2011年2月27日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Reporter assaulted at China rally site: Bloomberg (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST

Police surround a group of foreign journalists as security is ramped up in Beijing's Wangfujing shopping area in a bid to thwart a web-based call for public rallies. Bloomberg News has said that one of its journalists was assaulted as Chinese security personnel staged an aggressive clampdown in the capital at the weekend.(AFP/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - Bloomberg News said on Monday that one of its journalists was assaulted as Chinese security personnel staged an aggressive clampdown in Beijing at the weekend to thwart a call for public rallies.

China uses whistles, water, police on protests (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:53 PM PST

Chinese policemen man at a road junction near the shopping street of Wangfujing in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Large numbers of police and the use of new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaners are squelching any overt protests in China after calls for more peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Large numbers of police — and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks — squelched overt protests in China for a second Sunday in a row after more calls came for peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East.

China lowers its economic growth target a tad (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:19 PM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, prepares to hold an online chat with Internet users at two state news portals in Beijing, on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Pang Xinglei) NO SALESAP - China is slightly lowering its annual economic growth target, to 7 percent from 8 percent, the premier said Sunday, in a move that signals a shift in government priorities to put the breakneck economy on a more sustainable footing.

China protest call smothered in police blanket (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 04:43 AM PST

Police disperse a crowd after calls for a Reuters - An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of unrest that has shaken the Middle East.

China's Wen vows action, police smother 'rallies' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:56 AM PST

Chinese police surround a group of foreign journalists at the entrance to Beijing's Wangfujing shopping street, a protest site named by mysterious online rally organisers. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to tackle a range of hot-button public concerns, while the call for rallies for greater political openness has has fizzled in major cities.(AFP/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged on Sunday to tackle a range of hot-button public concerns as an online call for rallies across the country to pressure the government fizzled in major cities.

China's Wen puts social stability at heart of economy (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:47 AM PST

Reuters - Fighting inflation is a priority for China and the government must ward off threats to social stability stemming from rapid price increases and pressure to raise the value of the yuan, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.

China targets 7% growth, to rein in inflation: Wen (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 09:36 PM PST

People protest outside Nanyuna police station in Beijing in December 2010, after a Chinese migrant worker was stabbed to death while helping a friend request back pay from his employer. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to tackle a range of hot-button public concerns, while an online call for rallies across the country has fizzled in major cities.(AFP/File)AFP - Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday said China had set a lower than usual economic growth target and pledged to contain soaring prices as concern over runaway growth mounts.

China rail firms look abroad for expansion (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:10 PM PST

A high-speed train departs a railway station in Beijing. China already has 8,300 kilometres (5,150 miles) of high-speed rail and from next year will boast more than half of the world's fast tracks.(AFP/Gou Yige)AFP - China's rail and train builders, who gained valuable experience at home in projects with Western heavyweights, are now competing with them for global contracts, but analysts say a lack of international savvy could clip their ambitions.

China Premier Wen pledges to contain prices (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST

A vendor hands vegetables to a customer at a food market in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to contain soaring inflation in a web chat on Sunday with Internet users that appeared timed to defuse an online call for demonstrations in 13 cities.(AFP)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to contain soaring inflation in a web chat on Sunday that appeared timed to defuse an online call for demonstrations in 13 cities.

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