2011年2月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. presses China to honor trade promises (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:02 PM PST

Reuters - Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Wednesday criticized China for failing to honor promises to open its market and said the United States would be pressing Beijing for better results in 2011.

China trade behavior "has to change": Commerce Secretary Locke (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST

Reuters - Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Wednesday criticized China for failing to honor past promises to open its market and said the United States would be pressing Beijing for better results in 2011.

China restricts reports on Egypt protests (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:01 AM PST

A Chinese paramilitary policeman, right, waves to a photographer to stop taking pictures at the Egyptian embassy in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. China's state media is painting the protests in Egypt as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy instead of overthrowing a longtime dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The protests in Egypt are about free elections and overthrowing a longtime dictator? Not according to China's state media, which is painting them as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy.


China to raise interest rates within month: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:55 AM PST

Reuters - China will likely raise interest rates again within the month, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a forecast of economists and bankers with knowledge of the thinking of Chinese policymakers.

China's railways world leader, except in service (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST

In this Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 photo, passengers line up to buy train tickets sold in advance at a temporary advance ticket sale windows for the Chinese new year at the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China. China's 91,000 kilometers (56,400 miles) of railways are the world's longest and, in some cases, the fastest. The country's drive to develop high-speed rail technology rivals its space program in terms of national pride and importance. But the annual scrum for tickets home for the year's major festival — the world's biggest annual migration involving 230 million people — highlights the wide gap between showcase Chinese infrastructure and the often abysmal services available to the public. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Fed up after waiting in vain to get train tickets home for the lunar new year, migrant worker Chen Weiwei became China's latest Internet sensation, standing unclothed except for his gray jockey shorts and socks, after he stripped and shouted in protest.


64,500 evacuated after China quake: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:29 PM PST

Local children are seen here in a rural area of southwest China's Yunnan province. Chinese authorities have evacuated 64,500 people from their homes in Yunnan following a quake that damaged hundreds of houses, according to state media.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese authorities have evacuated 64,500 people from their homes in a remote region of the country's southwest following a quake that damaged hundreds of houses, according to state media.


Wary China avoids comment on calls for reform in Egypt (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:50 PM PST

Reuters - China's tightly controlled state-run media has largely avoided commenting on the turmoil sweeping Egypt, wary that calls for political reform in the Arab world's most populous nation could ripple into China.

Small China quake forces evacuation of 65,000 people (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:02 PM PST

Reuters - A small earthquake in southwestern China has forced the evacuation of 64,500 people after damaging hundreds of homes, state media said on Wednesday.
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