2010年12月5日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China


US cable: China leaders ordered hacking on Google (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 01:37 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, a Chinese Google user presents a book titled 'Google Planet' and 'What will Google bring?' in front of a Google sign outside Google China headquarters building in Beijing, China.  A leaked U.S. government cable shows sources told American diplomats that hacking attacks against Google were ordered by China's top ruling body.  (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)AP - Contacts told American diplomats that hacking attacks against Google were ordered by China's top ruling body and a senior leader demanded action after finding search results that were critical of him, leaked U.S. government memos show.


Grassland fire in China kills 22 (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:04 PM PST

A Chinese firefighter competes during a fire drill contest in Beijing. A grassland fire in a mountainous Tibetan region in southwest China on Sunday killed at least 22 people and severely burned another three, state media said.(AFP/File)AFP - A grassland fire in a mountainous Tibetan region in southwest China on Sunday killed at least 22 people and severely burned another three, state media said.


Calibrating China's cool-down (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:02 PM PST

A sales assistant puts back a gold Buddha-shaped pendant after showing to a customer at Caibai Ornaments store in Beijing December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - China needs to slow down its economy enough to cool inflation at home without putting a drag on growth in the rest of the world.


Grassland fire in southwest China kills 22: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 08:33 AM PST

Reuters - At least 22 people died and one person was severely burned when a spreading grassland fire swept through a mountainous Tibetan region in southwest China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

China to lead world in innovation by 2020: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:39 AM PST

Reuters - China is set to become the world's most important center for innovation by 2020, overtaking both the United States and Japan, according to a public opinion survey to be published on Monday.

Hong Kong protesters demand China free Nobel winner Liu (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:27 AM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of people marched in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand China free dissident Liu Xiaobo, a week before the human rights activist is formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

Seven killed in China cybercafe blast (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:19 AM PST

The death toll from a powerful explosion in an Internet cafe in southwest China has risen to seven, as officials ordered a nationwide safety inspection of entertainment venues.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The death toll from a powerful explosion in an Internet cafe in southwest China has risen to seven, state media said Sunday, as officials ordered a nationwide safety inspection of entertainment venues.


Chemical blast kills 7 at Internet cafe in China (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:07 AM PST

Firefighters enter an Internet cafe following an explosion, downtown of Kaili city in Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan, in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. An explosion caused by stored chemicals killed six people and injured 37 at the Internet cafe in southwest China. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - An explosion caused by illegally stored chemicals killed seven people and injured 37 at an Internet cafe in southwestern China, state media and the local government said Sunday.


China's skyscraper boom buoys global industry (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 03:02 AM PST

Chinese workers labor on a scaffolding near Beijing's tallest building, the 75-story China World Tower III in Beijing, China, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. China has six of the world's 15 tallest buildings, compared with three for the United States, the skyscraper's birthplace, and is constructing more at a furious pace, defying worries about a possible real estate boom and bust.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The 121-story Shanghai Tower is more than China's next record-setting building: It's an economic lifeline for the elite club of skyscraper builders.


China Internet cafe blast kills 6, injures 38 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:02 AM PST

Reuters - Six people were killed and 38 others injured in an explosion at an Internet cafe in southwest China, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

China's inflation still under control: economist (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:27 PM PST

Reuters - China's inflation is unlikely to reach the heady levels seen in 2006-2008 because the economy is showing no signs of overheating, prominent economist Fan Gang said in comments published on Sunday.
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