2010年8月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

US engineer convicted of selling secrets to China (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:53 PM PDT

In this undated passport photo provided by the Gowadia family, Noshir Gowadia, accused of selling military secrets to China, is shown. A federal jury in Hawaii has convicted an Indian-born former B-2 stealth bomber engineer of selling military secrets to China. Noshir Gowadia pleaded not guilty to 17 counts, including conspiracy, violating the arms export control act and money laundering. The decision came Monday after a week of deliberations at a federal court in Honolulu. Prosecutors accused Gowadia of helping China design a stealth cruise missile. The trial lasted nearly four months. The 67-year-old from Maui has spent almost five years in federal detention since his October 2005 arrest after a judge ruled he was a flight risk. (AP Photo/Gowadia Family) NO SALESAP - A federal jury in Hawaii on Monday convicted a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer of selling military secrets to China.

Death toll in China mudslides jumps to 337 (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 01:49 PM PDT

Landslide survivors carrying their belongings evacuate Zhouqu. The death toll from mudslides in northwest China surged to 337 on Monday, as rescuers used diggers and their bare hands in a desperate search for more than 1,000 others still missing.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The death toll from mudslides in northwest China surged to 337 on Monday, as rescuers used diggers and their bare hands in a desperate search for more than 1,000 others still missing.

China rescuers search sludge for mudslide survivors (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Residents walk past a police station covered by a mudslide in the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China, just one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Reuters - Wails of grief echoed through a northwest Chinese town half-smothered by a landslide two days ago, as relatives washed mud-caked bodies pulled from ruins and the official death toll mounted.

Report: China zoos mistreat performing animals (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:25 AM PDT

A bear gestures to visitors for something to eat on a warm summer day, at Shanghai Zoo Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Performing animals in Chinese zoos and parks are often trained using abusive practices, including routine beatings, and are housed in inadequate shelters, according to a report by a Hong Kong-based animal welfare group released Monday.

China urges closer military ties with Australia (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:02 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 photo, Chinese soldiers take part in the Vanguard 2010 live-fire air defense exercise in central China's Henan Province. China's military launched major air defense exercises Tuesday, highlighting rising capabilities that are seen as tipping the balance of power in east Asia. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A leading Chinese general urged closer ties with Australia's military on Monday, amid a continuing freeze on Beijing's contacts with the Pentagon.

China orders 2,000 firms to shut outdated plants (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 11:57 PM PDT

File photo of a man cycling past a power plant in Pinghu some 100 kms from Shanghai. The Chinese government has ordered over 2,000 firms in high-polluting and energy-intensive industries to shut down outdated plants in a bid to cut pollution and restructure the economy.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - The Chinese government has ordered over 2,000 firms in high-polluting and energy-intensive industries to shut down outdated plants in its latest efforts to cut pollution and restructure the economy.

China Everbright Bank to raise up to 3.2 bln dlrs (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 11:48 PM PDT

File photo of the Shanghai Stock Exchange building. China's Everbright Bank is set to raise up to 3.2 billion dollars in its initial public offering this month.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China Everbright Bank is set to raise up to 21.7 billion yuan (3.2 billion dollars) in its initial public offering, in the mainland's second-largest listing so far this year.

China's Yashili baby formula group prepares for IPO (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 11:44 PM PDT

A man selects milk powder at a supermarket in Beijing in July 2010. China's Yashili Group, an infant-formula producer, is planning to launch an initial public offering later this year, a report said Monday, as the sector tries to recover from a food safety scare.(AFP/File/Franko Lee)AFP - China's Yashili Group, an infant-formula producer, is planning to launch an initial public offering later this year, a report said Monday, as the sector tries to recover from a food safety scare.

Frenchman to be executed in China on drugs charge (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 11:31 PM PDT

Police officers sit in front of a big hammer and sickle logo of the Communist Party in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. A court in Guangzhou has sentenced a French national and his Chinese accomplice to death on drugs manufacturing and trafficking charges, French consular officials and state media said Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese court has sentenced a French national and his Chinese accomplice to death on drugs manufacturing and trafficking charges, French consular officials and state media said Monday.

China milk powder blamed for 'baby breasts' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:00 PM PDT

File picture of a baby holding a drink outside a children's hospital in Beijing. Parents and doctors in central China fear that hormones in milk power they fed their infant daughters may have led them to develop premature breasts, according to state media(AFP/file/Peter Parks)AFP - Parents and doctors in central China fear that hormones in milk powder they fed their infant daughters have led the babies to prematurely develop breasts, state media reported Monday.

No smoking in school: China fights against tobacco (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2010 file photo, pedestrians smoke outside an underpass in Shanghai. China has committed to banning smoking at public indoor venues by Jan. 9, 2011, in accordance with a global anti-tobacco treaty backed by the World Health Organization. But smoking is such a way of life that China is unlikely to meet the deadline. (AP Photo, File)AP - In China, tobacco companies sponsor schools. Almost half of all male doctors smoke. And one wedding dinner ritual involves the bride lighting cigarettes for each of her male guests.

China to grow 10-11 percent this year: economist (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 05:48 PM PDT

Reuters - China's economy will enjoy a strong, stable second half, putting it on course for full-year growth of about 10-11 percent, a leading government economist said in comments published on Monday.

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