2010年9月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Senate, House eye action on China currency (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Reuters - A volatile political environment is boosting the possibility that U.S. lawmakers will pass legislation designed to prod China into letting its currency rise more rapidly against the dollar.

Summary Box: Blackouts in China (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:30 AM PDT

AP - WHAT'S HAPPENING: Areas of China are hit by intentional daylong blackouts, leaving factories and homes without power.

Summary Box: Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT

AP - OLIVE BRANCH: Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants healthy and stable ties between the two countries. The remarks come before a possible visit to Washington in January.

Two missing after China oil rig accident (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT

A Chinese rescuer (centre L) prepares to help airlift the crew off the damaged oil rig on the Shengli oil field off Dongying in northeast China's Shandong province. Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said Wednesday, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.(AFP)AFP - Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said Wednesday, as the company insisted no oil was spilled.

Blind China activist due to be freed, his wife says (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT

A pro-democracy activist holds a placard with a picture of blind activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in Hong Kong in 2007. Chen, who was jailed after uncovering rights abuses in China's AFP - A blind activist jailed after uncovering rights abuses in China's "one child" population control policy could be freed this week after more than four years in prison, his wife said Wednesday.

China demands Japan free skipper in tense maritime row (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:02 AM PDT

A Chinese fishing boat, which was seized by a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat near a disputed island on September 7. Beijing Wednesday demanded that Tokyo free the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler who was arrested after his vessel collided with two Japan Coast Guard vessels in disputed waters.(AFP/Japan Coast Guard/File)AFP - Beijing Wednesday demanded that Tokyo free the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler who was arrested after his vessel collided with two Japan Coast Guard vessels in disputed waters.

China's rich drag feet on Gates-Buffett charity meet (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:51 AM PDT

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp is pictured in July 2010. Just two of China's super-rich have accepted an invitation to meet with US philanthropists Gates and Warren Buffett, with others fearing they will be pressured to give to charity, a report said.(AFP/POOL/File/Jason Alden)AFP - Only two of China's super-rich have accepted an invitation to meet with US philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, with others fearing they will be pressured to give to charity, a report said.

Blind activist lawyer set to be released in China (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo released by his supporters, blind activist Chen Guangcheng sits in a village in China. Police prepared Wednesday, Sept 8, 2010, for the release from prison of the blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security. (AP Photo/Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, File)AP - Police prepared Wednesday for the release from prison of a blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security personnel.

China's Hu extols 'progress' in US ties (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:17 AM PDT

US National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. President Jintao extolled AFP - President Hu Jintao on Wednesday extolled "fresh progress" in China-US ties as he met a White House delegation that held talks here on thorny issues including North Korea, Iran and trade.

China's Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:49 AM PDT

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, fourth from left, reacts during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, third from right, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries.

Myanmar leader wants better China ties as polls loom (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:49 AM PDT

The head of Myanmar's military junta, General Than Shwe (C) walks out from his plane on arrival at Beijing International Airport. Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham.

China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:28 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets devotees as he arrives to give a religious talk at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The talks, requested by a Southeast Asian group, will end Friday. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Reuters - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions.

China calls in Japan envoy over boat collision (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:21 AM PDT

Chinese protesters hold up banners, one of which reads 'Japan get out of Diaoyu island' as they march towards the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands and Tokyo arrested the boat's captain.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador for a second time after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands.

Beijing protests as Japan arrests China boat captain (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:54 AM PDT

A policeman pushes back members of the media as a group of protesters carrying banners and waving Chinese flags arrive outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing September 8, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Japan has arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese coast guard boats near disputed islets in the East China Sea, causing anger in Beijing and reigniting territorial tensions.

China blacks out towns to meet energy goal (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:36 AM PDT

AP - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing.

Taiwan to deploy new missile defense system by 2015 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Taiwan will deploy a new missile defense system by 2015 to protect bases from any attack by rival China, an official said on Wednesday, a sign that military distrust still runs deep despite a thaw in trade ties.

Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 01:36 AM PDT

Reuters - China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7, state media said on Wednesday, a limited deterrent to smokers in one of China's richest cities.

Dollar to maintain its dominance: China minister (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:52 PM PDT

Reuters - The dollar will remain the world's dominant currency for a long time, and the yuan will only gradually emerge as an alternative, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Wednesday.

34 rescued from China oil platform accident (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:13 PM PDT

AP - Emergency teams with helicopters rescued 34 workers Wednesday from an oil drilling platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea after a storm, and searched for two others still missing, officials said.

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