2011年5月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Apple probes blast at Chinese plant linked to iPad (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Apple Inc is investigating an explosion that killed two people and injured 16 at a Foxconn factory said to produce the popular iPad 2.

China's McDonald's Will Give You a Discount, Just for Being Male (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Tired of paying a cover charge and not getting a break? Chinese McDonald's restaurants are taking pity and introducing a "man-only discount" for those with the Y chromosome

China needs Doha round conclusion: Chinese official (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 12:44 PM PDT

APEC trade ministers pose for a family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Big Sky, Montana May 19, 2011. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - China is committed to the successful conclusion of the long-running Doha round world trade talks, a Chinese official said Friday, brushing off a suggestion that China's reluctance to further open its markets was an impediment to closing the deal.


2 killed in explosion at China electronics plant (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 11:05 AM PDT

AP - Chinese media reports say two people have died following an explosion at a factory in southwestern China belonging to electronics maker Foxconn Technology Group.

China says detained artist Ai Weiwei's company evaded taxes (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 08:28 AM PDT

A demonstrator holds placards outside the opening of an outdoor sculpture exhibition titled Reuters - Chinese police said a company controlled by artist Ai Weiwei had evaded a "huge amount" of taxes, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, the first indication of the "economic crimes" behind his detention, which has triggered an international outcry. Ai's sister, Gao Ge, said his family had not been officially notified of the tax accusations, which she said were another unfounded effort by the police to justify holding Ai.


China police allege Ai Weiwei firm evaded tax (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Artists Cornelia Parker (left), and Anish Kapoor (right), with Times newspaper art commissioning editor Nancy Durrant (centre), deliver a petition to Downing Street on Wednesday calling for the release of Ai WeiWei. Police in Beijing say a firm controlled by Ai Weiwei evaded AFP - Police in Beijing on Friday alleged a firm controlled by Ai Weiwei had evaded "a huge amount" of tax, state media said, as authorities appeared to ramp up their case against the detained artist.


China alleges huge tax evasion by artist Ai Weiwei (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 07:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, artist Ai Weiwei arrives at the Wenyuhe court to support fellow artist Wu Yuren during his trial in Beijing. China alleged Friday, May 20, 2011 Ai's company evaded a huge amount of tax in the government's clearest disclosure yet about its investigation of the activist detained more than six weeks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - A company China says is controlled by artist Ai Weiwei was accused Friday of massive tax evasion in the government's clearest disclosure yet about its investigation of the activist detained more than six weeks.


China to speed up delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 06:21 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) speaks to China's Premier Wen Jiabao after a singing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 18, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - China has agreed to speed up the delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan, a Pakistani government minister confirmed on Friday, as Islamabad tries to deepen ties with Beijing as an alternative to increasingly fragile relations with the United States.


NKorean leader Kim Jong Il in China, reports say (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 06:02 AM PDT

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who rarely travels abroad, made an unusual third trip in just over a year Friday to his country's main ally and benefactor, China, news agencies reported.

China's Hu salutes Pakistan PM as 'old friend' (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:46 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (left) meets China's President Hu Jintao (R) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. Gilani met Hu at the end of a visit full of praise for ties with Beijing, amid a crisis with the US over Osama bin Laden's killing.(AFP/Jason Lee)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday saluted Pakistan's prime minister as an "old friend" of Beijing, extending more warm words to Islamabad as it faces US pressure after Osama bin Laden's killing.


Pakistan minister: China providing 50 fighter jets (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:45 AM PDT

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is shown the way by Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, May 20, 2011. China has agreed to provide Pakistan with 50 additional fighter jets in a deal clinched during Gilani's trip to Beijing, a Pakistani air force official said Friday. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)AP - China has agreed to provide Pakistan with 50 more fighter jets in a deal clinched during Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's trip to Beijing, Pakistani defense officials said Friday.


NYSE working with Shanghai on international board (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:53 AM PDT

A beam of light falls on Chinese 100 yuan banknotes in this photo illustration taken in Beijing in this March 12, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/FilesReuters - The New York Stock Exchange is working with China to launch the country's international board that will allow foreign firms to list on the mainland, in a move seen as a crucial step in developing its capital markets.


China strengthens grip over rare earths market (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:28 PM PDT

A front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province. China has further tightened its grip on the rare earths market, raising taxes on the minerals vital to high-tech industry and banning new projects to produce the metals via separation.(AFP/File)AFP - China has further tightened its grip on the rare earths market, raising taxes on the minerals vital to high-tech industry and banning new projects to produce the metals via separation.


Taiwanese general indicted for China spying (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:55 PM PDT

AP - Military prosecutors in Taiwan say they have indicted a major general on charges of providing military secrets to China.

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