2010年11月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


France announces $22.8B in deals with China (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Airbus CEO Tom Enders, right, and China Air Leasing Compagny CASC CEO Li Hai, left, exchange documents as Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right look on in the back during the signature of agreements at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. The three-day state visit by Hu Jintao marks a dramatic turnaround from the tense ties of two years ago, when Sarkozy threatened to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics out of anger about China's treatment of Tibet. (AP Photo/ Thibault Camus, Pool)AP - France announced euro16 billion ($22.8 billion) in deals Thursday to sell uranium, technology and more than 100 Airbus planes to China, and the two countries also agreed to a sweeping strategic partnership on nuclear power.


China's Hu gives France G20 backing, signs deals (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:59 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with China's President Hu Jintao as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao and France's Nicolas Sarkozy voiced joint support on Thursday for reform of the global monetary system and pledged close cooperation as Paris prepares to take over the G20 presidency.


China, France sign big contracts, unite for G20 (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PDT

People participate near the Eiffel Tower with Tibetan flags in a demonstration to protest against the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao who just arrived in France for a state visit. France and China signed major industrial deals worth 20 billion dollars Thursday at the start of a lavish state visit by Hu, cementing previously strained ties.(AFP/Fred Dufour)AFP - France and China signed major industrial deals worth 20 billion dollars on Thursday at the start of a lavish state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao, cementing previously strained ties.


Summary Box: Strong demand for GM, Ford in China (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:11 AM PDT

AP - MOTOR CITY TO MAO: Sales of General Motors Co. vehicles in China rose 20 percent last month, while sales by Ford Motor Co. rose 33 percent.

China pressures European governments over Nobel (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:54 AM PDT

AP - China is pressuring European governments to avoid the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo and not make any statements in support of him, several diplomats said Thursday.

Maradona bemused by China's football failings (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PDT

Argentine football star Diego Maradona heads a ball during a ceremony organised by the Chinese Red Cross Foundation in Beijing. Maradona is in China for a charity tour to raise money for a Chinese Red Cross Foundation project aimed at helping poor people who suffer from cancer.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received a royal welcome in Beijing Thursday, offering his services to the nation and expressing bemusement as to why Team China has failed to shine.


Hu bests Obama in Forbes power list (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:55 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama greets Chinese President Hu Jintao in April 2010. Hu has topped Obama on the Forbes list of most powerful people, with the magazine pointing to Hu's sweeping powers and the stinging defeat of Obama's democrats in legislative polls.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has topped US President Barack Obama on the Forbes list of most powerful people, with the magazine pointing to Hu's sweeping powers and the stinging defeat of Obama's democrats in legislative polls.


China Southern to buy 36 Airbus planes (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:55 AM PDT

An Airbus A320 takes off in April. China Southern Airlines said Thursday that it had agreed to buy 36 planes from Airbus for 3.78 billion US dollars, as it moves to meet soaring domestic travel demand in China.(AFP/File/Pascal Pavani)AFP - China Southern Airlines said Thursday that it had agreed to buy 36 planes from Airbus for 3.78 billion US dollars, as it moves to meet soaring domestic travel demand in China.


U.S. dollar printing is huge risk: China central bank adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:12 AM PDT

Reuters - Unbridled printing of dollars is the biggest risk to the global economy, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said in comments published on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve unveiled a new round of monetary easing.

China says consensus in U.S. is for good China ties (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:34 AM PDT

Reuters - The consensus for both major U.S. political parties is to maintain good relations with China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in the country's first official response to this week's mid-term U.S. elections.

Police cars torched in China land protest: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Rampaging villagers in southwestern China overturned and torched dozens of vehicles in a mass protest over what they say is an illegal land grab for a construction project, Chinese media reported on Thursday.

Tickets selling out for China's cricket tournament (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:10 AM PDT

Chinese cricketers during a training session in Karachi in April 2010. Cricket might be a little-known sport in China but tickets for the Asian Games tournament are selling fast, the Asian Cricket Council said Thursday.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - Cricket might be a little-known sport in China but tickets for the Asian Games tournament are selling fast, the Asian Cricket Council said Thursday.


Mountains of trash fished from China's Three Gorges Dam (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:47 AM PDT

Workers are seen picking up trash along the bank of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei province. Layers of trash floating in the Yangtze river are threatening to jam China's massive Three Gorges hydroelectric dam, according to state media.(AFP/File)AFP - Workers in central China have fished 3,800 tonnes of rubbish out of the Three Gorges Dam in just six days, state media said, as the trash threatened to jam up the massive structure.


UN food agency says NKorea children malnourished (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:43 AM PDT

AP - The head of the World Food Program said Thursday she saw many children in North Korea who are "losing the battle against malnutrition" during a visit there.

Police stop China environmentalist from seeking retrial (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:53 PM PDT

The Chinese Supreme People's Court building in Beijing. Police prevented a prominent Chinese environmentalist convicted of extortion in 2007 from requesting a retrial Thursday, blocking him inside China's top court, the activist said.(AFP/File)AFP - Plainclothes police prevented a prominent Chinese environmentalist convicted of extortion in 2007 from requesting a retrial Thursday, blocking him inside China's top court, the activist said.


GM sees China sales growing strongly (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:04 PM PDT

Traffic moves slowly through Beijing amid major congestion in the city. US auto giant General Motors has said it had become the first international carmaker to sell two million vehicles in a year in China, now the world's largest auto market.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - US auto giant General Motors said Thursday it had become the first international carmaker to sell two million vehicles in a year in China, now the world's largest auto market.


GM, Ford report strong China sales in October (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this combo made with file photos, logos for General Motors and Ford are shown. If investors pay what General Motors hopes to get for its stock in a planned IPO, they'll have to buy the logic that the company's stock-market value should be similar to its closest competitor, Ford Motor Co. But Ford is making far more money these days and its U.S. market share is rising while GM's is falling and its new management team has little auto industry experience. (AP File Photos)AP - General Motors Co. says it is set to sell more than 2 million vehicles in China this year after posting record sales for October.


GM making EV in China with prototype out at year-end (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 09:37 PM PDT

A production version of the 2012 Buick Regal GS is displayed in Miami, Florida in this undated handout photo released to Reuters November 4, 2010. The midsize sport sedan with 0-60 mph performance of under seven seconds, is powered by an exclusive GS-only high-output version of the Ecotec 2.0L turbo engine with 255 hp and 295 lb.-ft. of torque. The Regal GS goes on sale in the second half of 2011. Pricing has not yet been announced. REUTERS/General Motors-Buick/Handout   (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - General Motors has started making an electric version of its popular Chevrolet New Sail in China and will roll out prototypes before year-end, making it the first foreign automaker to build electric cars in the world's biggest auto market.


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