2010年11月7日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's Li aims for golden finish to best-ever year (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:29 PM PST

Li Na serves against Anastasija Sevastova during the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on October 8, 2010. Grand Slam semi-finalist Li plans to cap her best-ever year with Asian Games tennis gold after becoming the first Chinese player to crack the world's top 10.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Grand Slam semi-finalist Li Na plans to cap her best-ever year with Asian Games tennis gold after becoming the first Chinese player to crack the world's top 10.


China inflation unlikely to ease soon: economist (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PST

Reuters - China's consumer price inflation will hover above 3 percent in the final quarter of this year, driven by global excess liquidity and a spike in agricultural prices, a senior government economist said in remarks published on Monday.

China newspaper warns of disaster over Fed move (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:49 PM PST

Reuters - Washington's latest move to print more money is a form of indirect currency manipulation that could lead to a new round of currency wars and even global economic collapse, a leading Chinese newspaper warned on Monday.

China offers to support Portugal but no debt pledge (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

China's President Hu Jintao and his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva (R) shake hands at the end of a press conference at Belem presidential palace in Lisbon. Hu pledged to support Portugal's efforts to emerge from financial crisis, but he did not commit to purchasing Portuguese debt as was widely anticipated.(AFP/Francisco Leong)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up a visit to Portugal Sunday with pledges to support its battered economy, but did not commit to purchasing Portuguese debt, though it had been widely anticipated.


China offers to help Portugal but silent on debt (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:46 AM PST

China's President Hu Jintao listens to a question from the media after his meeting with his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva at Belem presidential palace in Lisbon November 6, 2010. REUTERS/Rui GaudencioReuters - China will back Portugal's efforts to deal with fallout from the world financial crisis, President Hu Jintao said on Sunday, but he stopped short of promising to buy Portuguese bonds as the debt-ridden country had hoped.


China hopes G20 to focus on global recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:38 AM PST

Reuters - China hopes this week's G20 summit in Seoul will help promote recovery in the global economy and deepen reforms of the world's financial systems, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Sunday.

China mulls environmental controls on rare earths (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:27 AM PST

A man driving a front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province, for export to Japan in September 2010. China is considering tightening environmental standards for rare earth miners, in a move that may increase the price of exports of the vital minerals, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - China is considering tightening environmental standards for rare earth miners, in a move that may increase the price of exports of the vital minerals, state media reported Sunday.


China to spend $4.5bn on domestic mineral exploration (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:14 AM PST

A file picture of a lead-zinc mine in Qingxin county, China's southern Guangdong province. China will spend 30 billion yuan (4.5 billion dollars) searching for domestic mineral deposits over the next five years in an effort to lessen its reliance on imported products, state media said.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China will spend 30 billion yuan (4.5 billion dollars) searching for domestic mineral deposits over the next five years in an effort to lessen its reliance on imported products, state media said on Sunday.


Supporters of Chinese artist gather at studio (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 02:10 AM PST

AP - A few hundred supporters of Chinese avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei gathered peacefully at his soon-to-be-demolished studio in Shanghai on Sunday as the artist remained under house arrest in Beijing.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei blasts 'inhuman' Communist regime (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:48 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei sits in the courtyard of his home in Beijing where he remains under house arrest on November 7, 2010. Ai, who is one of China's most famous artists and social critics and currently has an exhibition at London's Tate Modern, was put under house arrest at the end of last week to stop him attending a gathering at his new Shanghai studio, which is due to be demolished.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei branded the nation's government "inhuman" on Sunday and said the Internet would bring the current Communist regime to an end, as he remained under house arrest in Beijing.


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