province.


13 confirmed dead in China mine flood: media (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Map locating Jiuquan in China where authorities have confirmed the deaths of 13 workers trapped in a flooded coalmine(AFP Graphic)AFP - Authorities have confirmed the deaths of 13 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest China at the weekend -- one of a spate of recent accidents to hit the sector, state media said Friday.


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