2010年9月12日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China should trim state shareholdings: central bank adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:43 PM PDT

Reuters - China should sell off some of its shareholdings in public companies, a senior government adviser wrote in an opinion piece in the China Daily newspaper on Monday.

China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:38 PM PDT

A nurse prepares a vaccine shot against measles at a clinic in Beijing, China, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. China wants to vaccinate nearly 100 million children in a 10-day nationwide campaign starting Saturday to bring it a step closer to eradicating measles. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's plans to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off a popular outcry that highlights widening public distrust of the authoritarian government after repeated health scandals.


Geithner says China has done "very little" on yuan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Reuters - China has made "very, very little" progress on letting the exchange rate of the yuan reflect market forces, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in remarks published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

China rejects Japan probe of ship incident (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 11:22 AM PDT

Chinese pensioners protest against the Japanese seizure of a fishing trawler in the East China Sea. China has warned it will reject an investigation by Tokyo into a ship collision in disputed waters that left a Chinese vessel in Japanese custody as a diplomatic row rumbled on.(AFP/File)AFP - China warned on Sunday it would reject an investigation by Tokyo into a ship collision in disputed waters that ended with a Chinese trawler in Japanese custody, as a diplomatic row rumbled on.


China investors ponder bid for UK's Pru: report (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 08:05 AM PDT

Reuters - A group of Chinese investors are in the early stages of considering a takeover offer for British insurer Prudential Plc , the Sunday Times reported without citing sources.

China summons Japanese ambassador again over boat (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 07:52 AM PDT

A Chinese fishing boat, left, accompanied by a Japan Coast Guard boat, right, is led into a port on Ishigaki island, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. 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 in the East China Sea on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Norihisa Makino) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - China's top foreign policy official increased pressure on Japan on Sunday by summoning its ambassador to again demand the immediate release of Chinese fishermen and their boat detained near disputed islands.


China raises pressure on Japan in sea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 05:52 AM PDT

A Chinese marine surveillance ship is seen in this handout photo taken from a Japan Coast Guard survey ship in waters 280 kilometres west northwest of Japan's Southern Okinawa island, September 11, 2010. REUTERS/Japan Coast Guard/HandoutReuters - China's top-ranked diplomat intensified pressure on Japan over a territorial dispute, warning Tokyo on Sunday against making "misjudgments" over the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat in disputed seas.


Schwarzenegger tries out China's high speed rail (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:55 PM PDT

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger holds Californian grapes for photos during a visit to a Californian Food and Beverage Festival at a super market in Hangzhou, in east China's Zhejiang province, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is riding the rails — China's new high speed train lines — engaging in a little window shopping while peddling Californian exports and tourism in the world's second-largest economy.


Taiwan-China pact to reduce tariffs takes effect (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:28 PM PDT

AP - A pact that will reduce tariffs on hundreds of products traded between Taiwan and China took effect Sunday, a significant step for the Taiwanese president's efforts to forge closer trade ties with Beijing.
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