2010年10月25日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Oshkosh Corp. opens manufacturing plant in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Oshkosh Corp. has opened a manufacturing plant in China that will make heavy-duty lift equipment.

Chile display spurs questions on China mine safety (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:27 AM PDT

** CORRECTS THE CAPSULE IS A BACKUP ONE ** Visitors stand by Phoenix 1, a backup for Phoenix 2 capsule which was used to rescue 33 trapped miners to the surface of Chile's San Jose mine, displayed at the Chilean Pavilion in the Shanghai Expo site Sunday October 24,  2010 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - A display at the World Expo in Shanghai highlighting the rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners has raised public questions about China's own mining industry, the world's deadliest.


Security tightened at schools in western China (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:55 AM PDT

Local students walk past a police car parked outside a school in Tongren in western China's Qinghai province Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. Security was tightened Monday at schools in western China following demonstrations last week by students who marched to protest reported plans to impose Chinese as the main language of instruction. (AP Photo/Ken Teh)AP - Security was tightened Monday at schools in western China following demonstrations last week by Tibetan students who marched to protest reported plans to impose Chinese as the primary language of instruction.


Pieces of Expo pavilion to be auctioned (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:18 AM PDT

A crowd queues up to visit the United Kingdom Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai in May. Thousands of the clear rods that make up the award-winning pavilion will be sold on a Chinese e-commerce site to raise money for charity, officials have said.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - Thousands of the clear rods that make up Britain's award-winning pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai will be sold on a Chinese e-commerce site to raise money for charity, officials said Monday.


China tries to contain growing anti-Japan protests (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 03:13 AM PDT

A demonstrator raises a clenched fist during an anti-Japan protest on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 in Lanzhou, northwestern China's Gansu province. Hundreds of people staged an anti-Japan protest in southwestern China on Saturday, even as school officials there ordered students to attend classes over the weekend in hopes of preventing a repeat of rowdy demonstrations over the past weeks. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - China's authoritarian leaders are scrambling to contain anti-Japan protests that flared in at least a half-dozen cities over the weekend, with more planned for Tuesday despite attempts to kill discussion of the rallies online.


Shanghai Expo breaks 70 mln visitor target (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:54 AM PDT

Chinese soldiers unwrap the national flag in front of the Chinese pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. More than 70 million people have visited the World Expo in Shanghai, exceeding the target set by organisers, official figures showed, as the six-month event entered its final week.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - More than 70 million people have visited the World Expo in Shanghai, exceeding the target set by organisers, official figures showed Monday, as the six-month event entered its final week.


Amid China's Economic Boom, Philanthropy Lags (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Though China's number of billionaires is second only to the U.S., for most Chinese people, the idea of charity seems detached from their daily lives
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