2010年10月2日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Contender for Nobel prize is in Chinese prison (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT

This Oct. 28, 2008 photo shows Liu Xiaobo, right, reading a letter beside the grave of Bao Zunxin, a Chinese historian and political dissident who was arrested and jailed for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests in Beijing, China. When the police came for Liu Xiaobo, China's best chance in decades to win the Nobel Peace Prize, they couldn't tell him why they were taking him away this time. The line in the detention order for 'motive' was blank. (AP Photo) NO SALES, CHINA OUTAP - When the police came for Liu Xiaobo on a December night nearly two years ago, they didn't tell the dissident author why he was being taken away again. The line in the detention order for his "suspected crime" was left blank.


Wen says some in Congress politicize trade gap (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT

Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses reporters during a news conference in Athens October 2, 2010. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao criticized members of Congress in an interview set to air on Sunday for "politicizing" the U.S. trade imbalance with China because they do not know China well.


China's Wen offers to buy Greek debt (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspects guards of honour during his visit in Athens October 2, 2010. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - China offered on Saturday to buy Greek government bonds when Athens resumes issuing, in a show of support for the country whose debt burden pushed the euro zone into crisis and required an international bailout.


China's Wen calls on EU to help it reform financial system (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao talks to media representatives during a press conference in Athens. China and the European Union should work together to reform and regulate the world's financial system, Wen said Saturday during a visit to Greece.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - China and the European Union should work together to reform and regulate the world's financial system, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday during a visit to Greece.


China's Hu pledges strong ties with new N.Korea leadership (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao, pictured in September 2010, on Saturday pledged to strengthen ties with the new leadership in North Korea, during a visit to Beijing by a senior delegation from Pyongyang, state media reported.(AFP/POOL/File/Kota Kyogoku)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday pledged to strengthen ties with the new leadership in North Korea, during a visit to Beijing by a senior delegation from Pyongyang, state media reported.


China experts say panda suffocated to death in Japan: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:47 AM PDT

This picture, taken on June 2010 shows a 14-year-old male giant panda Kou Kou at the Oji Zoo in Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan. Chinese experts sent to Japan to investigate the death of a giant panda on loan to a zoo have determined that the animal died of asphyxiation, state media reported Saturday.(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File)AFP - Chinese experts sent to Japan to investigate the death of a giant panda on loan to a zoo have determined that the animal died of asphyxiation, state media reported Saturday.


China launches second lunar exploration probe (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:14 AM PDT

Reuters - China launched its second lunar exploration probe on Friday, boosting the country's efforts to rise as a major space power eventually capable of landing a man on the moon and perhaps one day exploring far beyond.

France has not held secret FX talks: source (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

Reuters - France has not held secret talks with China as part of an effort to heighten coordination of exchange rates, a French presidential palace source said on Saturday, dismissing an earlier Financial Times report.

China calls on Japan to 'maintain relations' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:21 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivers his policy speech at the Lower House's plenary session at the National Diet in Tokyo, on October 1. Kan urged China to act as a AFP - China has called on Japan to "maintain the full spectrum of relations" between the two nations amid a damaging territorial row that has rumbled on for more than three weeks.


China vows to enhance ties with new NK leadership (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:09 AM PDT

AP - China's president on Saturday welcomed North Korea's election of a new slate of communist party leaders and promised to continue close ties — an expected but important affirmation of the two countries' relationship from the North's closest ally.

IMF says China policy to help yuan revalue (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 02:35 AM PDT

Yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Beijing September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - Policy moves by the Chinese government to free the yuan from a dollar peg will help the Chinese currency rise, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, said on Saturday.


Japan PM urges China to act responsibly (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 08:17 PM PDT

One of three Japanese, center, who had been detained by Chinese military and released today, is escorted by company's officials upon arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai Thursday Sept. 30 2010. China on Thursday released three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone, as tensions over a maritime dispute began to unwind. (AP Photo)AP - Japan's prime minister urged China to act as a "responsible" member of the international community and raised concern over its expanding maritime activity in Asia, including in disputed waters where a ship collision ignited a bitter diplomatic feud.


China Ming Yang Wind Power Group prices its IPO (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:55 AM PDT

AP - China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. says it priced an initial public offering of 25 million American Depositary Shares at $14 a piece.

Japan PM urges China to be 'responsible' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:20 PM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan answers a question during the Lower House's budget committee session at the National Diet in Tokyo, on September 30. Kan on Friday urged China to act as a AFP - Japan's prime minister on Friday urged China to act as a "responsible member of the international community" and voiced concern about Beijing's defence spending and maritime activities.


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