2011年4月26日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. may make it harder for China officials to get visas: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. government, responding to a series of Chinese diplomatic snubs, may make it more difficult for senior Chinese officials to secure visas, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

China releases plan to modernize, update industry (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:56 PM PDT

AP - China has released an economic blueprint that spells out which industry segments it will encourage or discourage, in line with its push to weed out small-scale businesses and back large, efficient state-backed enterprises. It also highlights the country's emphasis on supporting high technology industries and downplaying resource extraction.

China's army chief to visit US in May: state media (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Chief of general staff of China's People's Liberation Army General Chen Bingde (R) steps out of a car as he arrives on an official visit in Kathmandu on March 24. He is to travel to the United States in May as the two countries try to bolster military relations despite their growing rivalry.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)AFP - China's army chief of staff will visit the United States in May, state media confirmed on Tuesday, as the two countries try to bolster military relations despite their growing rivalry.


China blames monks for Tibetan unrest (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT

Tibetan monks from Kirti Monastery in exile in India gather in Mcleodganj before leaving for a protest march to New Delhi to call for an end to the Kirti Monastery crisis in Tibet in China's Sichuan province. China on Tuesday blamed Buddhist monks for causing unrest in a Tibetan region, accusing them of disrupting social order and defaming their religion.(AFP)AFP - China on Tuesday blamed Buddhist monks for causing unrest in a Tibetan region, accusing them of disrupting social order and defaming their religion.


China's Tsinghua University aims for global clout of a Harvard or Oxford (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:45 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When teachers from the YMCA opened the doors of an elite US-funded prep school in Beijing 100 years ago today, they could scarcely have foreseen that their creation would grow into China’s premier university, known as the “red cradle” for the country’s Communist ruling class.

Fatal Beijing factory fire sparked by electric bike (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:05 AM PDT

A deadly fire that swept through an illegally constructed Beijing building this week, killing 17 poor migrants, was triggered by an electric tricycle, according to the Xinhua news agency.(AFP/File)AFP - A deadly fire that swept through an illegally constructed Beijing building this week, killing 17 poor migrants, was triggered by an electric tricycle, state media said Tuesday.


Top US senator: China tour helped build trust (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 07:45 AM PDT

US Senator Harry Reid (CL), holds talks with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (CR) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 21. A high-powered US delegation to China helped build AFP - A high-powered US Senate delegation to China helped build "mutual trust" in talks on human rights, economic disputes, clean energy, and Iran's suspect nuclear drive, its leader said Tuesday.


Australia PM talks rights with China's Wen (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT

Austalian Prime Minister Julia Gillard walks beside Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a review of the honour guard welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on April 26. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrived in China for talks with top leaders likely to focus on human rights and trade.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a "backward step".


China warns US not to interfere on human rights (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 06:25 AM PDT

AP - China warned the United States on Tuesday not to overstep bounds in human rights talks this week that the State Department says will focus on an ongoing dissident crackdown that appears to be Beijing's most severe in years.

Australia's Gillard woos China and presses on human rights (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:13 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) touches his glass of champagne with the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard after a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 26, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, while seeking to boost trade with her nation's biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.


China's Minmetals bows out to Barrick Gold's $7.7 billion bid (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 04:35 AM PDT

An Equinox copper mine is seen in Lumwana, Zambia, in this aerial view undated handout obtained by Reuters on April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Equinox-Tim Lofthouse/HandoutReuters - China's Minmetals Resources bowed out of the battle for copper miner Equinox Minerals on Tuesday, saying Barrick Gold Corp's C$7.3 billion ($7.7 billion) bid was too rich to justify a counter-offer.


China warns against "interference" ahead of U.S. rights talks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 04:15 AM PDT

Reuters - The Chinese government warned on Tuesday against using human rights disputes as what it called a tool to meddle, ahead of talks with the United States that will focus on complaints about Beijing's crackdown on dissent.

China Minmetals gives up bid for Equinox Minerals (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 03:52 AM PDT

AP - China's Minmetals Resources withdrew its offer to buy Equinox Minerals Ltd. after it was bested by a $7.7 billion (7.3 billion Canadian dollar) bid by mining company Barrick Gold Corp.

China's Minmetals ends bid for Australian miner (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT

This file illustration photo shows an open copper gold mine in Australia. China's Minmetals Resources said it would withdraw a bid for Equinox Minerals of Australia after a Canadian firm topped its offer, ending Beijing's latest move on Australia's mining sector.(AFP/Pool/File/Jacky Ghossein)AFP - China's Minmetals Resources said on Tuesday it would withdraw a bid for Equinox Minerals of Australia after a Canadian firm topped its offer, ending Beijing's latest move on Australia's mining sector.


China executes man who shot dead 4 police officers (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 03:14 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese state news agency says a man who killed four policemen in a shootout in eastern China has been executed. It was a rare case of gun violence in a country where private firearms ownership is illegal.

China raises bar for polluters in restructuring plan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 02:22 AM PDT

Reuters - China's top economic planning agency on Tuesday published a detailed list of industries that it would encourage, restrict or ban, a blueprint that could have a far-reaching impact on investment activity in China over the coming years.

Australia PM meets with China's Wen (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:30 AM PDT

Austalian Prime Minister Julia Gillard walks beside Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a review of the honour guard welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on April 26. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrived in China for talks with top leaders likely to focus on human rights and trade.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she raised a range of human rights concerns in talks Tuesday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who denied China had taken a "backward step".


American firms say Chinese protectionism rising (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:19 AM PDT

In this photo taken on April 16, 2011, Chinese workers set up a signboard showing the American flag for a shop selling cruise motorcycles in Beijing. Chinese protectionism has increased since the 2008 global crisis and U.S. companies are being hurt by Beijing's policies aimed at developing its technology industries, a business group said Tuesday, April 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Chinese protectionism has increased since the 2008 global crisis and U.S. companies are being hurt by Beijing's policies aimed at developing its technology industries, a business group said Tuesday.


China looking to public to name space station (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 11:19 PM PDT

AP - China is asking the public to help come up with a name and logo for its future space station in a sign of growing confidence in its ambitious program.

China says aid to Africa not aimed at resources (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT

AP - China slammed suggestions that its burgeoning foreign aid to Africa is driven by its interest in the impoverished continent's rich natural resources, saying Tuesday that it helps poorer countries out of solidarity.

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