2010年12月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China cuts rare earth export quotas, U.S. concerned (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST

A worker shovels cast-off tailings out of a channel underneath a pipeline that transports crushed mineral ore containing rare earths to a disposal dam near Xinguang Village, located on the outskirts of the city of Baotou in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in this October 31, 2010 picture. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China said on Tuesday it will cut its export quotas for rare earth minerals by more than 11 percent in the first half of 2011, further shrinking supplies of metals needed to make a range of high-tech products.


U.S. concerned about China rare earth restraints (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:55 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Trade Representative's office is "very concerned" about China's export restraints on rare earth materials and has raised its concerns with China, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

China shrinks rare earths export quota (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST

AP - China said Tuesday it is reducing the amount of rare earths it will export next year by more than 10 percent — likely to be an unpopular move worldwide since the minerals are vital to the manufacture of high-tech products.

China relaxes rules for currency forwards (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:49 AM PST

Reuters - China will allow more banks to sell currency forwards to their clients to further develop demand and the nation's nascent derivatives market, the country's foreign exchange regulator said on Tuesday.

Chinese investigative reporter dies after attack (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:39 AM PST

AP - A Chinese journalist died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a gang beating that some say was linked to his investigative work, a colleague at his newspaper said.

China starts work on Sichuan quake museum (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:11 AM PST

People walk through the devastated town of Beichuan in China's earthquake ravaged Sichuan province on May 10, 2009. China has begun work on a museum in Sichuan commemorating the massive May 2008 earthquake in the region that left nearly 87,000 people dead or missing, state media said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China on Tuesday began work on a museum in the southwestern province of Sichuan commemorating a massive May 2008 earthquake in the region that left nearly 87,000 people dead or missing, state media said.


China builds Sichuan earthquake museum (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:46 AM PST

AP - Chinese state media says construction has begun on a museum commemorating the nearly 90,000 people who died during a 2008 earthquake.

Wal-Mart invests in China e-commerce retailer 360buy.com (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:50 AM PST

US chain Wal-Mart has invested in Chinese e-commerce consumer electronics seller 360buy.com, as the world's largest retailer steps up its presence in China, a report said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - US chain Wal-Mart has invested in Chinese e-commerce consumer electronics seller 360buy.com, as the world's largest retailer steps up its presence in China, a report said Tuesday.


Official: 580 Chinese fugitives in other countries (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:19 AM PST

AP - Nearly 600 fugitives involved with economic crimes such as fraud and embezzlement have fled China and are hiding in other countries, a top security official said.

China moving toward deploying anti-carrier missile (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:14 AM PST

AP - China is moving closer to deploying a ballistic missile designed to sink an aircraft carrier, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command said in newspaper interview published Tuesday.

China setting up rare earth industry group (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:24 PM PST

A front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province, for export to Japan. China is setting up a rare earth industry group that will lead price negotiations with foreign buyers, an official said Tuesday, as Beijing tightens its grip on exports of the precious metals.(AFP/File)AFP - China is setting up a rare earth industry group that will lead price negotiations with foreign buyers, an official said Tuesday, as Beijing tightens its grip on exports of the precious metals.


China's Zijin Mining pays out over deadly dam collapse (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:04 PM PST

Workers drain away polluted water near the Zijin copper mine in Shanghang last July, after pollution from the mine contaminated the Ting river. China's Zijin Mining said Tuesday it would donate about 7.5 million US dollars to help victims of a dam collapse near a tin mine that killed at least 22 people in September.(AFP/AFP)AFP - China's Zijin Mining said Tuesday it would pay about 7.5 million US dollars to help victims of a dam collapse near a tin mine that killed at least 22 people.


China vows lending control to tame inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 10:38 PM PST

Reuters - China's central bank took aim at inflation once again on Monday by saying it will control lending and money growth in the world's second-biggest economy to head off price pressures and asset bubbles.

Top China blogger shuts down magazine (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:33 PM PST

AP - One of China's most popular bloggers announced Tuesday he was forced to shut down his freewheeling print magazine after just one issue because government officials appear to have blocked the printing of any new editions.

Magazine by popular China blogger shuts down (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:51 PM PST

File photo of Chinese blogger Han Han, who announced on Tuesday that he was shutting down his magazine AFP - One of China's most famous and controversial bloggers Han Han on Tuesday announced he was shutting down his magazine "Party" after just one issue, but denied the move stemmed from a dispute over content.


China gets tough with S.Koreans spying on North (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:22 PM PST

Chinese visitors look out over North Korea (behind) at the Chinese border town of Tu Men in China's northeast Jilin province.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - China is getting tougher with South Korean spies caught collecting intelligence there on North Korea, jailing one of them for more than a year despite pleas from Seoul, news reports said Tuesday.


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