2011年11月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Parents had safety fears for jammed China bus (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST

A young survivor of a fatal collision between a school bus and a coal truck recovers at Qingyang People's Hospital in Qingyang City, in northwestern China's Gansu province Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. An overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in rural western China on Wednesday, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Every time the dozens of kindergartners crammed into their makeshift bus for school in rural China, their relatives worried for their safety. Those fears were confirmed this week in a horrific wreck that killed 19 students.

House panel votes for F-16s for Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:03 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. House committee on Thursday voted to require President Barack Obama to sell 66 new F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan in addition to a $5.3 billion upgrade of its existing fleet he approved in September.

Beijing is wary of Obama's assertive China policy (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 07:03 AM PST

AP - While Beijing's public response to President Barack Obama's more muscular China policy has been muted, behind the scenes the U.S. president's sudden moves to contest rising Chinese power are setting the capital on edge.

Chinese craft returns from space docking mission (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:24 AM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a technician inspects the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou 8 spacecraft which lies on its side with its hatch opened at a landing site located in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. The unmanned Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Thursday night after it docked twice with an orbiting module in preparation for the country launching its own space station. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang) NO SALESAP - An unmanned Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Thursday night after it docked twice with an orbiting module in preparation for the country launching its own space station.

China spacecraft returns to Earth after docking test (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:10 AM PST

Reuters - An unmanned Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth successfully on Thursday after more than two weeks in orbit, marking a pivotal moment for the rising power's plans to secure a long-term manned foothold in space.

China 'highly concerned' about crisis in Syria (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:33 AM PST

AP - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman says Beijing is highly concerned about the situation in Syria and has urged an end to the violence there.

China plays down risks of rift over U.S. push (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:25 AM PST

Reuters - China need not be ruffled by the Obama administration's latest diplomatic offensive across Asia, and Beijing and Washington remain committed to steady ties, a Chinese official and state newspaper said on Thursday, playing down risks of a rift.

Ai Weiwei makes tax battle a 'social performance' (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:51 PM PST

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opens his jacket to reveal a shirt bearing his portrait as he walks into the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau, China, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Ai went to the local tax bureau to fill in paperwork for a $1.3 million guarantee, and told reporters he feels like he was paying a ransom. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Dissident artist Ai Weiwei's latest provocative piece was handed to him by the Chinese government: a $2.4 million tax bill that he says is a trumped-up effort to silence him.

Police say man set himself on fire in Tiananmen (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 08:59 PM PST

AP - Police in Beijing confirmed Thursday that a man set himself on fire last month over a court dispute in a rare case of such protest in Tiananmen Square, the politically sensitive center of China's capital.

China's yuan could challenge dollar: commission (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 07:56 PM PST

Reuters - China's economy is moving up the value chain and its currency could "mount a challenge" to the U.S. dollar in five to ten years, a congressionally created commission reported on Wednesday.

U.S. commander cannot pin down satellite anomaly (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 06:12 PM PST

Reuters - The command responsible for U.S. military space operations lacks enough data to determine who interfered with two U.S. government satellites, anomalies behind perhaps the most explosive charge in a report on China sent to Congress on Wednesday.

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