2011年3月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Clinton says China seeks to outflank Exxon in Papua New Guinea (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:02 AM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a hearing on National Security and Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY2012 International Affairs Budget before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - China wants to elbow oil giant Exxon Mobil out of a $15 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday in an example of the new competition Beijing presents to U.S. interests.

Libya unrest tests China's interests in the Middle East (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:57 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As tens of thousands of migrant workers from a multitude of countries languish at Libya’s border with Tunisia, trapped in a humanitarian crisis trying to flee mounting violence, Chinese TV viewers are being treated to a very different sight.

Turkmenistan to boost gas deliveries to China (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:47 AM PST

AP - Energy-hungry China is set to sign an agreement with the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan later this year to boost its future annual natural gas purchases by 20 billion cubic meters, state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported Wednesday.

China warns journalists on 'Jasmine' rallies (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:40 AM PST

Chinese police surround a group of foreign journalists as security is ramped up in the Wangfujing shopping street in central Beijing in February 2011. Chinese police warned foreign journalists on Wednesday to obey restrictions on covering rallies called by an online protest campaign or face possible loss of their permission to work in China.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - Chinese police warned foreign journalists on Wednesday to obey restrictions on covering rallies called by an online protest campaign or face possible loss of their permission to work in China.

California firm to sell China-made electric cars (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:06 AM PST

AP - A startup California developer of electric cars said Wednesday its first model will be manufactured in China and go on sale in the United States this year.

China casts wide security net ahead of leadership show (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:15 AM PST

Soldiers from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) prepare to set up a roadblock on a main road on the outskirts of Beijing March 2, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China is locking down droves of people it fears could stir unrest during the annual parliament session, and Wednesday tightened media controls, worried that uprisings in the Middle East could embolden dissent.

Libya exposes risks of China's African ventures (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:07 AM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Xinhua, a local worker walks by a taxiing China Air Force's IL-76 transport aircraft arriving in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. China's Defense Ministry said Monday it had sent four military transport planes to bring home Chinese citizens trapped in strife-torn Libya. The website of the official newspaper People's Daily said the mission marked the first time China's air force has been mobilized to rescue citizens overseas. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Mohmmed Babiker) NO SALESAP - Tens of thousands of Chinese workers are scrambling to escape the chaos in Libya, highlighting the risks taken by Chinese businesses piling into unstable African countries in search of oil, gas and other resources.

Top China government advisory body to open session (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:05 AM PST

AP - China's top government advisory body is beginning its annual session amid growing concerns over housing, urban congestion and skyrocketing food prices.

Special Report: Huntsman's path to White House starts in China (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:03 AM PST

Reuters - Jon Huntsman is a savvy operator who knows how to work a crowd. But it was someone in a crowd who worked Huntsman on a bitterly cold Sunday last month when the U.S. envoy to China was seen at a small anti-government protest in Beijing.

Beijing steps up security ahead of parliament (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:24 AM PST

Chinese paramilitary police pass through Tiananmen Square in the centre of Beijing. Authorities have ramped up security in the Chinese ahead of the country's upcoming parliamentary session, and amid ongoing calls for anti-government protests, state media and rights groups said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Authorities have ramped up security in Beijing ahead of China's upcoming parliamentary session, and amid ongoing calls for anti-government protests, state media and rights groups said.

China railways scandal widens, raising criticism (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:16 AM PST

In this photo taken Thursday, May 27, 2010 and made available Wednesday, March 2, 2011, Liu Zhijun, center right, then China's railways minister, accompanied by Sun Zhengcai, center left, the party boss of Jilin Province, tours the production base for the 380A bullet train in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province. A widening probe into graft in China's powerful Railways Ministry is raising calls for the government to pull back on its multibillion-dollar investment drive into costly high-speed railways. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A widening probe into corruption in China's powerful Railways Ministry is raising questions over the scale and pace of its multibillion-dollar drive to build costly high-speed railways, though it is unlikely to derail the program.

Taiwan, China bust joint kidnapping case (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST

AP - Taiwan and China have cooperated to free a Taiwanese businessman who had been kidnapped on the mainland by a team of gangsters from both sides.

China to revamp growth model in next five years (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:47 PM PST

Pedestrians pass in front of the Shanghai skyline. China, long the bargain workshop to the world, plans in the next five years to boost wages and narrow a worrying wealth gap as it vies to head off social unrest in a new and improved economic model.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China, long the bargain workshop to the world, plans in the next five years to boost wages and narrow a worrying wealth gap as it vies to head off social unrest in a new and improved economic model.

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