2011年3月6日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China richest man says work key to easing poverty (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:02 PM PST

The chairman of the Wahaha Group, Zong Qinghou, makes a point during a press conference in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, in 2007. China's richest man Sunday rejected criticism that the rich have done little to help the country's millions of poor and said hard work was the key to lifting themselves out of poverty.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China's richest man Sunday rejected criticism that the rich have done little to help the country's millions of poor and said hard work was the key to lifting themselves out of poverty.


China promises sweeping economic change (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PST

AP - China's government is promising an economic overhaul that would raise the status of consumers and entrepreneurs but has given no sign how it will tackle its politically volatile reforms.

Tibet leader says separatism still a threat (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PST

AP - Three years after the suppression of major anti-government protests, Tibet continues to face serious challenges from separatism, the top Chinese government official in the Himalayan region said Sunday.

Beijing tightens controls over foreign media (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 07:31 AM PST

A Chinese policeman checks the identity of a foreign journalist, right, near the Xidan shopping district, one of two sites designated on an Internet call for protest in Beijing Sunday, March 6, 2011. Beijing is increasing its controls on foreign journalists amid calls on the Internet for anti-government protests styled on those rocking the Middle East and North Africa. (AP Photo)AP - China's capital further tightened restrictions on reporting by foreign journalists on Sunday, the latest sign of the government's determination to prevent the formation of a Middle East-style protest movement.


China inflation 'likely to have eased' in February (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:20 AM PST

A child sits in a shopping trolley at a supermarket in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province on Saturday. A top Chinese official says inflation is likely to have slowed in February, just a day after Premier Wen Jiabao said reining in prices is the government's top priority this year.(AFP/Str)AFP - A top Chinese official said Sunday inflation is likely to have slowed in February, just a day after Premier Wen Jiabao said reining in prices is the government's top priority this year.


Chinese state media slams calls for protests (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:01 AM PST

Police keep watch along the Wanfujing shopping street in Beijing after protesters gathered on February 20, 2011. China's state media stepped up its criticism of recent calls for anti-government rallies Sunday, saying stability was key amid concern unrest sweeping the Middle East could spread to the Asian nation.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China's state media stepped up its criticism of calls for anti-government rallies on Sunday, saying stability is key amid concern that unrest sweeping the Middle East could spread to the Asian nation.


Beijing says "jasmine protest" calls doomed to fail (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 02:09 AM PST

Policemen and security personnel stand guard in front of a sign that reads Reuters - Calls for "Jasmine Revolution" protests in Beijing are doomed to fail as people want peace and stability and government policies are popular, a spokeswoman for the city's government said on Sunday.


China's huge labour pool shows signs of drying up (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 09:28 PM PST

File photo shows job seekers looking for work opportunities in newspapers at a job fair in Beijing. China's vast worker pool, which has powered the explosive growth of its labour-intensive exports over the past decade, is tightening up, analysts say.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - As one of the more than 200 million people in China's huge migrant workforce, Lu Jun has had to hustle for jobs his entire life, but suddenly he finds he has more choices and bargaining power than ever.


Graft: a major problem for China's leaders (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 06:49 PM PST

Villas built on re-zoned farmland by a power company in Yucheng, a rural poverty-stricken county in north China's Henan province. Using funds from illegally charging higher fees for electricity, the state-owned company built the luxury villas and sold them to their own managers and staff at the average price of US$60 per square meter.(AFP/File)AFP - The political demise of Li Fengchen bizarrely began after he busted more than 30 officials who had purchased jobs in the eastern China county he ruled.


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