2010年8月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


USW Encourages U.S. House to Cut Budget Deficit, Create Jobs by Taking Action to Stop China's Currency Manipulation (PR Newswire)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:46 PM PDT

PR Newswire - PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing Commerce Department statistics released this morning that indicate that economic growth is substantially lower than originally projected, the United Steelworkers (USW) sent letters to members of Congress today asking them to stop China's currency manipulation.

N.Korea, China leaders hold meeting: reports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:53 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (right) visits a construction site in South Hamgyong Province. Kim is reportedly to meet the Chinese president in northeastern China as he seeks the backing of his sole ally for an expected handover of power to his son.(AFP/KNS vis KCNA/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il apparently met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in northeastern China as he seeks the backing of his sole major ally for an expected handover of power to his son, news reports said.


China urgently needs to reverse coal dependency: Greenpeace (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:51 AM PDT

Greenpeace activists wear respiratory masks while protesting in Hong Kong in March 2010. Greenpeace said Friday that China AFP - Greenpeace said Friday that China "urgently" needed to reduce its dependency on coal, saying the emissions produced by its use posed a major threat to public health in the fast-growing Asian nation.


Kashmir visa row stokes India and China tensions (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:39 AM PDT

Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India summoned China's ambassador Friday to protest against the refusal of a visa to an Indian general from the disputed Kashmir region, the latest spat between two Asian giants jostling for global influence and resources.

China to inspect airline safety in wake of crash (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:34 AM PDT

The wreckage of a crashed passenger plane is seen in Yichun, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province early August 25, 2010, in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. Forty-nine passengers have been rescued after the plane, carrying more than 90 passengers, overshot the runway and crashed in the northeastern Chinese city of Yichun on Tuesday, state television said.  REUTERS/Xinhua/Li Guangfu (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. YESAP - China will inspect airline safety measures nationwide in the wake of a crash that killed 42 people at a small airport in the northeast, the country's civil aviation body said Friday.


China shares rise but earnings temper gains (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:44 AM PDT

AP - Chinese shares rose Friday but gains were tempered by mixed earnings reports from major companies.

China warns US against selling Taiwan radars (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:41 PM PDT

AP - China objected Friday to a U.S. plan to supply radar equipment to Taiwan's air force, even though the sale was far short of the F-16 fighter jets the island's president urged Washington to provide last week.

More than 17,000 enter China panda-keeper contest (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:40 PM PDT

A panda plays at the research and conservation centre for giant pandas in Chengdu. More than 17,000 people from around the world have entered a contest to become a panda keeper for a month at the Chengdu Panda Base in China, organisers said, less than two weeks after the competition was launched.(AFP/File)AFP - More than 17,000 people from around the world have entered a contest to become a panda keeper for a month in China, organisers said Friday, less than two weeks after the competition was launched.


GOME founder clan ups stake before shareholders meet: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:37 PM PDT

A man walks on the pedestrian bridge in front of a branch of Chinese appliance giant Gome in Beijing. The family of the jailed founder of GOME, Huang Guangyu, has raised its stake in the company ahead of a shareholder meeting on his bid to oust the firm's chairman, a report said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The family of the jailed founder of Chinese appliance giant GOME has raised its stake in the company ahead of a shareholder meeting on his bid to oust the firm's chairman, a report said Friday.


China builds base to tap deep-sea energy: state media (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:23 PM PDT

Traffic passes below power lines in Beijing. China will build a multi-million-dollar research base in the coastal city of Qingdao, in Shandong province, as it steps up its efforts to search for energy sources and rare earths on the ocean floor, state media said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China will build a multi-million-dollar research base on its east coast as it steps up its efforts to search for energy sources and rare earths on the ocean floor, state media said Friday.


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