2010年10月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China hits back over US green energy probe (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT

A US probe into claims China illegally subsidises its green-energy industry will backfire as Washington will be forced to reveal its support for American renewables firms, a senior Chinese official warned. In the strongest response from Beijing since the US authorities announced their investigation on Friday, Zhang Guobao, pictured in 2008, said Washington ploughs billions into its green sector.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - A US probe into claims China illegally subsidises its green-energy sector will backfire as Washington will be forced to reveal its own support for American firms, a senior Chinese official warned.


Over 100,000 evacuated in rain lashed Hainan: state media (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Chinese rescuers evacuate villagers from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in Haikou, southern China's Hainan island on October 7. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated after rains hammered the Chinese island of Hainan causing major floods for the second time this month, according to Xinhua news agency on Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - More than 100,000 people have been evacuated after rains hammered the Chinese island of Hainan causing major floods for the second time this month, according to Xinhua news agency on Monday.


Nine missing Vietnamese fishermen found adrift (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 08:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Nine Vietnamese fishermen detained by China near disputed islands in September who were set free last week and then lost at sea have been located and taken to safety, the Vietnamese government said.

China rejects clean energy probe, calls US unfair (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 06:50 AM PDT

AP - A senior Chinese official rejected a U.S. trade complaint about Beijing's clean energy policy and said Sunday that Washington might be improperly supporting its own industry.

Rescuers fear worst for 11 trapped Chinese miners (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT

Relatives and friends of a miner who was killed by an explosion grief after identifying the body near the state-run Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd mine in Yuzhou city, central China's Henan province on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Dozens of anxious relatives and friends of miners trapped underground by the explosion in central China gathered outside the site Sunday while rescuers said they were fighting tons of coal dust to try to reach the workers. (AP Photo/Ken Teh)AP - Frantically working rescuers feared the 11 Chinese miners trapped by a deadly gas blast may have suffocated or been buried by coal dust, as loved ones kept a vigil Sunday and the death toll rose to 26 with five more bodies recovered.


China carmakers' plans raise overcapacity concerns (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Chinese workers assemble cars at an auto plant in Hefei, central China's Anhui province on April 8, 2010. Booming auto sales in China have spurred manufacturers to step up production so fast that concerns over AFP - Booming auto sales in China have spurred manufacturers to step up production so fast that concerns over "blind investment" and overcapacity in the sector are emerging, analysts said.


Hope fades in China for trapped miners as 26 die (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:28 AM PDT

File photo shows coal miners at a small mine in Xiaoyi in China's Shanxi province. Dozens of rescuers have battled thick dust as they tried to reach 11 coal miners trapped underground after a gas leak killed 26 of their colleagues, as Chile offered help in the salvage operation.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Rescuers said Sunday there is little hope of finding alive 11 miners trapped underground after a gas explosion in a central Chinese coal mine that killed 26 of their comrades.


China urges anti-Japan protesters to stay within law (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 12:56 AM PDT

Reuters - China called on its people on Sunday to keep within the law in their "understandable" anger at Japan, a day after protesters in both countries rallied to claim sovereignty over disputed islands.

China government researcher sees GDP up 9 percent in 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

Reuters - China's gross domestic product is likely to rise about 9 percent in 2011, showing a slow-down from an estimated growth of 10 percent this year, a senior researcher at a government think tank said in remarks published on Sunday.

Thousands in China, Japan rally over island claims (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:52 PM PDT

A man holds a banner while marching during an anti-Japan protest in downtown Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Chinese characters on the banner reads, 'Down with Japan, Protect Diaoyu Island.' (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Thousands of Chinese marched in the streets in sometimes violent protests Saturday against Japan and its claim to disputed islands, a show of anger far larger than past protests over the competing territorial claims.


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