2010年8月3日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Experts urge U.S. to press China harder on rights (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Reuters - China's crackdown on critics and ethnic minorities, amid reversals in the rule of law since 2008, warrants redoubled U.S. efforts to press Beijing on human rights, experts told a congressional panel on Tuesday.

China mines still deadly, as bosses ordered below (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 4, 2010 photo, rescue workers are on standby outside the shaft of the Wangjialing Coal Mine in Xiangning county, in north China's Shanxi province. A month ago, China's premier ordered mining officials to go down into the shafts with their workers, but the step meant to improve safety in the world's deadliest mines hasn't saved lives. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - A month ago, China's premier ordered mining officials to go down into the shafts with their workers, but the step meant to improve safety in the world's deadliest mines hasn't saved lives.


China villagers mourn victims of drunken rampage (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:57 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, a policeman walks near a smashed car and shop at Yuanshi county, in north China's Hebei province.  A drunken shovel loader driver went on a rampage in northern China, smashing into shops and vehicles and killing 11 people, a government spokesman said Monday. (AP Photo) **  CHINA OUT **AP - Determined to end the drunken driver's homicidal rampage, 20-year-old Wang Xiaobo clung to the side of the earthmover as it scraped vehicles smashed earlier by its massive shovel. Seconds earlier, he had leaped aboard the vehicle after it became entangled in the trees where he had hidden.


China holds air drills amid tension with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:12 AM PDT

Reuters - China began a five-day live-fire air defense exercise on Tuesday with fighter jets and thousands of servicemen against a backdrop of increased military and diplomatic tension with the United States.

GM, Ford say China sales growth slows in July (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:35 AM PDT

AP - General Motors and Ford said Tuesday their Chinese sales growth slowed sharply in July in a new sign China's rapid economic expansion is cooling.

Special Report: China bets future on inland cities (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:34 AM PDT

Reuters - China has put big money down on a momentous gamble: rush to build new cities in its poor interior, then wait for people to come and help drive the economy to a new stage of growth.

21 dead, 12 trapped in China mine accidents (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:58 AM PDT

Chinese miners process coal from a mine in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province, July 2010. Twenty-one people were killed and 12 others were trapped in two coal mine accidents in China, officials and state media said, in the latest incidents to hit the industry.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Twenty-one people were killed and 12 others were trapped in two coal mine accidents in China, officials and state media said Tuesday, in the latest incidents to hit the industry.


Special Report: China's farmers mount movement against land grab (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:21 AM PDT

Reuters - While builders in rapidly growing Gushi township in central China have been feverishly erecting apartments, Meng Xiangmeng has been building barricades to thwart them.

Google's Hong Kong question page blocked in China (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:22 AM PDT

Reuters - A question-and-answer page on Google Hong Kong's website became inaccessible to some mainland Chinese users on Tuesday, underscoring Beijing's sensitivity about the Internet.

China military launches major air exercises (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:25 AM PDT

AP - China's military launched major air defense exercises Tuesday, highlighting rising capabilities that are seen as tipping the balance of power in east Asia.

Protest in China for legal brothels, organizer held (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:52 PM PDT

Reuters - An activist Chinese sex worker said she had been detained after fronting an unusual protest to demand legalized prostitution, rampant in China despite an official ban since the Communists took power six decades ago.

Three detained in China over pro-Cantonese rally (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:26 PM PDT

Protesters rally against Mandarin Chinese being promoted to the detriment of Cantonese Chinese, the main language used in Hong Kong, on August 1, 2010. Police in China have confirmed the detention of three people for disrupting public order during a weekend rally in Guangzhou for the preservation of the region's Cantonese dialect.(AFP/Antony Dickson)AFP - Chinese police have confirmed the detention of three people for disrupting public order during a weekend rally in Guangzhou for the preservation of the region's Cantonese dialect.


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