2010年11月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China vows to tame inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:48 PM PST

Reuters - China will intervene to control consumer prices if they rise too quickly, the government said on Wednesday, a move that will do little by itself to tame inflation but could foreshadow harsher monetary tightening.

Panel urges renewed U.S. pressure on China on currency (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:33 PM PST

Reuters - The United States should name China a currency manipulator and take on trade-distorting Chinese policies in the World Trade Organization, a congressional advisory body said on Wednesday.

China vows to contain soaring prices as public fears mount (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 09:14 AM PST

A Chinese worker places bottles of cooking oil at a supermarket in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. China said Wednesday it was prepared to intervene to curb spiralling prices as it unveiled a range of steps aimed at easing growing public fears about inflation.(AFP)AFP - China said Wednesday it was prepared to intervene to curb spiralling prices as it unveiled a range of steps aimed at easing growing public fears about inflation.

Advisory panel urges action on Chinese currency (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 07:01 AM PST

AP - A congressional advisory panel is recommending that lawmakers prod the Obama administration into tougher action against what it calls China's policy of keeping its currency undervalued.

Panel urges U.S. to label China currency manipulator (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:13 AM PST

Reuters - The United States should use all available tools, including labeling China a currency manipulator, to put pressure on Beijing to raise the value of its yuan, a U.S. watchdog panel said on Wednesday.

US, China launch clean energy research initiative (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PST

A wind turbine complex is pictured in China's southwestern province of Yunnan. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday the United States and China had launched a joint clean energy initiative - one of the largest research collaborations between two countries in the world.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday the United States and China had launched a joint clean energy initiative -- one of the largest research collaborations between two countries in the world.

Japan to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:18 AM PST

AP - Japan's ambassador in Norway will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the embassy said Wednesday, which risks rekindling tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

China orders fire-safety push after Shanghai blaze (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:45 AM PST

Firefighters battle a huge blaze that engulfed a high-rise building in Shanghai. China has ordered a nationwide overhaul of fire-control measures after a blaze at a Shanghai high-rise killed 53 people and highlighted the country's chronic problem with lax safety enforcement.(AFP)AFP - China has ordered a nationwide overhaul of fire-control measures after a blaze at a Shanghai high-rise killed 53 people and highlighted the country's chronic problem with lax safety enforcement.

China focuses on fire safety after blaze kills 53 (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:34 AM PST

Chinese motorists pass by an apartment building in the background, which was damaged by fire in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Police detained unlicensed welders Tuesday for accidentally starting a fire that engulfed the high-rise apartment building under renovation in China's business capital that killed at least 53 as public anger grew over the government's handling of the disaster. (AP Photo)AP - China ordered tighter fire prevention measures Wednesday following a blaze that gutted a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, killing at least 53 people with dozens still believed missing.

China to subsidize food after price spike (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:12 AM PST

A vegetable vendor, back, smiles as a customer, front, purchases potatoes at a fruit and vegetable market in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says Beijing is preparing measures to rein in sharp rises in politically sensitive food prices, a state news agency reported, in the latest effort to reassure China's public about surging living costs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's government announced food subsidies for poor families Wednesday as it tries to cool a double-digit surge in prices that communist leaders worry might stir unrest.

Japan to send envoy to Nobel peace award ceremony (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:55 AM PST

Reuters - Japan said on Wednesday it will send an envoy to attend a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, in a move that could thwart recent efforts by Tokyo and Beijing to cool tensions.

Future of Embraer China plant depends on Beijing (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PST

AP - Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer says it is still awaiting Beijing's permission to assemble a more advanced plane in China that would keep its joint venture in the country open.

McDonald's price rise points to inflation pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:18 PM PST

Reuters - McDonald's Corp has raised menu prices in mainland China by 0.5 yuan to 1 yuan per item with immediate effect because of rising materials costs as the country grapples with accelerating food inflation.

China may raise interest rates this Friday: analysts (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:26 PM PST

Reuters - The tendency of China's central bank to raise interest rates around the 20th day of the month makes this Friday a "sensitive window" for a rate rise, an official newspaper said on Wednesday, citing unnamed analysts.

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