2011年3月1日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's Most Secret Weapon: The Messenger Pigeon (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:10 PM PST

Time.com - Though the world's attention has recently been focused on the unveiling of China's first ever stealth fighter jet, the Chinese militaryhas been busy investing in another type of furtive flyer -- the humble messenger pigeon

White House warns China on reporter harassment (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:28 AM PST

The United States on Tuesday warned China it was not acceptable for foreign journalists to be detained or harassed in Beijing after Bloomberg News said one of its reporters was assaulted by police.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - The United States on Tuesday warned China it was not acceptable for foreign journalists to be detained or harassed in Beijing after Bloomberg News said one of its reporters was assaulted by police.


China tightens media controls amid protest calls (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PST

A Chinese security guard stands on duty in an area that is now off limits to foreign journalists working in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 1, 2011.  China appears to be rolling back some press freedoms it introduced ahead of the 2008 Olympics, barring foreign journalists from working near a popular Shanghai park and along a major Beijing shopping street after calls for weekly protests in those spots appeared online. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China appears to be tightening restrictions on international media again, barring foreign journalists from working near a popular Shanghai park and along a major Beijing shopping street after calls for protests in those spots appeared online.


China blames foreign media for police fracas (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:51 AM PST

Reuters - The Chinese government blamed foreign reporters on Tuesday for a weekend ruckus with police who tried to prevent them covering a planned protest in Beijing, as rights groups slammed China for curtailing press freedoms.

China says media must 'cooperate' after clampdown (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:19 AM PST

China said Tuesday that journalists must AFP - China on Tuesday told journalists they must "cooperate" with police and respect the country's laws, after several foreign reporters were roughed up in a crackdown on calls for anti-government rallies.


China caps emissions for rare earth miners (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:52 AM PST

Rare earths are loaded onto a ship at a port in eastern China's Jiangsu province. The country has tightened its grip over the mineral industry by setting tough pollution limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable to many high-tech products.(AFP/File)AFP - China has tightened its grip over the rare earths industry by setting tough emission limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable in making many high-tech products.


Revamped China history museum skips taboo subjects (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:40 AM PST

A man stands in front of a sculpture featuring the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 at the China National Museum in Beijng. China has reopened its main history museum after a three-year facelift, but exhibits in the sprawling facility skip over some of the country's most momentous -- and sensitive -- events.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - China reopened its main history museum on Tuesday after a three-year facelift, but exhibits in the sprawling facility skip over some of the country's most momentous -- and sensitive -- events.


US group: Inflation biggest concern in S China (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:48 AM PST

AP - Inflation is one of the biggest concerns for foreign companies operating in booming southern China, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by a major U.S. business group.

Chinese manufacturing slows in February (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:23 PM PST

Workers assemble a bus on a production line in Beijing. Manufacturing activity in China fell to a seven-month low in February as overseas orders weakened, but rising cost pressures added to inflationary concerns, an independent survey showed Tuesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Manufacturing activity in China fell to a seven-month low in February as overseas orders weakened, but rising cost pressures added to inflationary concerns, an independent survey showed Tuesday.


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

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:48 PM PST

In this photo taken Jan. 25, 2011, Chinese women work at a underwear garment factory in Dongguan in southern China's Guangdong province.  China's manufacturing boom slowed further in February as authorities tightened controls on credit to cool inflation and factories eased output, especially of food and textiles. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - China's manufacturing boom slowed to a six-month low in February as authorities tightened controls on credit to cool inflation and factories eased output, especially of food and textiles.


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