2011年1月8日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


US defense chief: China moving fast on new weapons (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2010, file photo U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates gestures as he walks past, from left, India's Defense Minister Shri AK Antony, China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie, Cambodia's Defense Minister Tea Banh and Brunei's Deputy Defense Minister Mustappa Sirat on occasion of the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers Meeting Plus in Hanoi, Vietnam.  After a rocky year for U.S.-Chinese relations and in hopes of strengthening relations with the rising military power and global competitor Gates is set to depart Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, on an Asia trip to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao a week ahead of Hu's planned state visit to Washington.  (AP Photo/Kham, Pool, File)AP - China is farther along in its development of a new stealth fighter jet than the U.S. had predicted, and that plane and other Chinese military advances are worrisome, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.


US concerned over China's new weapons: Gates (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:35 PM PST

US. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) listens to questions from the press as his press secretary Geoff Morrell points to a reporter onboard a military aircraft enroute to China. Gates on Saturday voiced concern over China's latest hi-tech weaponry and called for improving uneasy military relations with Beijing to help defuse tensions.(AFP/POOL/Larry Downing)AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday voiced concern over China's latest hi-tech weaponry and called for improving uneasy military relations with Beijing to help defuse tensions.


U.S. will respond to Chinese military advances: Gates (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:34 PM PST

Reuters - The United States will enhance its own capabilities in response to China's growing military muscle, Defense chief Robert Gates said on Saturday, as he to flew to Beijing for talks with China's political and military leaders.

Rise in abortions in China, young women targeted (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 07:48 AM PST

This photo taken Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 shows an image of a three-month-old fetus during a sonogram scan for 'Nancy' Yin at a clinic run by Marie Stopes International in Xi'an in central China's Shaanxi province. While comprehensive data are hard to come by, official figures show abortions are increasing, and Chinese media and experts say many if not most of the abortion-seekers are young, single women. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The leaf-strewn median on Eternal Peace Road hides a grim secret: Numerous tiny fetuses lie in unmarked graves dug by women from the abortion clinic across the street.


China GDP grew about 10 percent in 2010 - Vice Premier (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:49 PM PST

Reuters - China's economy grew by around 10 percent in 2010, with retail sales up 18.5 percent, showing that it is now relying more on domestic consumption, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks published on Saturday.

Shanghai overtakes Singapore as world's busiest port (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:17 PM PST

View of a part of the Yangshan deep water port, located in Hangzhou Bay, south east of Shanghai. Shanghai says it overtook Singapore for the first time in 2010 to become the world's busiest container port, as the global economic recovery boosted cargo traffic through China's business centre.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Shanghai said it overtook Singapore for the first time in 2010 to become the world's busiest container port, as the global economic recovery boosted cargo traffic through China's business centre.


Volkswagen says China sales hit record in 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:26 PM PST

German automaker Volkswagen said its sales in China, the world's biggest vehicle market, soared 37 percent year-on-year in 2010 to an annual record of more than 1.9 million cars. In a statement on Friday Volkswagen Group China said it would invest 10.6 bln euros ($13.7 bln) from 2011 to 2015 to maintain and reinforce its position in the country.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - German automaker Volkswagen said its sales in China, the world's biggest vehicle market, soared 37 percent year-on-year in 2010 to an annual record of more than 1.9 million cars.


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