2010年10月29日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Amid disputes, US seeks common ground with China (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses America's engagement in the Asia-Pacific region, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, in Honolulu, Hawaii.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)AP - The Obama administration faces a sea of obstacles, setbacks and conflicts with China as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to the emerging global powerhouse Saturday for talks.


World's big enough for India and China: Wen (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday the world was big enough for their two countries to develop and cooperate, sounding a positive note ahead of a visit planned for later this year.

China PM to visit India (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:33 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday he would visit India later this year, stressing there was AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday he would visit India later this year, stressing there was "enough space in the world" for both the giant nations to prosper despite a backdrop of frosty ties.


Chinese court denounces awarding of Nobel prize (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:22 AM PDT

A policeman keeps a close eye on protesters (out of frame) from Hong Kong's Democratic Party and China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group demonstrating for the release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobao (pictured L) outside the China liaison offices in Hong Kong on October 2010. The Nobel committee earlier this month awarded the Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AP - A spokesman for the Beijing court that upheld an 11-year prison sentence for Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo denounced the award on Friday in the latest indication China will brush aside international calls for his release.


China Red Cross calls for urgent blood donations (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:43 AM PDT

AP - China's Red Cross asked citizens around the country Friday to urgently donate blood because of an acute shortage that has prompted delays in some surgeries.

Outcry as China billionaire gets housing subsidy (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:15 AM PDT

File photo shows the skyline of Shenzhen. Internet mogul Ma Huateng is number nine on Forbes magazine's list of the richest people in China, with a fortune of 4.4 billion dollars. But he gets 450 dollars a month in official housing subsidies.(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - Internet mogul Ma Huateng is number nine on Forbes magazine's list of the richest people in China, with a fortune of 4.4 billion dollars. But he gets 450 dollars a month in official housing subsidies.


China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Dozens of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists remain under house arrest as a wary government seeks to stifle support for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a New York-based human rights group said.

US vows to get China ties right (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:54 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama greets his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Washington, DC, in April 2010.The White House announced that Obama would meet Hu for the seventh time before the G20 summit in Seoul on November 11, and said current rows over trade and the yuan currency fitted a consistent pattern of complicated Sino-US ties.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - The United States vowed to get its rocky relations with China "right" despite flaring rows, and announced that President Barack Obama would meet President Hu Jintao next month in Seoul.


China party newspaper criticizes Western democracy (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:29 PM PDT

AP - China's Communist Party newspaper issued a scathing attack on Western-style democracy amid calls for reform of the country's political system and a resulting push-back by party conservatives.
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