2010年9月10日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Foreign Businesses Say China's Regulations Shut Them Out (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Foreign businesses in China are voicing growing frustration about the country's heavily regulated market -- a bureaucratic maze many say is designed deliberately to hamstring non-Chinese players to the advantage of their local competitors

China must ensure activist's health: US lawmaker (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:21 PM PDT

A pro-democracy activist holds a placard with a picture of activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in Hong Kong 2007. A US lawmaker on Friday welcomed China's release of Guangcheng who exposed abuses in the one-child policy but called on Beijing to ensure his health -- and to address the concerns he raised.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - A US lawmaker on Friday welcomed China's release of an activist who exposed abuses in the one-child policy but called on Beijing to ensure his health -- and to address the concerns he raised.


China postpones Japan talks in protest at boat incident (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:29 PM PDT

A group of elderly Chinese people hold placards reading, AFP - Beijing on Friday postponed planned talks with Tokyo in protest at the seizure of a Chinese trawler which collided with two Japanese coast guard vessels, as the row over the incident showed no signs of abating.


Air China to buy four Boeing 777s (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:41 AM PDT

Air China announced a deal to buy four airliners from Boeing on Friday, citing a list price of 1.15 billion dollars but saying it received AFP - Air China announced a deal to buy four airliners from Boeing on Friday, citing a list price of 1.15 billion dollars but saying it received "significant price concessions" on the transaction.


Four dead in attack on China old people's home: state media (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Map of China locating Yichun city. Four people died and two others were injured in an attack at an old people's home in northeastern China on Friday which left the building on fire, a city official said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Four people died and two others were injured in an attack at an old people's home in northeastern China on Friday which left the building on fire, a city official said.


China's August trade surplus 2nd highest this year (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:41 AM PDT

AP - China's trade surplus hit its second-highest level this year in August, likely fueling U.S. demands for Beijing to ease currency controls.

China to launch next lunar space mission (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:11 AM PDT

China is on track to launch its second lunar satellite by year's end, as the country pursues its plans for a manned mission to the moon by 2020.(AFP/NASA/File/Nasa)AFP - China is on track to launch its second lunar satellite by year's end, as the country pursues its plans for a manned mission to the moon by 2020, state media said Friday.


China demands Japan release detained boat captain (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:48 AM PDT

In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard, a Japan Coast Guard boat, foreground, goes by a Chinese fishing boat which Japan Coast Guard officers are on board for inspection after it collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japanese or Diaoyu in Chinese in the East China Sea, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The collisions occurred near the islands claimed by both countries after the ship received repeated warnings from Japan's coast guard to move out of the waters, officials said. (AP Photo/Japan Coast Guard) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - China's foreign minister demanded Friday that Tokyo immediately release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands. But a Japanese court ruled he can be held 10 more days, deepening the diplomatic spat.


Japan concerned at China's growing military reach (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:48 AM PDT

A group of elderly Chinese people hold placards reading, AFP - Japan voiced concern over China's growing military muscle in a defence paper Friday, as a row with Beijing continued over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain in disputed waters.


UN climate chief urges flexibility in talks (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:12 AM PDT

Goldfishes swim in an aquarium as Christiana Figueres, head of the U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks during a press interview at a hotel in Beijing Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. The U.N.'s climate chief urged countries to be flexible in order to make progress at weeklong climate talks in China next month, the last formal negotiations on climate change ahead of a major year-end meeting in Cancun, Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - The United Nations' climate chief on Friday urged countries to be flexible in order to make progress at weeklong climate talks in China next month, the last formal negotiations on climate change ahead of a major year-end meeting in Cancun, Mexico.


China's imports leap, cutting trade surplus (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:48 AM PDT

Reuters - China's imports leapt in August, boding well for a strengthening of domestic demand in an economy that has become a major driver of global growth.

China tells Japan to back down in sea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:19 PM 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 - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded on Friday that Japan unconditionally free a Chinese fishing boat captain seized in disputed waters, raising the pitch of Beijing's latest territorial quarrel with Tokyo.


China aims for next moon orbit shot this year (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:12 PM PDT

A Long March 3A rocket carrying the Chang'e One lunar orbiter blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province October 24, 2007. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China will launch its second lunar exploration probe by the end of 2010, boosting the country's effort to rise as a space power eventually capable of landing on the moon, official media said Friday.


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