2010年10月21日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Summary Box: Japan says rare earth exports halted (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:51 PM PDT

AP - RARE RARE EARTH: Japanese importers say China continues to block the export of crucial rare earth metals used in its high tech products.

Summary Box: China's economic growth slows (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:28 PM PDT

AP - ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS: China's economic growth slowed in the latest quarter as Beijing steered its expansion to a more sustainable level.

Democrats slam another campaign opponent: China (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Reuters - As Republicans bash President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ahead of the November congressional elections, many Democratic candidates have found a bogeyman of their own: China.

Chilling YouTube Video Exposes the Pain of China's One-Child Policy (PR Newswire)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:11 AM PDT

PR Newswire - Officials beat pregnant woman and aborted her eight-month-old baby

IMF backs China's rate hike, cautions US on stimulus (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

A Chinese bank clerk counts the stacks of one-hundred yuan notes for a customer at a bank in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. The International Monetary Fund on Thursday praised China's interest rate hike this week and called on the United States to weigh carefully any measures to support a weak economic recovery.(AFP/File)AFP - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday praised China's interest rate hike this week and called on the United States to weigh carefully any measures to support a weak economic recovery.


Tibetan student protests spread: overseas group (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:31 AM PDT

Ethnic Tibetan students protest against curbs on the use of their language in the western Chinese town of Rebkong October 19, 2010. REUTERS/Handout/www.freetibet.orgReuters - Tibetan students in western China protested again on Thursday against policies to extend the use of Chinese language in classes, building on demonstrations earlier this week, a campaign group said.


American hurt in Beijing blast: state media (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:31 AM PDT

Passengers arrive at Dongzhimen subway station in Beijing in January 2010. An American national was injured in an explosion outside an underground station in downtown Beijing on Thursday, China's official Xinhua news agency reported, citing police.(AFP/File/Olli Geibel)AFP - An American national was injured in an explosion outside an underground station in downtown Beijing on Thursday, China's official Xinhua news agency reported, citing police.


China's economic growth slows but still strong (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Pedestrians pass a Chinese flag in the country's financial hub, Shanghai. China said its economy grew at a slower but still robust pace in the third quarter, which analysts said showed efforts to steer the country towards more sustainable growth were working.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China said Thursday its economy grew at a slower but still robust pace in the third quarter, which according to analyts showed that efforts to steer the country toward more sustainable growth were working.


Blast injures American student in central Beijing (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Chinese crime scene investigators vacuum the area near the site of an explosion in Beijing, China on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.  China's state media reported an American was injured in the explosion near a subway station in downtown Beijing.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's state news agency says a 30-year-old American has been injured in an explosion near a subway station in central Beijing.


China's Rate Hike: Winners and Losers (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - China's sudden interest rate hike reverberated throughout global markets Tuesday, driving down stock prices and touching off fresh concerns about how new attempts to slow down the world's second-largest economy would affect the world economy. As a result of the hike, China's benchmark one-year lending and one-year deposit rates have each increased by 25 basis points.

U.S. man hurt in Beijing blast, cause unclear: report (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 06:11 AM PDT

Policemen investigate an explosion which occurred near a subway station in downtown Beijing October 21, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - An American man was injured in a small explosion near a busy underground station in the Chinese capital Thursday, police told the official Xinhua news agency.


China lashes out at Japan over reported insult (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:38 AM PDT

AP - A senior Chinese official lashed out at Japan's foreign minister for a reported insult Thursday, saying a planned meeting between leaders of the two countries intended to smooth over recent tensions was uncertain.

China economy hums along (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT

An employee works at the assembly line of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd in Hefei, Anhui province October 19, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China's growth ebbed in the third quarter while inflation edged higher, suggesting that the world's second-largest economy was far from overheating and that an interest rate rise this week may be enough for now.


China won't confirm Japan meeting as tensions return (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Reuters - China refused to say on Thursday whether Premier Wen Jiabao will meet Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at a regional summit this month, and a Beijing diplomat accused Tokyo's foreign minister of rekindling ill-will.

Chinese woman forced to abort 8-month-old fetus (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:45 AM PDT

AP - A pregnant woman in south China was detained, beaten and forced to have an abortion just a month before her due date because the baby would have violated the country's one-child limit, her husband said Thursday.

China's rapid economic growth slows further (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:33 AM PDT

A man checks rubbish bins for recyclable plastic bottles in downtown Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. China's rapid growth slowed in the latest quarter as Beijing steered its expansion to a more sustainable level, possibly cutting its contribution to a global recovery. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's rapid growth slowed in the latest quarter as Beijing steered its expansion to a more sustainable level, possibly cutting its contribution to a global recovery.


U.S., China disagree on Nobel but look to cooperate: Holder (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:09 AM PDT

Attendees in Millett Hall listen to the Dalai Lama speak, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)Reuters - China and the United States fundamentally disagree over the jailed Chinese winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Attorney General said on Thursday as he nevertheless stressed the potential for Sino-U.S. cooperation.


China evacuates thousands as typhoon nears (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:05 AM PDT

Filipinos repair their damaged house in Ilagan, Isabela province, northern Philippines, following Typhoon Megi. At least 160,000 people were evacuated from southern China Thursday as Typhoon Megi, one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in years, bore down, bringing with it the threat of devastation.(AFP/Jay Directo)AFP - China has evacuated at least 160,000 people from the projected path of Typhoon Megi, authorities said Thursday as they braced for the strongest northwest Pacific storm since 1990.


US official says China's Hu will visit in January (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:55 AM PDT

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's President Hu Jintao is scheduled to visit the United States in January, a senior U.S. official said Thursday, in the latest sign that a thaw in relations is gathering momentum.


China mines to beef up safety after Chile rescue (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:41 PM PDT

Rescuers make their way to trapped miners after an explosion rocked a colliery in Renhuai, southwest China's Guizhou province, on August 3, 2010. China will step up implementation of underground safety systems to help miners survive accidents, a top official has said, after the Chile mine rescue saga highlighted China's safety shortcomings.(AFP/File)AFP - China will step up implementation of underground safety systems to help miners survive accidents, a top official has said, after the Chile mine rescue saga highlighted China's safety shortcomings.


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