2010年8月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Hepatitis E vaccine appears effective in China trial (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Reuters - An experimental vaccine appears to be safe and effective in protecting people against hepatitis E infection, a large trial in China has found.

China lawyers urge probe into torture claim in mob crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Skyline of China's Chongqing municipality in July 2010. A group of Chinese lawyers on Sunday called on the nation's top prosecution agency to investigate allegations that torture was used to extract confessions from defendants in a high profile mafia crackdown in the southwestern city of Chongqing.(AFP/File/Olli Geibel)AFP - A group of Chinese lawyers on Sunday called on the nation's top prosecution agency to investigate allegations that torture was used to extract confessions from defendants in a high profile mafia crackdown.

China's Wen calls for political reform: state media (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

China's Premier Wen Jiabao, pictured in July 2010, has said reform of the political system is necessary to sustain the nation's breakneck economic growth, state media reported.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's Premier Wen Jiabao has said reform of the political system is necessary to sustain the nation's breakneck economic growth, state media reported.

Experts find gene variants for stomach, gullet cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:02 AM PDT

Reuters - Scientists have identified genetic mutations that appear to be associated with both esophageal and stomach cancer in two studies in China, suggesting they may share similar triggers.

China's Sinopec 1st-half profit up nearly 7% (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Sinopec chairman Su Shulin listens to a question at the company's annual results announcement in Hong Kong on March 29. Asia's largest oil refiner has announced that net profit rose nearly 7% in the first half of 2010 from a year earlier.(AFP/File/Dale de la Rey)AFP - China's Sinopec, the largest oil refiner in Asia, said Sunday its first-half net profit rose nearly seven percent from a year earlier to 35.4 billion yuan (5.2 billion dollars).

China's CCB Q2 net up 20 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 06:15 AM PDT

A customer walks out of a China Construction Bank branch located in central Beijing August 20, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China Construction Bank (CCB) (0939.HK) (601939.SS), posted a 20 percent rise in second-quarter profit as the world's second-biggest lender by market value seeks to raise $11 billion to fuel growth restrained by a weak capital base.

Rain batters China anew; 94,000 evacuated in flood (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 04:57 AM PDT

** CORRECTS PHOTO NUMBER ** This photo released by China's Xinhua news agency shows the bird's-eye view of a damaged village after flood in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning province, on Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. Flooding has forced the evacuation of 94,000 people in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Jianfeng) ** NO SALES **AP - Flooding killed four people and forced the evacuation of 94,000 others in the northern Chinese port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday.

China's CCB posts 20 percent rise in Q2 net profit (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 04:11 AM PDT

Reuters - China Construction Bank (CCB) (0939.HK) (601939.SS), the country's second-biggest lender, posted a 20 percent rise in second-quarter profit on loan expansion and a recovery in interest margins.

Central China plans nuke equipment making hub: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Central China's Hubei province plans to build in the next three to five years a base to make nuclear power equipment, official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, part of the country's massive push to boost clean energy.

China closes factories as green deadline looms (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:07 PM PDT

An iron and steel mill lies idle after it was ordered to shut down for polluting the Xiangjiang river basin in Loudi, central China's Hunan province. China has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants, in what analysts say is a last-ditch effort by Beijing to meet environmental targets by year's end or risk embarrassment.(AFP/Str)AFP - China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth.

China Premier Wen calls for political reform: report (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT

Reuters - China has to pursue political reform to safeguard its economic health, Premier Wen Jiabao said during a visit to the booming town of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Jackie Chan wants kung fu as Olympic sport (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:49 PM PDT

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan attends the premiere of AFP - Hollywood martial arts star Jackie Chan has called for wushu, better known outside China as kung fu, to be recognised as an official Olympic sport, state media reported Sunday.

China bank property stress test finds risk: report (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 07:44 PM PDT

Reuters - A 50-percent drop in China's property prices will lead to a surge in bad real estate loans for Chinese lenders, a local newspaper reported, citing the results of the latest round of a Chinese bank stress test.

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