2010年12月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


European TV group condemns China Nobel boycott (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:43 AM PST

Pro-democracy protesters hold boxes containing greeting post cards which they have collected from supporters of the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo before they send them to Liu outside a post office in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The protesters demand Chinese authorities to release the imprisoned this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to travel to Oslo and accept the award.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - The European Broadcasting Union has condemned the Chinese government's decision to boycott next week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.


China stops prominent artist leaving country (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:16 AM PST

Chinese artist Ai WeiWei (C) walks past police as he arrives to give support to Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, outside the courthouse where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Chinese police have prevented artist Ai Weiwei from traveling to South Korea, he said on Friday, linking it to a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the formal awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a prominent rights activist.


China says it will tighten monetary policy in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2010 file photo a pile of renminbi bank notes are stacked near a bank clerk at a bank in Hefei in central China's Anhui province.  China's leadership called Friday Dec. 3, 2010, for tighter control over bank lending and other spending next year, a shift in economic policy as Beijing tries to cool inflation and guide rapid growth to a sustainable level. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTAP - China's leadership ordered a shift from easy credit to a "prudent monetary policy" on Friday as Beijing steps up its fight against inflation and tries to guide rapid growth to a sustainable level.


China declares shift to "prudent" monetary policy (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:52 AM PST

Reuters - China will switch to a prudent monetary policy from a moderately loose stance, the Communist Party's top leaders decided on Friday, a change that could pave the way for more interest rate increases and lending controls.

China vows to tighten monetary policy in 2011 (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:35 AM PST

People shop for bananas at an outdoor vegetable and fruit market in Beijing in November 2010. China on Friday pledged to tighten monetary policy next year, state media reported, as the world's second-largest economy battles to curb inflation.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China pledged Friday to tighten monetary policy next year -- a sign that new interest rate hikes are imminent, analysts say, as the world's second-largest economy steps up its battle against inflation.


China blocks famous artist, economist from flights (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:44 PM PST

Pro-democracy protesters hold boxes containing greeting post cards which they have collected from supporters of the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo before they send them to Liu outside a post office in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The protesters demand Chinese authorities to release the imprisoned this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to travel to Oslo and accept the award.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China's crackdown before next week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony has widened to block a well-known artist and an economist who's more than 80-years old from traveling overseas.


Western art dealers hope to lure wealthy Chinese (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:20 PM PST

A painting by Fernand Leger entitled 'The Outing (Le Partie de Campagne),' right, is displayed at the Sotheby's selling exhibition of Impressionist and Modern Art in Hong Kong Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. For newly minted Chinese billionaires looking to spend their money, a natural choice has been art and antiques from their own country, many costing millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - For newly minted Chinese billionaires looking to spend their money, a natural choice has been art and antiques from their own country, many costing millions of dollars.


Chinese passenger train breaks world speed record (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:09 PM PST

Journalists photograph the bullet trains of a new high-speed railway linking Shanghai with Hangzhou Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway start the operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China's railway ministry says a Chinese passenger train has set a new record for speed, hitting 302 miles per hour (486 kilometers per hour) during a test run.


Rio, Chinalco to explore for minerals in China (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:55 PM PST

AP - Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto PLC and China's state-owned Chinalco on Friday established a joint venture to explore for mineral deposits in mainland China, a second deal that shows the sides overcoming recent tensions.
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