2010年11月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

UN leader Ban meets with Chinese President Hu (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:36 PM PDT

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with China's President Hu Jintao in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/David Gray, Pool)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked China to play a greater role in solving African crises during a meeting Monday with the president, but did not discuss the country's human rights record or the imprisonment of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.

No Seoul settlement for US-China currency dispute (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:15 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration says a dispute over China's currency policy will not be settled at next week's Group of 20 economic summit in Seoul, South Korea.

China's Hu defends currency policy (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:57 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao said that Beijing's currency policy, under fire from the United States and European Union for keeping the yuan low so as to boost exports, is coherent and responsible.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao said that Beijing's currency policy, under fire from the United States and European Union for keeping the yuan low so as to boost exports, is coherent and responsible.

Summary Box: Chinese manufacturing gains speed (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PDT

AP - CHINA GEARS UP: Chinese manufacturing accelerated in October with spending on infrastructure projects spurring a jump in new equipment orders. Export demand remained subdued.

Summary Box: China starts world's biggest census (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:01 PM PDT

AP - CENSUS: China has kicked off a once-a-decade census, a whirlwind 10-day head count that sees 6 million census takers scrutinize apartment blocks, scour migrant areas and scan rural villages to document massive demographic changes in the world's most populous country.

UN chief meets Chinese president Hu (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:35 AM PDT

UN chief Ban Ki-moon (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao ahead of talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Ban is facing calls to publicly raise the case of jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.(AFP/David Gray)AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday met Chinese President Hu Jintao amid calls for the secretary-general to publicly raise the case of jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.

China should allow stronger yuan: Goldman executive (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:26 AM PDT

Reuters - China should let the yuan rise further to help its transition toward a consumption-based economy, although there is no clear evidence the currency is undervalued, a senior executive at Goldman Sachs said on Monday.

China goes door-to-door for world's biggest census (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:08 AM PDT

A man and woman ride an electric bicycle past a publicity board for the 6th China Census in Beijing Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. China kicked off its once-a-decade census Monday, a whirlwind 10-day head count that will see 6 million census takers go door-to-door to document the massive demographic changes taking place in the world's most populous country. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China kicked off a once-a-decade census Monday, a whirlwind 10-day head count that sees 6 million census takers scrutinize apartment blocks, scour migrant areas and scan rural villages to document massive demographic changes in the world's most populous country.

Chinese manufacturing gains speed in October (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:53 AM PDT

AP - Chinese manufacturing accelerated in October with spending on infrastructure projects spurring a jump in new equipment orders even as export demand remained subdued, surveys showed Monday.

In China, hit-and-run death exposes class anger (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:13 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Oct. 29, 2010, Chen Guangqian holds portraits of his daughter Chen Xiaofeng at a hotel room in Baoding in northern China's Hebei province. Chen's daughter was killed in a hit-and-run that has become the country's hottest crime in months because of what the driver reportedly shouted when a crowd stopped his car. 'My father is Li Gang!', the deputy chief of the district police. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)AP - The more he heard about the person accused of killing his 20-year-old daughter in a drunken hit-and-run, the more terrified Chen Guangqian became.

Amazon's 3G Kindle leaps 'Great Firewall of China' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:12 AM PDT

A 3G version of the Kindle e-reader, pictured in the hand of Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos, is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers -- it automatically leaps the so-called AFP - Amazon's Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers -- it automatically leaps the so-called "Great Firewall" of state web censorship.

China starts counting its huge population (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:02 AM PDT

Beijing residents walk past a billboard for China's census on October 29. China has kicked off its national census with millions of counters setting out to tally the world's biggest population, estimated last year to be over 1.3 billion.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China on Monday kicked off its national census, with more than six million counters fanning out nationwide to tally the world's biggest population, estimated last year to be over 1.3 billion.

China says no significant cut for rare earth quotas (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:21 AM PDT

Reuters - China's rare earth export quotas for 2011 will not be significantly cut from recent levels, a commerce official said on Monday, reinforcing Beijing's efforts to soothe foreign companies and governments worried about supply.

China manufacturing growth leaps past forecasts (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:06 AM PDT

A worker jumps over a puddle near a residential construction site in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China's factories ramped up their production last month and were buoyed by an influx of new business, highlighting the strength of the world's second-largest economy but also pointing to price pressures.

ICBC takes over Fortis broker unit in US (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:34 PM PDT

Customers leave a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Beijing. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest by market value, is branching into the broker-dealer business in the United States as it moves to expand overseas, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest by market value, is branching into the broker-dealer business in the United States as it moves to expand overseas, a report said Monday.

Chinese man beaten to death in land seizure case (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT

Local residents scuffle with police over land illegaly built upon by a property developer in Beijing in May 31, 2010. A man in northern China was beaten to death and another seriously injured by attackers who then demolished their homes, state media reported Monday. China has recently seen a rash of violent clashes over land across the country.(AFP/File)AFP - A man in northern China was beaten to death and another seriously injured by attackers who then demolished their homes, state media reported Monday, in the nation's latest case of violent land seizures.

China defends Africa, US investment amid tensions (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:46 PM PDT

AP - China defended its growing global commercial presence as a source of jobs in Africa and the United States amid tension over control of resources and Zambia's arrest of two Chinese managers who shot miners during a pay dispute.

China media labels Japan foreign minister 'extremist' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:40 PM PDT

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara at their bilateral meeting at a hotel in Hanoi on October 29, 2010. China's state media on Monday accused Japan's foreign minister of ruining a planned formal meeting between their two premiers as they try to end a damaging row, branding him an AFP - China's state media on Monday accused Japan's foreign minister of ruining a planned formal meeting between their two premiers as they try to end a damaging row, branding him an "extremist".

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