2010年10月10日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Wife allowed to meet jailed Chinese Nobel winner (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:03 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, Liu Xia, wife Chinease dissident Liu Xiaobo, speaks about possibility of her husband's winning the 2010 Nobel Peace prize in Beijing. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - An imprisoned Chinese dissident who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize was allowed to meet Sunday with his wife and told her in tears that he was dedicating the award to victims of a 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, his wife and a close friend said.


In Asia, Gates reassuring allies unnerved by China (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by, from left, Sr. Col. Nguyen Hong Quang, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Huu Manh, and Second Lt. Nguyen Thang Anh as he deplanes a U.S. Military Aircraft as he arrives at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Gates is in Vietnam to reassure jittery Southeast Asian nations this week that the United States won't cede its longtime role as the pre-eminent military power in the Pacific as Chinese naval ambitions expand. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - The United States will back up small Asian nations who feel bullied by China and will insist on diplomatic solutions to territorial disputes among China and Pacific neighbors, U.S. officials said.


Wife meets China's jailed Nobel winner: activists (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:31 AM PDT

A watch tower is seen at Jinzhou prison where dissident Liu Xiaobo is incarcerated in northeastern China. The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has met her jailed husband, activists said, apparently to inform him he had won the prestigious award amid a media blackout in China.(AFP/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo met her jailed husband Sunday, activists said, apparently to inform him he had won the prestigious award amid a media blackout in China.


Japan, China defense chiefs to meet Monday: report (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie will hold a meeting in Hanoi on Monday, Kyodo news agency said, the latest sign of a thaw in strained ties between the two nations.

Abrupt yuan rise problematic for China: experts (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:03 AM PDT

Workers assemble electronic components at a factory in Shenzhen, southern China. A sharp revaluation in the yuan would trigger mass factory closures and job losses in China, analysts say, backing up the government's strident defence of its controversial exchange rate policy.(AFP/File)AFP - A sharp revaluation in the yuan would trigger mass factory closures and job losses in China, analysts say, backing up the government's strident defence of its controversial exchange rate policy.


Japanese detainee set to return from China (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:15 PM PDT

The Chinese flag (C) and Japanese flags are seen at a diplomatic event in Tokyo. The last of four Japanese workers who had been held in China was set to return home Sunday as the two Asian powers prepare to hold their first high-level talks in weeks after the worst tensions in years.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - The last of four Japanese workers who had been held in China was set to return home Sunday as the two Asian powers prepare to hold their first high-level talks in weeks after the worst tensions in years.


Bus and truck collide in foggy China, killing 17 (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:47 PM PDT

AP - Chinese state media says a collision between an intercity bus and a cement truck on a foggy eastern China highway has killed at least 17 people.
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