2011年1月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Geithner: real yuan appreciation "substantial" (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:46 PM PST

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner discusses the US-China economic relationship at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on January 12 in Washington, DC. The United States will talk candidly and openly about its economic concerns with China during President Hu Jintao's state visit next week, Geithner pledged Friday.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday there has been a "substantial" inflation-induced appreciation in China's yuan currency that Beijing would do well to recognize and counter.


Many business deals seen during U.S.-China summit (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:57 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao will bring new business deals and possible commitments to buy U.S. beef and software when he visits Washington next week, a U.S. business group said on Friday.

U.S.-China summit must deliver real results: Clinton (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:50 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about Lebanon at a news conference in Doha January 11, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed DabbousReuters - U.S.-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce "real action, on real issues" such as trade, climate change and North Korean nuclear proliferation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.


Clinton presses China on rights before visit (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:40 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the first AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday made a passionate call for China to improve human rights, pledging not to shy away from disagreements ahead of a state visit by President Hu Jintao.


Analysis: Ambition, fear means business tongue-tied on China (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. companies want a lot out of Chinese President Hu Jintao when he visits Washington next week. They have a long list of moans and desires.

Analysis: Stealth flight sparks China politics guessing game (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:28 AM PST

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates' call for China's military to communicate better with its civilian leaders underscores the policy disconnect in Beijing and raises questions over who really wields control in China.

Aging China offers silver lining for investors (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 08:13 AM PST

Reuters - Retired professor Chen Chongyu and his wife Liu Zhenjuan dreamed of coming back to China from their daughter's home in France, but until last year the couple had nowhere to go.

In US, China's Hu to confront battered image (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:12 AM PST

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) shakes hands with China's President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 11. For all the hot topics between the two nations, Hu will seek a broader goal when he visits the United States next week: to repair his country's battered image.(AFP/POOL/File/Larry Downing)AFP - For all the hot topics between the two nations, Chinese President Hu Jintao will also seek a broader goal when he visits the United States next week: to repair his country's battered image.


US, EU firms complain China not doing enough on IPR (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:04 AM PST

Chen Deming, China's Minister of Commerce speaks at a press conference in 2010. US and European business leaders said Friday that Beijing needed to do more to respect intellectual property rights, as China's commerce minister admitted enforcement of copyright laws could improve.(AFP/POOL/File/Peter Parks)AFP - US and European business leaders said Friday that Beijing needed to do more to respect intellectual property rights, as China's commerce minister admitted enforcement of copyright laws could improve.


China to retry farmer given life for evading tolls (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:47 AM PST

AP - A Chinese court announced Friday it will retry a farmer sentenced to life in prison for evading highway tolls after a massive public outcry over his heavy punishment.

Father of modern Chinese navy Liu Huaqing dies (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:04 AM PST

AP - Liu Huaqing, the father of the modern Chinese navy, has died at age 95.

China promises better anti-piracy enforcement (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:43 AM PST

AP - China's commerce minister has promised better protection for intellectual property in a meeting with executives of dozens of global companies.

China raises bank reserves again (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:38 AM PST

A watermelon vendor looks at a yuan banknote at a market in Shenyang, Liaoning province in this July 9, 2010 file photograph. REUTERS/Sheng Li/FilesReuters - China's central bank raised lenders' required reserves on Friday for the fourth time in just over two months, stepping up the fight against inflation that it has vowed will be a top priority for the year.


China raises bank reserve rate to curb inflation (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:20 AM PST

AP - China's central bank has raised the amount of money banks must keep on reserve for the seventh time in a year, in its latest move to counter inflation.

China's military advances challenge U.S. power: Gates (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:54 AM PST

In this Nov. 30, 2010 photo, Tibetan monk Thabkhe Lo walks through campus in the rain after giving a presentation in biology class at Emory University in Atlanta. Some of the newest additions to Emory University's student body may have adopted some of the behaviors of typical college kids, but one key difference separates them from their classmates: they're Tibetan monks sent by the Dalai Lama to the United States to learn science. (AP Photo/David Goldman)Reuters - A U.S. military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington's defense chief said on Friday, describing China's technology advances as a challenge to U.S. forces in the region.


China defends yuan policy ahead of Hu's U.S. trip (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:10 AM PST

Reuters - China will not bow to foreign demand for faster gains in the yuan and will stick to its gradualist approach in currency reform, senior officials said on Friday, indicating Chinese President Hu Jintao may push back if President Barack Obama presses him on the issue next week.

China vows to further relax capital flows (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:38 AM PST

China's central bank on Friday pledged to further relax restrictions on cross-border currency flows after a series of recent steps to ease controls and promote wider international use of the yuan(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's central bank on Friday pledged to further relax restrictions on cross-border currency flows after a series of recent steps to ease controls and promote wider international use of the yuan.


China sets goals to reduce emissions of pollutants (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:46 PM PST

AP - China said Friday it would cut emissions this year by rejecting construction projects that pollute too much and developing new technologies that curb greenhouse gases.

Foxconn engineer jumps to death in China: media (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:41 PM PST

Balconies of Foxconn employees are pictured at the company's campus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. A factory worker apparently jumped to her death after an incident at Taiwan's high-tech giant, which has been plagued by a spate of suicides and labour problems in China, according to state media.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - A factory worker apparently jumped to her death after an incident at Taiwan's high-tech giant Foxconn, which has been plagued by a spate of suicides and labour problems, according to state media.


Web outcry wins retrial for jailed Chinese toll dodger (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:07 PM PST

This file photo shows motorists queuing to reach toll booths on a highway on the outskirts of Beijing. A Chinese man was sentenced earlier this week to life in prison after using fake military licence plates on his trucks to dodge toll fees to the tune of more than 3.7 million yuan ($558,000) over an eight-month period.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese man sentenced to life in prison for evading massive road toll fees has been granted a retrial, judicial authorities said, after the severity of the sentence caused a huge online outcry.


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