2011年10月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Top Republican: bill on China yuan "dangerous" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. bill to pressure China into letting its currency rise in value, which has drawn warnings from Beijing of a possible trade war, ran into opposition from the top Republican in Congress on Tuesday.

U.S. says mulling further Taiwan arms sales (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration is weighing fresh arms sales to Taiwan as part of a sweeping effort to deter any Chinese attack on the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own, administration officials told Congress on Tuesday.

US lawmaker slams China for cyber spying (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:47 PM PDT

AP - The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday accused China of waging an unprecedented campaign of cyber espionage aimed at stealing some of the most important U.S. industrial secrets.

Boehner dismisses move to punish China on currency (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:38 PM PDT

From left to right, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., face reporters following a vote that clears the way for debate on a bill that would impose tariffs on Chinese imports as a penalty for currency manipulation Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday dismissed a Senate bill that could punish China for undervaluing its currency, saying it was "pretty dangerous" for Congress to tell another country how to run its monetary policy.


Dalai Lama cancels highly charged South Africa trip (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama (L) listens to Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks as they both take part in a dialogue on youth and spiritual connection as part of a five-day event to teach compassion to children in Seattle, Washington, April 15, 2008. REUTERS/Robert SorboReuters - The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, canceled a trip to South Africa planned for this week that had put Pretoria in a bind between its biggest trading partner China and one of its modern heroes, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.


China currency bill "dangerous": Boehner (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:52 AM PDT

Reuters - Legislation designed to press China to let its currency rise in value that cleared a Senate hurdle this week is a "dangerous" overreach by Congress, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday.

Analysis: China seeks profit, shuns politics, in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:10 AM PDT

Reuters - The Chinese passengers boarding the weekly Ariana Flight 332 from the remote western city of Urumqi to Kabul speak volumes about ties between a rising China, the world's number two economy, and its desperately poor and unstable neighbor, Afghanistan.

Insight: China's foreign lawyers argue case from the gallery (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Ten years after lawyers helped forge an agreement to bring China into the World Trade Organization (WTO), a step that created opportunities for scores of non-Chinese businesses, foreign attorneys in the country wish they had struck a better deal for themselves.

Insight: Gucci, Tiffany target Chinese banks (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT

Staff members of the Gucci flagship store in Shanghai walk around the store on its opening day June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Two Western luxury-goods giants are taking a controversial tack in the fight on Chinese knockoffs, by targeting the U.S. branches of major Chinese banks that allegedly do business with the pirates.


China coal mine blast kills at least 13 workers (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:05 AM PDT

AP - Chinese state media say an explosion in a coal mine has killed at least 13 workers.

China: US currency bill would have repercussions (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:41 AM PDT

AP - China stepped up its criticism Tuesday of a proposed U.S. law to punish countries with artificially low currencies, saying there would be serious repercussions for the world's two biggest economies if it is passed.

Brothers visit jailed Nobel winner in China (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:16 AM PDT

AP - The brothers of a jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner said Tuesday that they were recently allowed a rare visit to see him and that he was in good health.

Analysis: Myanmar dam suspension tests vital China ties (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Reuters - The surprise decision by Myanmar's new civilian government to suspend a controversial, Chinese-backed dam is straining relations between the erstwhile allies, but neither is likely to risk lasting damage.

Senate bill punishes China over undervalued money (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:01 PM PDT

AP - The Senate on Monday weighed whether to punish China for undervaluing its currency and taking away American jobs. At issue is whether legislation would boost the American economy, as its supporters argue, or initiate a damaging trade war with a major partner.

Analysis: China to keep Pakistan embrace at arm's length (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan, facing a crisis with the United States, has leaned closely to longtime partner China, offering its "all-weather friendship" with Beijing as an alternative to Washington.

Tibetan rights group says monk set himself on fire (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:24 PM PDT

AP - Another monk has set himself on fire to protest against China's tight grip over Buddhist practices in Tibet, an activist group said.

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