2010年11月30日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Four parties eye Morgan Stanley's CICC stake: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:43 PM PST

Reuters - Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley may sell its 34.3 percent stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC), China's top investment bank, to four parties including two private equity firms, a state newspaper reported on Wednesday.

China mine flood traps at least seven: state media (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:53 PM PST

A miner pushes a cart containing coal at a mine in China. At least seven miners were trapped in a flooded colliery in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities told state media Wednesday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining industry.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - At least seven miners were trapped in a flooded colliery in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities told state media Wednesday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining industry.


Leaks: China knows less about NKorea than thought (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:38 AM PST

U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter attack aircrafts sit in heavy fog on the deck of the USS George Washington, during a joint military exercise off South Korea's West Sea, in South Korea's West Sea on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Jets roared off a supercarrier in U.S.-South Korean war games Tuesday, as the U.S. and two crucial Asian allies agreed to talk in Washington about North Korea's attack on a South Korean island and the North's nuclear weapons programs. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - China knows less about and has less influence over its close ally North Korea than is usually presumed and is likely to eventually accept a reunified peninsula under South Korean rule, according to U.S. diplomatic files leaked to the WikiLeaks website.


Chinese toddler freed from washing machine (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PST

AP - A Chinese toddler who climbed inside a washing machine during a game of hide-and-seek got stuck and had to be rescued by emergency workers with a power saw.

China postpones Norway talks as Nobel tensions rise (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:07 AM PST

Candles are placed around portraits of jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo during a candlelight vigil demanding his release, outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - Norway said on Tuesday that China had indefinitely postponed bilateral trade talks in what experts said was an escalation of tension ahead of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Chinese rights activist Liu Xiaobo.


China bars US official from American's appeal (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:22 AM PST

Robert Goldberg, deputy chief of mission to the U.S. Embassy, center speaks to journalists outside the Beijing High People's Court in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing says its representatives have been barred by Chinese authorities from attending the appeal hearing of an American geologist sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of obtaining state secrets. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A Beijing appeals court barred U.S. diplomats from attending a hearing Tuesday for an American geologist sentenced to eight years in prison for obtaining information on China's oil industry that the government says are state secrets.


Ex-official urges probe of China '90s HIV epidemic (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:08 AM PST

Chen Bingzhong, 78, formerly head of a government health research and outreach agency, speaks near a computer screen showing the open letter he issued that is circulating on the Internet in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Chen is calling on the government to come clean about a 1990s blood-selling scandal that infected tens of thousands of people with the virus that causes AIDS. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - In his dying days, a retired Chinese health official is calling on the government to come clean about a 1990s blood-selling scandal that infected tens of thousands of people with the virus that causes AIDS.


U.S. presses China again over jailed geologist (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:42 AM PST

Reuters - The United States pressed China again Tuesday to release a U.S. geologist jailed on charges of stealing state secrets, saying his case had not been handled transparently.

US demands China release American geologist (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:53 AM PST

The US has called for the immediate release of an American geologist convicted in China on a state secrets charge and protested a lack of access to his appeals hearing. The US issued the call in an unusual public statement delivered by the American embassy's deputy chief of mission, Robert Goldberg (pictured), outside the court where geologist Xue Feng is having his appeal heard.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The United States on Tuesday called for the immediate release of an American geologist convicted in China on a state secrets charge and protested at a lack of access to his appeals hearing.


Chinese activist detained after posting 1989 photo (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:10 AM PST

AP - A Beijing activist was detained on a charge of inciting subversion after posting a photo online of China's 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations that were eventually crushed by the military, killing hundreds of people.

Japan to send envoy to China for North Korea talks (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:03 PM PST

AP - Japan says it will send an envoy for North Korean nuclear talks to China amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Senior North Korean official arrives in Beijing (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:15 PM PST

AP - A senior North Korean official began a five-day visit to China on Tuesday amid heightened tensions following North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island last week.

Nearly 100 children hurt in China school stampede (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:28 PM PST

A student is rushed to a hospital in Aksu, western China, following a stampede at a primary school in the region. Nearly 100 children were hurt in the accident but no deaths have been reported.(AFP)AFP - Nearly 100 children were hurt in a stampede at a primary school in China's far-western Xinjiang region but no deaths have been reported, state media reported.


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