2010年12月18日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Fresh from India, Wen builds Pakistan trade ties (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistani and Chinese businessmen signed deals worth $15 billion on Saturday as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao demonstrated Beijing's assertive trade diplomacy on a visit to Islamabad.

China, Pakistan ink trade deals during Wen's visit (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:25 AM PST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspects an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Wen arrived in Pakistan on Friday for a rare visit expected to focus heavily on expanding trade between the Asian neighbors and longtime allies. (AP Photo)AP - With 13 agreements already signed, Pakistan and China were expected to ink additional economic deals worth billions more Saturday, the second day of a rare visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to this impoverished, conflict-ridden nation.


China fishing boat capsizes in scuffle; 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:54 AM PST

In this photo released from the South Korean coast guard via Yonhap, a Chinese fishing boat is seen capsized in western South Korean waters off Gunsan, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. The fishing boat capsized in a maritime scuffle with a South Korean coast guard ship trying to curb its illegal fishing activities Saturday, killing one fisherman and leaving two others missing, a South Korean official said. (AP Photo/Coast Guard via Yonhap) KOREA OUTAP - A Chinese fishing boat capsized in a maritime scuffle with a South Korean coast guard ship trying to curb its illegal fishing activities Saturday, killing one fisherman and leaving two others missing, South Korea's coast guard said.


China says Korean situation 'extremely precarious' (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:44 AM PST

South Korean marines unload their supplies from a ferry at a port in Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, POOL)AP - China is warning that the situation on the Korean peninsula is "extremely precarious."


HRW tells China to explain fate of Uighurs from Cambodia (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:51 AM PST

Chinese paramilatary police patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region, July 2010. Human Rights Watch has called on Beijing to explain the fate of 20 Uighurs deported from Cambodia a year ago who had sought asylum following deadly ethnic violence in China's far-western Xinjiang region.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Human Rights Watch has called on Beijing to explain the fate of 20 Uighurs deported from Cambodia a year ago who had sought asylum following deadly ethnic violence in China's far-western Xinjiang region.


Nine dead in China fireworks accident: media (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 12:22 AM PST

This file photo shows firefighters battling a blaze following an explosion at a fireworks factory in northeast China, earlier this year. Nine people were killed and nine others injured when a truck loaded with fireworks material hit an electricity pole and blew up in central China late on Friday, according to state media.(AFP/File)AFP - Nine people were killed and nine others injured when a truck loaded with fireworks material hit an electricity pole and blew up in central China, according to state media.


China warns possible Korea clash could hurt region (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 07:24 PM PST

Reuters - China warned on Saturday that a possible fresh clash between North and South Korea could shake regional stability and it urged both governments to avoid moves that it said would stoke tensions.
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