2010年12月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China's rare earths export cut spurs trade concerns (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST

Reuters - China's move to slash export quotas on rare earth minerals -- vital in a slew of high-tech products -- has raised fresh international trade concerns, and Japan's Sony Corp vowed on Wednesday to reduce its reliance on the minerals.

China to cut crucial rare earths export quotas (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:18 AM PST

AP - China said it is reducing the amount of rare earths it will export for the first half of the 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 to crack down on lavish public-funded fetes (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:13 AM PST

FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a Chinese petitioner wears a hat with the words 'Officials Corrupt, Changed Judiciary' in Beijing, China. China plans to crack down in the coming year on lavish parties and seminars organized by government officials, hoping to placate a public angered by corruption and accounts of sex and booze-fueled fetes held at taxpayer expense. On Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, Communist party officials released their plan for stamping out corruption in 2011, which includes a crackdown on excessive partying at taxpayer expense. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China plans to crack down in the coming year on lavish parties and seminars organized by government officials, hoping to placate a public angered by corruption and accounts of sex and booze-fueled fetes held at taxpayer expense.

Rate reforms can tame inflation: China central bank (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:13 AM PST

Reuters - China should hasten the liberalisation of its interest rate market to rein in accelerating inflation in the world's second-biggest economy, a senior Chinese central bank official said on Wednesday.

China corruption 'still very serious' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:01 AM PST

Policemen walk on the grounds of the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Shanghai on March 22. China has admitted its corruption problem is AFP - China on Wednesday admitted its corruption problem was "still very serious" and pledged to work harder to crush widespread official graft and win the public's confidence.

China's spats call into question 'peaceful rise' (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:25 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the phalanx of the Chinese national flag receives inspection in a parade in Beijing during the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of People's Republic of China. China's high-profile feuds with the United States, along with territorial spats with Southeast Asian neighbors and Japan, showed a more muscular foreign policy in 2010 that called into question Beijing's promise of a 'peaceful rise.' (AP Photo/Xinhua, Huang Jingwen, File) NO SALESAP - China's high-profile feuds with the United States, along with territorial spats with Southeast Asian neighbors and Japan, showed a more muscular foreign policy in 2010 that called into question Beijing's promise of a "peaceful rise."

12 Chinese with fake US visas arrested in Bangkok (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:21 AM PST

AP - US and Thai officials have arrested a group of 12 Chinese nationals accused of obtaining fake visas to try to gain entry to the United States.

China to continue property tightening in 2011: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:12 AM PST

Reuters - China will not relax curbs on property speculation in 2011 and will reinforce the implementation of measures to contain rising home prices, domestic media reported on Wednesday, citing Housing Minister Jiang Weixin.

Jailed China tainted milk activist paroled (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:04 PM PST

AP - A Chinese activist who was jailed for protesting a massive tainted milk scandal apparently has been freed on medical parole, though his former lawyer said Wednesday he may have been coerced into a deal in which he must stay silent.

Paypal to help set up e-commerce hub in China mega-city (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:58 PM PST

US online payment service Paypal has agreed to help set up an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China as more foreign companies cash in on the country's fast-growing Internet sales market.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - US online payment service Paypal has agreed to help set up an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China as more foreign companies cash in on the country's fast-growing Internet sales market.

Report: Laos deports Uighurs back to China (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:43 PM PST

AP - A media report says Laos has deported seven Uighurs who fled China after ethnic riots last year, raising concerns over the treatment of Uighurs forcibly returned to face prosecution by the Chinese government.

Beijing hikes minimum wage in capital by 20 pct (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:19 PM PST

A construction worker is seen at a building site in Beijing. Authorities in the Chinese capital have hiked the minimum wage by about 20 percent for the second time in six months amid soaring food costs, rising property prices and China's widening wealth gap.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Authorities in Beijing have hiked the minimum wage in the capital by about 20 percent for the second time in six months amid soaring food costs, rising property prices and China's widening wealth gap.

China cracks down on abuse at animal parks (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:51 PM PST

A chimpanzee rides a bicycle at a zoo in Hefei in east China's Anhui province. China has stripped the licences of seven animal parks and ordered more than 50 others to crack down on abusive practices after inspections revealed a host of violations, state media said Wednesday.(AFP/File)AFP - China has stripped the licences of seven animal parks and ordered more than 50 others to crack down on abusive practices after inspections revealed a host of violations, state media said Wednesday.

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