2011年1月23日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Congo arrests Chinese ivory poacher (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:53 PM PST

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers display ivory seized from poachers in 2009. Officials in Congo were on Sunday holding a Chinese national as he tried to smuggle 10 kilos (22 pounds) of ivory -- including five large elephant tusks -- out of Congo, a wildlife group said.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - Officials in Congo were on Sunday holding a Chinese national as he tried to smuggle 10 kilos (22 pounds) of ivory -- including five large elephant tusks -- out of Congo, a wildlife group said.


China's new stealth fighter may use US technology (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:15 AM PST

FILE - In this March 28, 1999 file photo, Yugoslav army experts check the wreckage of a downed American F-117 aircraft, in the village of Budjanovci, 45 km (30 miles) northwest of Belgrade. Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter - and some of the technology it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself - in the form of a U.S. jet that was shot down over Serbia in 1999. (AP Photo/Vladimir Dimitrijevic Tanjug)AP - Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.


China still faces uphill battle to ease US worries (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:53 AM PST

Supporters of Chinese President Hu Jintao are seen here waiting outside the Hilton Hotel hoping to get a glimpse of him in Chicago, Illinois. Hu was attending a mayoral dinner in his honor at the hotel to mark the beginning of a two-day visit to the city.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has emerged from a state visit to the United States unscathed, but experts warn that a rising Beijing still faces an uphill battle easing US concerns.


China banking giant confirms US plans (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:52 AM PST

Headquarters of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), pictured in Beijing. ICBC, the world's largest by market value, will pay 140 million dollars to buy a majority stake in the US subsidiary of Bank of East Asia, allowing it to enter the US retail banking market.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese bank ICBC confirmed on Sunday it will pay 140 million dollars to buy a majority stake in the US subsidiary of Bank of East Asia, allowing it to enter the US retail banking market.


China praises Hu's trip to US as 'fruitful' (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST

Jane Lu, left, director of the Confucious Institute in Chicago, gives a tour of the Institute classroom to Chinese President Hu Jintao, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at Walter Payton College Preparatory School, in Chicago, as Chicago Mayor Richard Daley looks on. (AP Photo/Chris Walker, Pool)AP - President Hu Jintao's recently concluded state visit to the United States was "fruitful" but the two countries need to work on increasing trust and communication, China's foreign minister said in comments published Sunday.


China economy to grow 9.8% in 2011: think tank (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:15 AM PST

A shopper checks vegetable prices at a supermarket in Hefei, eastern China. A Chinese government think tank has forecast the nation's economy will grow around 9.8 percent this year, with inflation likely to come in at 3.7 percent, state media reported Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese government think tank has forecast the nation's economy will grow around 9.8 percent this year, with inflation likely to come in at 3.7 percent, state media reported Sunday.


China to expand property controls: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:12 PM PST

People queue to join a waiting list for new apartments in Qingdao, eastern China. The country is to expand its limits on property purchases to second and third-tier cities, a report has said, as it steps up efforts to cool its real estate market.(AFP/File)AFP - China is to expand its limits on property purchases to second and third-tier cities, a report said Sunday, as it steps up efforts to cool its real estate market.


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