2010年12月12日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's leaders pledge stable economic growth (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

Pedestrians walk past the People's Bank of China, also know as China's Central Bank in Beijing. China's leaders pledged to ensure AFP - China's leaders pledged to ensure "stable and healthy" economic development in 2011, state media said on Sunday in announcing the conclusion of a top-level annual meeting on the economy.


China says will be patient in pushing for North Korea talks (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:15 AM PST

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, gets a briefing during his inspection of the renovated Pyongyang Flour Processing Factory in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUTReuters - China will be patient in pushing for multilateral talks on North Korea, state media on Sunday quoted the Chinese foreign minister as saying, repeating a call for emergency consultations to ease tensions on the peninsula.


China's Lofty Goals: Space Station, Moon and Mars Exploration (SPACE.com)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:45 AM PST

SPACE.com - China is shifting its space program into high gear, with recently announced goals to build a manned space station by 2020 and send a spacecraft to Mars by 2013 — all on the heels of its second robotic moon mission this year.

China leaders emphasize fighting inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:27 AM PST

Reuters - China will ratchet up efforts to quell inflation in 2011 while pushing forward economic restructuring to help sustain robust growth, state media said on Sunday after the close of an annual policy-setting conference.

China vows stable growth, inflation management (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:56 AM PST

AP - China's leaders wrapped up an annual economic planning meeting Sunday with a pledge to keep growth on track while stepping up moves to combat inflation and other potential destabilizing problems.

American lawmakers press China ahead of talks (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:41 AM PST

In this Thursday Dec. 9, 2010 photo, construction workers push wheelbarrows past an energy-themed advertisement featuring a photo of U.S. President Barrack Obama depicted as Buddha displayed in Shanghai. American lawmakers are pressing China for action on currency and high-tech trade in talks this week, and an impending Washington visit by President Hu Jintao has raised expectations Beijing might offer concessions. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - American lawmakers are pressing China for action on currency and high-tech trade in talks this week, and a planned Washington visit by President Hu Jintao next month has raised hopes Beijing might offer concessions.


Philippines skipped Nobel over China death verdict (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2010 file photo, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addresses guests during a ceremony at Malacanang Palace in Manila, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Aquino said in an interview published in the Philippine Sunday Inquirer said the Philippines did not send a representative to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring a jailed Chinese dissident because of his efforts to spare Filipinos on death row in China.  (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)AP - President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines did not send a representative to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring a jailed Chinese dissident because of his efforts to spare Filipinos on death row in China.


Tonnes of debris fished from Chinese dam (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 05:08 AM PST

Two workers clean up rubbish along the bank of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province on August 1, 2010. Workers in central China have fished 78,000 tonnes of debris out of the water at the Three Gorges Dam since October, state media said.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Workers in central China have fished 78,000 tonnes of debris out of the water at the Three Gorges Dam since October, state media said Sunday.


Nobel Peace Prize 'a bid to embarrass China': media (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 11:05 PM PST

The portrait of Nobel Laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo is projected on a wall of a hotel as a torch parade in his honour pass by in Oslo, on December 10. With the guest of honour stuck in a Chinese prison, this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony centred around an empty chair, as its celebration of dissident Liu Xiaobo continues to split the global community and infuriate Beijing.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - China's state media lashed out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for the "political farce" of recognising Liu Xiaobo, after an empty chair stood in for the jailed dissident in Oslo.


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