2010年7月27日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


IMF drops "substantially" undervalued yuan tag (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Several directors of the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board believe the yuan is undervalued, but an annual report on China made no mention of the exchange rate being "substantially" below value.

China landslide leaves 21 missing amid floods (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:44 AM PDT

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, flood water gushes from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir in Jiyuan, central China's Henan Province, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River launched a sluice with the water outflux monitored at 15,000 cubic meters per second on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Miao Qiunao) ** NO SALES **AP - A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing Tuesday, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst flood season in a decade, which is expected to worsen with heavy rains forecast across the country.


Landslide in China leaves 21 missing (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:19 AM PDT

This photo shows an area hit by flooding after torrential rains in China's Chongqing municipality. Twenty-one people are missing after a rain-triggered landslide swept through villages in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, local authorities said, in the country's latest weather-related disaster.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - A landslide in southwestern China left 21 people missing Tuesday as torrential rains forced officials to shut boat traffic through the Three Gorges Dam as they braced for a new flood crest.


Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:59 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian countries concerned about China's expanding military power.

China central bank sees economy slowing (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:17 AM PDT

Reuters - China's central bank said on Tuesday that Chinese economic growth would slow but there would be no double-dip.

China banks face 'serious' default risk: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:18 AM PDT

A woman poses with a handful of credit cards and a 100 yuan banknote in Beijing. Nearly a quarter of the 7.66 trillion yuan (1.1 trillion dollars) that Chinese banks lent to local governments is AFP - Nearly a quarter of the 7.66 trillion yuan (1.1 trillion dollars) that Chinese banks lent to local governments is "at serious risk of default", a report said.


Hong Kong plans rally to save Cantonese language (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:52 AM PDT

A man reads the frontpage of a local newspaper at a newsagent in Hong Kong. Hong Kong activists plan to rally against China's bid to phase out Cantonese in favour of national language Mandarin, following a rare protest for the same cause in southern China.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Hong Kong activists will rally on Sunday against China's bid to champion its national language Mandarin over Cantonese, following a rare protest for the same cause in southern China.


China approves Everbright Bank's IPO plan (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

File photo of the Shanghai Stock Exchange building. China's securities regulator has given the green light to China Everbright Bank's planned initial public offering, which could raise up to 20 billion yuan (2.9 billion dollars).(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China's securities regulator has given the green light to China Everbright Bank's planned initial public offering, which could raise up to 20 billion yuan (2.9 billion dollars).


China bans "shame parades" of criminal suspects (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:13 PM PDT

Reuters - China will end the public shaming of criminal suspects by parading them through the streets, the People's Daily reported on Tuesday, after online commentators championed the case of a prostitute.

China says air pollution worsening (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 08:43 PM PDT

A man stands by windows as a sandstorm hits Beijing in March 2010. China's air pollution has increased this year for the first time since 2005, due to sandstorms, a rise in construction and industrial projects, as well as more cars, said the country's environmental protection ministry.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China's air pollution increased this year for the first time since 2005, the environmental protection ministry has said, due to sandstorms, a rise in construction and industrial projects, and more cars.


China cracks down on 'prostitute parades' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 08:37 PM PDT

A group of young Chinese prostitutes are led into a police van during a raid on a brothel in Xian, northern China's Shaanxi province in April 2006. China has ordered police to show more respect for the rights of criminal suspects following controversy over cases in which prostitutes were paraded in public, according to reports by the state media.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China has ordered police to show more respect for the rights of criminal suspects following controversy over cases in which prostitutes were paraded in public, state media reported Tuesday.


Google ends ties with two Chinese advertisers (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 08:16 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk past the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google has annouced that it has parted ways with two Chinese advertisers, in the latest potential setback for the company after its recent standoff with China's government over censorship.(AFP/File/Franko Lee)AFP - Google has parted ways with two Chinese advertisers, it said Tuesday, in the latest potential setback for the company after its standoff with China's government over censorship.


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