2010年11月3日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Summary Box: World Bank lifts China growth outlook (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:33 AM PDT

AP - TIME TO SHIFT? The World Bank says that with China's rapid growth easing to a manageable pace, Beijing can do more to promote domestic consumption and reduce reliance on trade.

China accuses peace prize supporter of subversion (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:22 AM PDT

Hong Kong legislator Raymond Wong Yuk-man, right, speaks next to legislator Leung Kwok Hung, left during a parliamentary debate in the Hong Kong Legislative Council Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers challenged Beijing's condemnation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, heaping praise on the jailed Chinese dissident as they pushed for a resolution calling for his release. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - A Chinese man who handed out fliers in local parks about imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been detained on suspicion of subversion, a rights group and a fellow activist said Wednesday.


World Bank raises China growth outlook (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:59 AM PDT

In this Oct. 13, 2010 photo, a worker installs a new layer on an advertisement board showing skyscrapers in Beijing's Central Business District, China. The World Bank boosted its growth forecast for China on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, and said rising inflation should level off but warned Beijing needs to rebalance its economy away from trade to sustain growth. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's rapid growth is easing to a manageable pace and Beijing can do more to reconfigure its economy to promote domestic consumption and reduce reliance on trade, the World Bank said Wednesday.


China executes serial killer in 11 murders (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:37 AM PDT

AP - China has executed a serial killer convicted of murdering 11 people, including three police officers, over the course of nearly a decade.

China considering rare earths strategic reserves (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:01 AM PDT

Rare earth minerals are loaded at a port in eastern China's Jiangsu province. The country is considering setting up strategic reserves of 10 minor metals including rare earths, state media has said, as Beijing moves to tighten control of its supply of the vital minerals.(AFP/File)AFP - China is considering setting up strategic reserves of 10 minor metals including rare earths, state media said Wednesday, as Beijing moves to tighten control of its supply of the vital minerals.


World Bank warning over China trade imbalance risk (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:38 PM PDT

Hundreds of truck drivers wait in a queue close to a service station in eastern China's Anhui province. The World Bank on Wednesday boosted its 2010 growth forecast for China to 10 percent, but warned that global tensions over trade imbalances could cast a shadow over the rosy economic outlook.(AFP/File)AFP - The World Bank on Wednesday boosted its 2010 growth forecast for China to 10 percent, but warned that global tensions over trade imbalances could cast a shadow over the rosy economic outlook.


UN chief raises human rights in China speech (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:02 PM PDT

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday emphasised the need for worldwide respect of human rights during a visit to China, after critics accused him of being too soft on Beijing on the issue.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday emphasised the need for worldwide respect of human rights during a visit to China, after critics accused him of being too soft on Beijing on the issue.


US concerned about blind Chinese activist (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:25 PM PDT

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng (R) with his wife and son Chen Kerui outside their home in Dondshigu village, northeast China's Shandong province in 2005. Chen, who was jailed in 2006 after accusing family planning officials in the eastern province of Shandong of forcing women to have late-term abortions or be sterilised, has been under house arrest since he was freed in September.(AFP/File)AFP - The United States said it was talking to people close to Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng to discuss how best to help the rights lawyer, unreachable since his release from jail two months ago.


Doctors remove chopstick in man's stomach for 28 years (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:58 PM PDT

Surgeons in Shanghai have operated on a 50-year-old Chinese man to remove a chopstick that he swallowed 28 years ago, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Surgeons in Shanghai have operated on a 50-year-old Chinese man to remove a chopstick that he swallowed 28 years ago, state media reported.


China Construction Bank to raise $9.2 billion (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:15 PM PDT

AP - China Construction Bank, the country's second-biggest lender, plans to raise 61.6 billion yuan ($9.2 billion) from a share sale in Shanghai and Hong Kong to help fortify its capital base following a lending boom.
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