2010年11月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Chinese premier due in Macau for economic forum (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:26 PM PST

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao waves to the crowd during the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. Wen arrives in Macau on Saturday for a international economic forum, but could be met by campaigners calling for the release of a jailed Nobel laureate, in a rare chance to press their case on Chinese soil.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in Macau on Saturday for a international economic forum, but could be met by campaigners calling for the release of a jailed Nobel laureate, in a rare chance to press their case on Chinese soil.

China's Hu makes first Japan visit since island row (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 04:39 AM PST

Chinese President Hu Jintao and First Lady Liu Yongqing wave upon their arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, ahead of the forthcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Yokohama. Hu is making his first visit to Japan since a bitter territorial row erupted two months ago over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - China's President Hu Jintao arrived in Japan Friday for a Pacific Rim summit, his first visit since a bitter territorial row erupted two months ago between Beijing and Tokyo.

Defendant loses China's first HIV jobs bias case (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:43 AM PST

AP - A Chinese court ruled Friday against the defendant in the country's first lawsuit over employment discrimination against people who are HIV-positive, the man's lawyer said.

Obama: Fed action not designed to weaken dollar (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 01:36 AM PST

President Barack Obama, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak walk in together as they attend G20 SME Finance Challenge Award winners ceremony at the G-20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Staking his ground in the global fight over the world's major currencies, President Barack Obama on Friday disputed claims that the U.S. was deliberately weakening the dollar while accusing China of manipulating its yuan.

Beijing to melt snow to address water shortage (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST

Pedestrians walk through heavy snow fall in Beijing. Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years, state media reported Friday.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years, state media reported Friday.

Hunt for missing seamen after ship sinks off Japan (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:03 PM PST

A Chinese crew survivor is rescued by a Japanese Coast Guard vessel in the Pacific Ocean, on November 11, 2010. Rescuers were still hunting Friday for 20 missing seamen after a cargo ship sank off Japan's southern islands, leaving two people dead, Japan's coastguard said.(AFP/Japan Coast Guard/Ho)AFP - Rescuers were still hunting Friday for 20 missing seamen after a cargo ship sank off Japan's southern islands, leaving two people dead, Japan's coastguard said.

China issues tougher rare earth export rules (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:01 PM PST

A man driving a front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province, in September 2010. China has said it has toughened rare earth export rules to allow only producers that meet environmental protection laws and international standards to ship the precious elements out of the country.(AFP/File)AFP - China has said it has toughened rare earth export rules to allow only producers that meet environmental protection laws and international standards to ship the precious elements out of the country.

US 'encouraged' at rise of China's yuan (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:07 PM PST

A bank teller counts stacks of US dollars and Chinese yuan at a bank in Huaibei, central China. The United States is AFP - The United States is "very encouraged" by China's progress in allowing the yuan to rise, despite "heat" and public rows with Beijing over exchange rates, a senior US official said Friday.

Inflation "under-statement" sparks row in China (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 07:48 PM PST

Reuters - With price pressures on the rise in China, a rare public spat has broken out in government circles about whether the statistics agency is suppressing the full truth of how high inflation really is.

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