2010年10月14日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's Communists to hold annual meeting amid reform calls (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:11 PM PDT

China's Communist Party is expected to begin its annual meeting on Friday to discuss the nation's next five-year plan with intrigue high following political reform calls led by Premier Wen Jiabao, pictured on October 3.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - China's Communist Party is expected to begin its annual meeting on Friday to discuss the nation's next five-year plan with intrigue high following political reform calls led by Premier Wen Jiabao.


White House says will keep up pressure over yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:25 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks at the Reuters Washington Summit September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The Obama administration will keep up pressure on Beijing over its currency policy, the White House said on Thursday, after Chinese imports into the United States hit a record high in August.


Study Finds China's Extensive Government Intervention as Reason for its Unprecedented World Growth in Steel Production (PR Newswire)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:14 AM PDT

PR Newswire - China's WTO violations, subsidies and state ownership harm U.S. manufacturers

We must keep politics out of trade, China tells U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Reuters - China and the United States must nurture their relationship and ensure trade and economic issues do not become politicized, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan was quoted as saying on Thursday.

China calls for resumption of N.Korea nuclear talks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:58 AM PDT

A visitor takes pictures of replicas of North Korea's Scud-B missile, left, and South Korean missiles displayed at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul in June. China has called for the resumption of six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programmes after a top envoy from Pyongyang met with Chinese officials in Beijing.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - China on Thursday called for the resumption of six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programmes after a top envoy from Pyongyang met with Chinese officials in Beijing.


China's Wen inspiring debate with calls for reform (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao addresses the audience at the 6th EU China business summit in Brussels. The Chinese prime minister has called for change to China's political system repeatedly in the past few months. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)AP - Calls for reform of China's political system have come repeatedly in the past few months from an unexpected source — the country's premier — and his surprising remarks are stirring consternation and debate in the Communist Party as it prepares for a new generation of leaders.


China says backers of Nobel winner support crime (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:41 AM PDT

File photo of Liu Xia, wife of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo posing for a picture in Beijing. Liu Xia slammed the Chinese government for keeping her under AP - Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned dissident Liu Xiabo encouraged crime in China, the government said Thursday, while telling his supporters to stop interfering in his case.


U.S. is currency war's "tomb maker": China economist (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:39 AM PDT

An employee counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, Anhui province in this May 25, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The United States fired the first shot in the currency war and the rest of the world must be on guard for its deliberate strategy to devalue the dollar, a Chinese economist said in an official newspaper on Thursday.


Japan PM: desirable for China to free Nobel winner (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Thursday it would be "desirable" for China to free Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo but stopped short of an explicit call for his release as Tokyo and Beijing try to repair ties.

China plans to expand investment in Africa (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:35 AM PDT

A chinese construction manager walks by the site of a national theatre in Dakar which is being built with the use of Chinese funding. China has said it would continue to invest in Africa, despite criticism over its willingness to ignore human rights abuses, and environment and corruption issues in some countries.(AFP/File/Seyllou)AFP - China said Thursday it would continue to invest in Africa, despite criticism over its willingness to ignore human rights abuses, and environment and corruption issues in some countries.


US senator calls on China to allow currency rise (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT

A top US senator, Max Baucus (pictured), has called on China to allow AFP - A top US senator has called on China to allow "meaningful" appreciation in the yuan, just days before the Treasury Department is due to release a report that could label Beijing a currency manipulator.


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