2010年10月11日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. decision on China yuan practices looms again (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's administration faces a deadline on Friday on whether to formally declare for the first time that China manipulates its currency, following an election-year vote in Congress to get tough with Beijing.

Furious China blocks visit to Nobel winner's wife (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Security personnel eat their meals as they watch over a entrance to the residential compound where Liu Xia, the wife of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, is being held under house arrest in Beijing on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Liu Xia confirmed in a Twitter message that she had been placed under house arrest since Friday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China on Monday blocked European officials from meeting with the wife of the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner, cut off her phone communication and canceled meetings with Norwegian officials — acting on its fury over the award.


China Ritar gets battery contract (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 12:25 PM PDT

AP - China Ritar Power Corp., which makes nano gel batteries, said Monday that it received a contract from American Power Conversion Corp. to supply the company with valve-regulated acid batteries.

China's CNOOC tests U.S. with Chesapeake shale deal (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT

A man walks past a screen with the projected logo of CNOOC Ltd. during a news conference for the 2006 annual results announcement in Hong Kong March 29, 2007. REUTERS/Paul YeungReuters - China's top offshore oil producer, CNOOC Ltd (0883.HK), agreed to pay $1.1 billion for a stake in a U.S. shale oil and gas field, testing the U.S. political climate for the first time since its 2005 failed bid for Unocal.


Gates accepts invite to China for next year (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 08:45 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at Vietnam National University in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sought to patch up damaged military ties with China on Monday, accepting an invitation to visit Beijing next year and arguing that the two militaries should not be hostage to the long-standing U.S. political relationship with Taiwan.


China evacuates 450,000 as floods ravage Hainan (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 08:17 AM PDT

Chinese rescuers evacuate villagers from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in Haikou, Hainan island. More than 440,000 people have been evacuated in Hainan after the heaviest rains for decades inundated 90 percent of the Chinese island in the South China Sea.(AFP/Str)AFP - More than 440,000 people have been evacuated in Hainan after the heaviest rains for decades inundated 90 percent of the Chinese island in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday.


U.S., China revive defence ties, lock horns on Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 07:34 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at Vietnam National University in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)Reuters - U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs locked horns over U.S. arms sales on Taiwan on Monday as they met for the first time since Beijing lifted a freeze on U.S. military ties.


China snubs Norway in Nobel Peace Prize row (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 07:33 AM PDT

Protesters hold up placards with images of jailed Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration in Hong Kong October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - Beijing on Monday canceled a meeting with a Norwegian minister as Chinese officials bristled over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.


China sends invite to N.Korean leadership (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 07:26 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's son Jong-Un (right) watches a gymnastics performance at Pyongyang's May Day stadium on October 9.(AFP/KCNA/Kns)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and the country's new ruling line-up to visit China, state media said Monday, as Kim moves his son into position to succeed him.


Top Chinese leader praises North Korea (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 06:11 AM PDT

AP - Close ally China on Monday invited Kim Jong Il and North Korea's new leadership to visit the country, state media reported, in apparent approval for his reclusive regime's planned succession.

Japan "urges China to set up communication system" (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Monday urged his Chinese counterpart to set up a bilateral maritime communications system quickly following a row over disputed islands, Kyodo news agency said.

China cancels meeting with Norway minister over Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:14 AM PDT

Reuters - China on Monday canceled a meeting with a Norwegian minister because of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's award of the peace prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, Oslo said.

US, China clash over Taiwan as defence talks resume (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:37 AM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at Vietnam National University during a visit to Hanoi. China and the United States have clashed over US arms sales to Taiwan as top defence officials struggle to shore up fragile military relations.(AFP/Pool/Carolyn Kaster)AFP - China and the United States on Monday clashed over US arms sales to Taiwan as top defence officials struggled to shore up fragile military relations.


UN experts urge release of Chinese Nobel laureate (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:52 AM PDT

AP - Four U.N. human rights experts have called on China to immediately release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.

China invites N.Korea leadership to visit Beijing (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:47 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's son Jong-Un (right) watches a gymnastics performance at Pyongyang's May Day stadium on October 9.(AFP/KCNA/Kns)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and the country's new ruling line-up to visit China, state media said Monday, as Kim moves his son into position to succeed him.


Gates to visit China as defense relations ease (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie on Monday formally invited his U.S. counterpart, Robert Gates, to China in another step toward normalizing relations between the two nations' militaries.

Dalai Lama criticises China's Nobel Peace response (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:18 AM PDT

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has criticised China's irate response to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, according to the Kyodo News agency.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday criticised China's irate response to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, Kyodo News reported in Tokyo.


Chesapeake sells Texas assets to China's CNOOC (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 12:09 AM PDT

Chesapeake Energy floor crew are seen in operation at a natural gas well in Fort Worth, Texas. Drilling in urban areas in the texan city has been a contentious issue between councils, local residents, large land holders and influential energy companies with objections to heavy truck traffic, road destruction, noise and waste water removal.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Robert Nickelsberg)AFP - US gas company Chesapeake Energy said it had reached a deal with China's CNOOC to sell about a third of its interest in the Eagle Ford Shale project in South Texas for 1.08 billion dollars.


China, Japan defence chiefs meet after diplomatic row (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (pictured) and his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa have agreed to set up a liaison system to prevent conflicts at sea, as the two sides look to repair the damage from a diplomatic row, Jiji Press reported.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Arangua)AFP - Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie met his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa in Hanoi on Monday, China's state media said, as the two sides look to repair the damage from a diplomatic row.


China must cap yuan rise this year: PBoC researcher (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:11 PM PDT

Reuters - China must set a ceiling of 3 percent for yuan appreciation this year to protect exporters, a researcher with the central bank said in remarks published on Monday.
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