2011年2月4日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Treasury: Can't say China a forex manipulator (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:14 PM PST

Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Shanghai January 17 , 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The Obama administration declined to name China a currency manipulator on Friday, even though it said the yuan was "substantially undervalued," sparking fresh calls for legislative retaliation to try to reduce a swelling trade deficit.


China's hostile space capabilities worry US: official (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:19 PM PST

View of a star cluster in outer space. China is developing AFP - China is developing "counterspace" weapons that could shoot down satellites or jam signals, a Pentagon official said Friday as the United States unveiled a 10-year strategy for security in space.


China property taxes a stab at dousing inflation (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:10 AM PST

In this Feb. 1, 2011 photo, with newer high-rise apartments in the backdrop, a family has a lunch at a site of demolished houses in Shanghai, China.  China's latest maneuver in its war on inflation, new property taxes for two of its biggest cities, looks likely to have little impact on wider price pressures or on the flood of investment that some here fear is feeding a potentially destabilizing bubble. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China's latest maneuver in its war on inflation — new property taxes for two of its biggest cities — looks likely to have little impact on wider price pressures or on the flood of investment that some here fear is feeding a potentially destabilizing bubble.


China's drought may have serious global impact (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:52 AM PST

A Chinese farmer shows the dried vegetable seeds at his drought-striken fields in Zhouping, east China's Shandong province in January 2011.(AFP/File)AFP - Wide swathes of northern China are suffering through their worst drought in 60 years -- a dry spell that could have a serious economic impact worldwide if it continues much longer, experts say.


China stealth-jet firm eyes US contracts: report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:14 PM PST

China's new stealth fighter jet, the J-20, the country's first radar-evading combat aircraft, seen here ahead of a test run at the military airbase in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province. The maker of China's new stealth fighter plans to team up with a small California firm for what would seem like mission impossible: bidding for US defence contracts, according to a report.(AFP/Kanwa News/File)AFP - The maker of China's new stealth fighter plans to team up with a small California firm for what would seem like mission impossible: bidding for US defence contracts, according to a report.


Fireworks in Beijing kill 2 celebrating New Year (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:42 PM PST

AP - Chinese state media reports say two people have been killed and more than 220 hurt in Beijing by fireworks set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
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