2010年8月28日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Japan complains to China about business environment (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

China's Vice-Premier Wang Qishan (R) and Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada shake hands after addressing the press at the end of the third Japan-China High-level Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Japan pressed China to improve its climate for foreign businesses during talks Saturday.(AFP/POOL/Adrian Bradshaw)AFP - Japan pressed China to improve its climate for foreign businesses during talks Saturday between the world's number two and three economies that also touched on the issue of North Korean disarmament.


China tells Japan wage demands "understandable" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT

Reuters - China says it is understandable for its workers to demand higher wages after foregoing pay increases during the worst of the economic crisis, a Japanese official said after talks with Chinese counterparts.

China denies reports of India military rift (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT

Indian soldiers in Dadsara Tral, south of Srinagar, in March 2010. China on Saturday denied reports that defence exchanges with India had been suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for Beijing refusing a visa to a top general from its neighbour.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - China on Saturday denied reports that defence exchanges with India had been suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for Beijing refusing a visa to a top general from its neighbour.


Japan's Noda says ready to use all measures on yen (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:45 AM PDT

Japanese 10,000 yen bank notes are scattered at an office of World Currency Shop in Tokyo in this August 9, 2010 illustrative picture. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday he was ready to employ "all possible measures" to tackle the soaring yen, which was having a big impact on the country's export-led economy.


Japan's Noda wants to see steady efforts on yuan reform (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday he told Chinese officials that Tokyo wants to see further efforts to make the yuan more flexible.

China fire kills 9, injures 9 (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT

AP - State media say a fire has killed nine people and injured nine others at a real estate office in northeastern China.

Report: 4 Tibetans fatally shot in mine dispute (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:19 AM PDT

AP - At least four Tibetans were fatally shot and 30 others wounded when Chinese police opened fire on demonstrators protesting the expansion of a gold mine they blamed for causing environmental damage, a media report said Saturday.

India, China defense row heats up (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:40 AM PDT

AP - India has suspended defense exchanges with China after Beijing refused a visa to a top Indian army general, media reports said Saturday.

China, Japan talks to strengthen economic ties (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:28 AM PDT

AP - The economies of China and Japan are interdependent and their close cooperation has helped two-way trade rebound above the levels before the world financial crisis, a top Chinese economic official said Saturday.

Tibetans shot by China police in mine dispute: report (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT

A police vehicle is seen patrolling the town of Kangding in the Tibetan autonomous Garze Prefecture. At least four Tibetans may have been killed and 30 others hurt when Chinese police fired on crowds protesting the expansion of mine operations blamed for environmental damage, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - At least four Tibetans may have been killed and 30 others hurt when Chinese police fired on crowds protesting the expansion of mine operations blamed for environmental damage, a report said Saturday.


China's monster traffic jam rears its head again (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:59 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, a truck driver washes himself after waiting over two days in the jam on an entrance ramp to the Beijing-Tibet Highway in Zhangbei county, in north China's Hebei province. The massive traffic jam that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China's monster traffic jam has reared its head again, with trucks and cars backed up for up to 18 miles (30 kilometers) Saturday on a highway north of Beijing, although that is a third the size of what it was.


China's Henan Airlines to change name: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:28 PM PDT

The tail-end wreckage of the Henan Airlines jet is seen smoldering after it slammed into the ground on landing in China's northeast city of Yichun. Henan province has ordered Henan Airlines to change its name following the deadly crash to prevent the disaster tarnishing the province's image, state media reported on Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - China's Henan province has ordered Henan Airlines to change its name following a deadly crash this week to prevent the disaster tarnishing the province's image, state media reported on Saturday.


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