2010年12月11日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China says inflation up 5.1 percent in November (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 02:34 AM PST

AP - China's inflation surged to a 28-month high in November, officials said Saturday, despite government efforts to increase food supplies and end diesel shortages.

Jailed Chinese dissident awarded Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:43 AM PST

Workers prepare the Nobel Peace Prize laureate exhibition Reuters - Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony where he was represented by an empty chair and he dedicated it from prison to the "lost souls" of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.


Report: Gates to visit China next month (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:17 AM PST

This undated image provided by the Department of Defense shows Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. Gates Friday Dec. 10, 2010 said the military should not begin preparing troops for a possible repeal of the ban on gay service until Congress takes action.  (AP Photo/Monica King -  U.S. Army)AP - China says U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit next month as the two militaries exchange high-level visits to boost communication following recent tensions.


China protests Japanese visit to disputed islands (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:12 PM PST

Reuters - China on Saturday denounced a visit by two Japanese local lawmakers to disputed islands in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row between the two Asian powers.

China censors Nobel ceremony honoring dissident (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 06:06 PM PST

A security person blocks a photographer from taking pictures outside the residential compound where Liu Xia, the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo lives in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Chinese police are surrounding the home in the hours before the award is due to be bestowed on the imprisoned writer.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China repeated its claim Saturday that the world is meddling in its affairs after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in absentia to imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. The ceremony was censored in China, which has seen a clampdown on dissidents and some news websites blocked in recent days.


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