2010年12月6日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Senators press China for action on trade, yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:56 PM PST

Reuters - A bipartisan group of 32 senators on Monday urged China to show "concrete progress" on beef, intellectual property and other trade irritants at a high-level meeting next week with U.S. officials.

US lawmakers press China on trade disputes (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:36 PM PST

A Chinese bank teller counts stacks of 100-yuan notes in Huaibei. China should work to ease a range of trade disputes with the United States at economic talks this month, ahead of President Hu Jintao's state visit here in January, US lawmakers said Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - China should work to ease a range of trade disputes with the United States at economic talks this month, ahead of President Hu Jintao's state visit here in January, US lawmakers said Monday.


U.S. hopes China will send clear signal to North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) meet at the U.S. State Department in Washington, December 6, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday she hoped China would send a clear and unmistakable signal to North Korea that it must end what she called its provocative actions.


U.S. and allies urge China to rein in North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

North Korean soldiers patrol on a pathway along the bank of the Yalu River, the China-North Korea border river, near North Korea's town of Sinuiju, opposite side of the Chinese border city of Dandong, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Reuters - China must do more to rein in North Korea's belligerence, the United States and its chief Asian allies said on Monday after Beijing warned tensions could "spin out of control."


Obama calls Chinese president to discuss North Korea (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:04 AM PST

US President Barack Obama(R) has urged Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao, both seen here in April 2010, to send AFP - US President Barack Obama has urged Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to send "a clear message" to North Korea that its shelling of South Korean territory and other provocations were "unacceptable."


Leaked memos likely to strain China-US ties more (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:34 AM 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 - Chatter from U.S. diplomats in leaked documents paint Chinese officials as difficult and Beijing's foreign policy as abrasive — characterizations that are likely to further harden the Chinese leadership's distrust of Washington.


China's GDP is "man-made," unreliable: top leader (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:44 AM PST

China's Vice-Premier Li Keqiang attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - China's GDP figures are "man-made" and therefore unreliable, the man who is expected to be the country's next head of government said in 2007, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.


Japan defense plan wary of China's military: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:09 AM PST

Reuters - Japan will identify North Korea as a threat and call China's military activities a concern in a review of its defense policy that will include plans to beef up its ability to cope with Beijing's rise, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Obama urges China to rein in ally NKorea (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:53 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama urged China's leader in a phone call Monday to send Beijing ally North Korea a message that "its provocations are unacceptable," while the Chinese leader urged restraint.

Obama calls China's Hu to discuss North Korea (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:27 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is urging China's president to send North Korea a message that "its provocations are unacceptable."

Ancient Chinese instrument fetches record price (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:08 PM PST

A music teacher outlines how to play the guqin in Beijing. One of the traditional stringed instruments, made for Chinese emperor Song Huizong in 1120, has been auctioned off in Beijing for a record 136 million yuan (20 million dollars), state media has said.(AFP/File)AFP - A traditional stringed instrument made for Chinese emperor Song Huizong in 1120 has been auctioned off in Beijing for a record 136 million yuan (20 million dollars), state media said Monday.


Grassland fire kills 22 in southwestern China (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 08:26 PM PST

In this Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 photo, paramilitary firemen fight a grassland fire near Zilong village in Daofu county, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. At least 22 people have died after the grassland fire they were fighting in southwestern China turned and trapped them. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - At least 22 people have died after a grassland fire they were fighting in southwestern China turned and trapped them.


Bernanke says yuan peg bad for U.S. and China (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 07:03 PM PST

Reuters - China's currency peg hurts U.S. exports but is also bad for the Chinese economy, since it prevents the country's authorities from running their own monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said.
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