2011年2月1日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Dead patient's family go on China hospital rampage (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:49 AM PST

AP - Relatives of a patient who died rampaged with knives through a Chinese hospital, seriously wounding six people and trying to throw a doctor out a window in the city of Shanghai, news reports said Tuesday.

Inflation fears as Asian manufacturing stays strong (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:48 AM PST

An Indian petrol station employee prepares to fill a vehicle with fuel in New Delhi, 2008. A survey by HSBC showed that manufacturing in China and India remained strong in January, while rising input prices have stoked fears that inflation in developing economies has not been tamed.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - Manufacturing in China and India remained strong in January, while rising input prices have stoked fears that inflation in developing economies has not been tamed, a survey by HSBC showed Tuesday.


China's Jan manufacturing eases on tighter credit (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:47 AM PST

AP - China's manufacturing boom eased further in January as authorities tightened controls on credit, though inflationary pressures continued to rise, according to data released Tuesday.

China says web 'open' despite Egypt news curbs (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 02:59 AM PST

Chinese students surf the Internet at a cybercafe in Beijing. China has said its Internet remains AFP - China said Tuesday that its Internet remained "open" despite the apparent muffling of discussion on the protests in Egypt on some popular microblogs and major web portals.


Anger over 'accidental' death of Chinese activist (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 02:28 AM PST

Chinese police stand guard in Beijing. A Chinese court has ruled that the death of a village chief crushed by a truck in December was accidental, sparking outrage from those who insist he was murdered for his campaigning over land seizures.(AFP/File/null)AFP - A Chinese court ruled Tuesday that the death of a village chief crushed by a truck in December was accidental, sparking outrage from those who insist he was murdered for his campaigning over land seizures.


GM weighs China plants, sees big Sail exports (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:47 AM PST

In a further sign of the auto industry's recovery, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler posted double digit gains in January US auto sales Tuesday.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)Reuters - General Motors, the top U.S. automaker, is considering adding new plants in China in 2011 and after, a senior executive said on Tuesday, as it moves to meet steady demand in the world's top auto market.


China convicts driver who ran over lobbying farmer (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:33 AM PST

AP - A Chinese court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a driver to jail for running over a village leader in a case that raised suspicions the victim was murdered to stop his efforts to seek compensation for seized land.

China says more work needed for peaceful Sudan (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:56 AM PST

AP - China has called an independence referendum in Southern Sudan "an important step" toward stability in the oil-rich region.

Chinese goldminer Zijin fined $4.6 mln for toxic spill (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:45 PM PST

Polluted water is being drained away near the Zijin copper mine in Shanghang, in July 2010, after pollution from the mine contaminated the Ting river, a major waterway in southeast China's Fujian province.(AFP/File)AFP - China's Zijin Mining Group said that it has been fined about $4.6 million over a toxic spill at one of its mines that wiped out local wildlife, with five unnamed defendants sentenced to jail.


China 'dungeon rapist' sentenced to death (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:15 PM PST

A Chinese policeman is pictured taking aim from atop an armoured police vehicle. A court in central China has sentenced to death a 40-year-old man who kidnapped two teenage girls, beating and raping them for months while they were held in an underground cell, according to state media.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - A court in central China has sentenced to death a 40-year-old man who kidnapped two teenage girls, beating and raping them for months while they were held in an underground cell, according to state media.


Hu Jintao Meets with Obama: U.S.-China Relations from 1979 to Today (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:50 PM PST

Time.com - So much has changed since the first state visit by a Chinese leader to Washington, in 1979. Why a radical reboot of the time-honored U.S.-China script is clearly needed
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