2010年7月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China


AU says must replace Western partners with China (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Reuters - The African Union said on Saturday Africa must turn ever more to China for its development because conditions and checks often stalled the flow of funds from Western nations and the World Bank.

China evacuates 100,000 as rains swell rivers (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:43 AM PDT

A father pulls his child out of the flood waters close to the Yangtze River in Chongqing on July 22. China evacuated more than 100,000 people as a river burst its banks and heavy rains continued in flood-hit regions along the perilously swollen Yangtze river, state media said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as a river burst its banks and heavy rains continued in flood-hit regions along the perilously swollen Yangtze river, state media said Saturday.


China runs stress tests on property trusts: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 12:41 AM PDT

Reuters - China's banking regulator has run stress tests in the country's trust firms to see if they can withstand a downturn in the property sector, the Economic Observer reported on Saturday, citing unidentified industry sources.

China to reduce number of capital crimes: media (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:58 PM PDT

China will reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty from the current 68 in the latest step to cut back on the use of capital punishment, state media said Saturday. The nation's top legislative committee will begin revising China's criminal law in August to reduce the number of capital crimes, the China Daily reported, quoting a legislative source.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - China will reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty from the current 68 in the latest step to cut back on the use of capital punishment, state media said Saturday.


China floods put pressure on Three Gorges Dam (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:32 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, journalists take photos as flood water is released from the Three Gorges Dam's floodgates in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province. China's claims that its massive Three Gorges Dam can withstand the worst floods only seen every 10,000 years have lost mileage this week as the dam reached record higher water levers, with more torrential rains and typhoons expected in the country's worst flooding in a decade. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Cheng Min, File) ** NO SALES **AP - Record-high water levels at China's massive Three Gorges Dam have called into question Beijing's claims that the world's largest hydroelectric project could withstand a 10,000-year flood.


China nabs 46 in mafia bust linked to Hilton Hotel (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT

Hotel staff see off the last remaining guest as police in southwest China's Chongqing municipality shut down the local Hilton Hotel on June 21, and arrested 46 people suspected of running a prostitution ring. Those arrested included Peng Zhimin, 47, owner of Qinglong Property Development Co, which in turn owned the Chongqing Hilton Hotel, according to official Xinhua news agency.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in southwestern China have arrested 46 people in an organised crime gang, including a top shareholder of a Hilton Hotel shut after it was found running a prostitution ring, state media said.


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