2010年11月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese vase fetches $69.3 million at UK auction (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:12 PM PST

This undated photo released by Bainbridge Auctioneers shows a Chinese vase which was sold for 43 million pounds ($69.3 million) in London Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The vase is decorated with a fish motif and is 16 inches high. Auctioneers Bainbridges said the vase is believed to have been acquired by an English family during the 1930s or earlier. (AP Photo / Bainbridge Auctioneers ho, via PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - An 18th century Chinese porcelain vase discovered when a house was cleared out was sold Thursday at a London auction for 43 million pounds ($69.3 million).

Geithner to meet Friday with China's Wang, Zhou (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:23 AM PST

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner crosses paths with Rep. Paul Ryan as he arrives to testify before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill, March 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who last month put off a decision on whether China is manipulating its currency, will meet in Seoul on Friday with top Chinese economic officials, his office said.

Microsoft's MSN in tie-up with China's Sina (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PST

US software firm Microsoft's online services arm said that it has inked an agreement to tie up with leading Chinese portal Sina in its latest move to expand in the world's largest web market.(AFP/File)AFP - US software firm Microsoft's online services arm said Thursday that it has inked an agreement to tie up with leading Chinese portal Sina in its latest move to expand in the world's largest web market.

China activist shuts AIDS charity under official pressure (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:49 AM PST

Chinese dissident Zeng Jinyan, the wife of Chinese dissident Hu Jia, in pictured in 2008. Zeng said Thursday she is shutting down a children's AIDS charity she heads due to harassment from tax officials and tightened restrictions on her activities.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The wife of jailed Chinese activist Hu Jia said Thursday she is shutting down a children's AIDS charity she heads due to harassment from tax officials and tightened restrictions on her activities.

Chinese, US leaders vow to work together (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:48 AM PST

US President Barack Obama(L) and China's President Hu Jintao, seen here at a bilateral in Seoul, pledged to work together Thursday, following a rocky period of trade and currency spats coupled with diplomatic shadow-boxing in Asia.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao pledged to work together Thursday, following a rocky period of trade and currency spats coupled with diplomatic shadow-boxing in Asia.

China's monitoring of activists surges post-Nobel (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:23 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2010 file photo, Chinese writer Yu Jie adjusts his glasses during an interview in Beijing, China. Yu and his wife are prisoners in their apartment. Blocked by security agents outside their building, the couple have been living on deliveries of takeout food and groceries for nearly a month and voraciously reading books to stave off boredom. The Yu family and scores of other activists are targets of one of the most extensive campaigns of surveillance, house arrest and other harassment by Chinese police against dissidents in years. The clampdown was brought on by the government's fury over the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Dissident writer Yu Jie and his wife are prisoners in their apartment. Blocked by security agents outside their building, the couple have been living on deliveries of takeout food and groceries for nearly a month and voraciously reading books to stave off boredom.

China lashes Fed easing as risk to global recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 04:36 AM PST

Reuters - China said on Thursday that the U.S. Federal Reserve's move to ease monetary policy risked undermining the global economic recovery, adding that Washington "should not force others to take medicine for its own disease."

China AIDS group says it is forced to shut down (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:34 AM PST

AP - A group founded by well-known imprisoned Chinese activist Hu Jia to work with AIDS patients and orphans said Thursday it is closing down after increasing pressure from tax authorities.

Jump in China inflation paves way for more tightening (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:39 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese inflation sped to a 25-month high in October and bank lending blew past expectations, highlighting the challenge faced by Beijing as it battles to keep a lid on price pressures.

Pet boom has Shanghai mulling one-dog policy (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:53 AM PST

A Chinese woman is seen carrying her pet dog on the doorstep of a house in Shanghai. Under a new draft policy in the city, dog owners would have to give their pets' puppies to eligible no-dog households or to government-approved adoption agencies, a report has said, as the city bids to control the growing popularity of dogs.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Shanghai officials hope to curb the growing popularity of man's best friend in the city with a one-dog policy.

China inflation surge prompts expectations of rate hike (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:44 AM PST

A man cooks using a stir-fry wok along a roadside in Beijing on November 8, 2010. China's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in more than two years, the government said on November 11, 2010 following warnings that inflation would likely exceed Beijing's three percent target for 2010 as the government battles to rein in consumer prices and soaring housing costs.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China said Thursday that consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in more than two years in October, raising expectations of another rate hike as Beijing admits it may miss its 2010 inflation target.

One dead as cargo ship sinks off Japan (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:27 AM PST

File photo of a Japan coastguard ship taking part in an exercise off Tokyo Bay. A cargo ship with 25 Chinese crew on board has gone missing off Japan's southern islands, with one crew member found dead and three survivors rescued by Japan's coastguard, officials said Thursday.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - A cargo ship with 25 Chinese crew on board sank off Japan's southern islands, with only five crew accounted for including one fatality, Japanese and Taiwanese coastguards said Thursday.

Obama: US, China relationship stronger (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:05 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks to South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak during a meeting at the Blue House in Seoul. G20 leaders Friday began a second day of talks on resolving bitter trade and currency disputes with the host South Korea saying it expected some sort of agreement to be reached.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AP - President Barack Obama says the relationship between the U.S. and China has grown stronger in recent years.

China's ICBC to raise $6.8 billion through rights issue (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:16 PM PST

Reuters - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (1398.HK) plans to raise 45 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) through a rights share offering this month, capping an $80 billion fundraising boom by Chinese lenders to replenish capital depleted by last year's lending spree.

China inflation jumps to 25-month high in October (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, a customer prepares money to pay for apples he bought at a fruit stall in Beijing, China. A sharp rise in food costs boosted China's inflation rate to a 25-month high of 4.4 percent in October despite a government clampdown on credit and efforts to cool living costs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)AP - A jump in food costs drove China's inflation to a 25-month high in October despite government efforts to cool living costs, raising the possibility it might impose new controls that could further slow economic growth.

Japan may form new unit to watch China navy (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:34 PM PST

AP - Japan's military may form a new unit to monitor Chinese naval operations, a move to counter what many Japanese strategists see as an increasingly aggressive stance by Beijing in the East China Sea.

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