2010年11月25日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China ready for dialogue on rare earths: diplomats (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:30 AM PST

A monument, which reads: Reuters - China may be willing to soften the impact of its cuts in exports of rare earth elements on firms around the world that depend on them to make high-tech and defense products, EU-based diplomats said on Thursday.


Shanghai suffers 'poor air quality' as Expo ends (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:16 AM PST

Smoke billows from a Beijing factory in 2007. Shanghai is suffering from its worst November air quality in five years after the local government lifted pollution controls that were in place for the six-month World Expo, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Shanghai is suffering from its worst November air quality in five years after the local government lifted pollution controls that were in place for the six-month World Expo, state media said Thursday.


Bunny-crushing videos stir Chinese online anger (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:22 AM PST

A young Chinese woman holding a baby rabbit before covering it with a plate of glass and sitting on it to kill it. A group of AFP - A group of "crush fetishists" has caused an online storm in China after uploading graphic videos showing attractive young Chinese women crushing small rabbits.


China says Vatican 'violating' religious freedom (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:59 AM PST

Catholics pray during early morning mass at Beijing's Immaculate Conception Cathedral. China said on Thursday the Vatican's vocal opposition to the official Chinese Catholic church's ordination of a bishop amounts to intolerance and a restriction on freedom of religion.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China, which strictly controls the church, said Thursday that Vatican opposition to the official Chinese Catholic body's ordination of a bishop amounted to a violation of freedom of religion.


China's current account surplus doubles (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:29 PM PST

A worker monitors the loading of shipping containers at the vast container port in Wuhan, central China. The country's current account surplus more than doubled in the third quarter of 2010 from the same period last year, official data showed Thursday, propelled by strong demand for Chinese-made products.(AFP/File)AFP - China's current account surplus more than doubled in the third quarter of 2010 from the same period last year, official data showed Thursday, propelled by strong demand for Chinese-made products.


China to phase in new bank provisioning rules: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:12 PM PST

Reuters - China will phase in planned changes to its loan-loss provisioning rules to give banks time to adapt, an official newspaper reported on Thursday.

Ford opens new China dealerships as sales expand (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 09:00 PM PST

In this Aug. 25, 2010 photo, people stand near Ford cars at a plant of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. in southwest China's Chongqing city. Ford Motor opened dozens of new dealerships in China on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010, expanding its reach into provincial cities as it courts new car buyers.  (AP Photo)  CHINA OUTAP - Ford Motor is adding 100 new dealerships in China this year, raising its total number of outlets to 340, as it courts new car buyers in provincial cities.


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