2011年9月9日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


New US envoy says strong US economy good for China (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:10 AM PDT

U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke gestures as he speaks at Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Locke said Friday a stronger U.S. economy is in China's interest and he will promote trade and human rights as the new envoy in Beijing, a focal point for U.S. diplomacy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke said Friday a stronger U.S. economy is in China's interest and he will promote trade and human rights as the new envoy in Beijing, a focal point for U.S. diplomacy.


China officials told to be wary in demolitions (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:41 AM PDT

AP - China's top court wants to make it harder for local governments to knock down private homes to make way for new development following a series of cases in which people set themselves on fire to protest such seizures.

Locke calls for open trade, investment in China-U.S. relations (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:16 AM PDT

U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese National Peoples Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 18, 2011. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/PoolReuters - China and the United States should reduce trade and investment barriers to create jobs, U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke said on Friday, striking a broadly cooperative tone in his first official public address since assuming the position in August.


Auto group: China sales slow further in August (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:11 AM PDT

AP - China's auto sales rose 4 percent in August as growth in the world's biggest vehicle market cooled further, an industry group reported Friday.

8 drown, 10 students rescued as China ferry sinks (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 03:48 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese official says at least eight students drowned and up to a dozen could be missing when a ferry carrying them on a holiday trip capsized in central China.

China paper tells U.S. not to play with fire over Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 03:04 AM PDT

Reuters - China's top official newspaper warned on Friday that "madmen" on Capitol Hill who want the United States to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan were playing with fire and could pay a "disastrous price," as the Obama administration nears a decision on a sale.

Canada's Scotia buys stake in Bank of Guangzhou (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 02:39 AM PDT

AP - Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia said Friday it's buying a stake in the Bank of Guangzhou for Canadian dollars 719 million ($727 million), its second stake in a Chinese bank.

Exclusive: China c.bank withdraws 20 bln yuan from state lenders (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:49 AM PDT

Reuters - China's central bank has withdrawn at least 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) from some state-owned lenders via designated central bank bills, banking sources told Reuters on Friday.

China inflation, growth cool, heralding rate pause (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT

An egg vendor arranges eggs as she waits for her customers at a market in Beijing September 9, 2011. REUTERS/Soo Hoo ZheyangReuters - China's inflation pulled back in August from a three-year high while economic activity slowed, underlining expectations that the central bank can hold off on further tightening of monetary policy in the face of a global economic slowdown.


Chinese activist gets 9 months for protesting (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:55 AM PDT

Qi Jianxiang talks on his mobile phone while holding a copy of a verdict to his mother Wang Lihong after attending her trial at the Wenyuhe People's Court in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. The Chinese court sentenced Wang, an activist, to nine months in jail over a protest she held, in a prosecution that illustrates the authoritarian government's unease about vocal, Internet-empowered social campaigners. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - A retired businesswoman and popular online activist was sentenced to nine months in jail Friday for staging a protest on behalf of other activists in a case that shows the government's unease about vocal, Internet-empowered social campaigners.


China's inflation rate eases as economy cools (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Clothes sold at discount prices are displayed at a special floor of a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. China's consumer prices moderated in August, helped by slower increases for food, possibly giving the government scope to hold off on further tightening of monetary policies as it confronts a slowing global economy. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's inflation rate retreated from a three-year high in August as food price increases moderated, suggesting Beijing may be able to hold off on further monetary tightening as it copes with a slowing global economy.


Chinese paper warns US on arms sale to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 11:24 PM PDT

AP - China is issuing a stern warning to the U.S. over damage to relations if President Barack Obama's administration proceeds with a possible arms sale to Taiwan.

China to monitor officials traveling abroad (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:45 PM PDT

AP - China has launched a program to try to stop corrupt officials from fleeing the country by monitoring transfers of funds and reviewing applications for overseas travel, a government management body said Friday.

Popular China rights activist gets nine months' jail (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese rights activist Wang Lihong was sentenced to nine months in jail on Friday in a case that has drawn condemnation from critics who see her as a victim of the Communist Party's crackdown on Internet-spread dissent.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:47 PM PDT

Ethnic Uighur men sit in front of a television screen at a square in Kashgar, Xinjiang province August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The filthy back alleys and packed mosques of the remote far western Chinese city of Urumqi are one of the more obscure front lines in the U.S.-backed war on terror, launched after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.


Insight: Cisco suits on China rights abuses to test legal reach (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Two lawsuits by three Chinese dissidents and a human rights group accusing Cisco Systems Inc. of abetting imprisonment and torture could have far-reaching impact on how U.S. technology companies conduct business in authoritarian regimes.

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