2011年3月9日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Obama chooses Gary Locke as new ambassador to China (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:19 PM PST

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke speaks during a session on Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he had chosen Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, replacing Jon Huntsman, a Republican who is mulling a run for the presidency.

Australia's Gillard to US: Don't fear China's rise (AFP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:15 AM PST

AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday urged Americans downcast by their woeful economy to embrace, not fear, China's explosive growth while pressing Beijing to be "a good global citizen."

Hidayat's All-England badminton jinx continues (AFP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:27 PM PST

AFP - Taufik Hidayat, the former Olympic and world champion from Indonesia, became the All-England Open's first major casualty when he lost an engrossing late night tussle to unheralded Japanese player Kazushi Yamada on Wednesday.

Chairman of China appliance giant GOME resigns (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:56 AM PST

AFP/File - Chinese electrical appliance giant GOME said chairman Chen Xiao had resigned with effect from Thursday, five months after he survived a bid to oust him in a bitter feud with the firm's jailed founder.

Gillard tells US not to fear China's economic rise (AFP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PST

AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday told Americans downcast by their woeful economy not to fear China's giddy rise but stay "clear-eyed" about their differences with the Asian titan.

China promises millions of low-cost homes (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:12 AM PST

In this file picture taken March 2, 2011, a security guard stands at an entrance during a government organized trip to visit low-income housing projects in Beijing. China's government will spend nearly US$200 billion this year to build 10 million low-cost homes, a Cabinet official said Wednesday, March 9, 2011 amid efforts to spread the benefits of economic growth to the poor and rein in surging housing prices. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's government will spend nearly $200 billion this year to build 10 million low-cost homes, a Cabinet official said Wednesday, amid efforts to spread the benefits of economic growth to the poor and rein in surging housing prices.

China's Feb auto sales slow, hit by holiday (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, a man talks on his mobile phone as he walks past the cars displayed for sale at an auto market in Beijing. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers reported Wednesday March 9, 2011, that sales of all vehicles fell 33 percent from the month before in February, to 1.27 million units, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - China's voracious demand for cars eased in February, as surging gasoline prices, the end of government subsidies and a major holiday took a toll on the world's biggest auto market.

SKorea probes diplomatic documents-for-sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:16 AM PST

A South Korean woman reads a newspaper with photos showing a Chinese woman named Deng Xinming poses with South Korean diplomats, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. South Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan has offered a public apology over an alleged sex scandal involving several diplomats and the Chinese mistress. The headline read, 'South Korean Diplomacy fell a prey to the lust.' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea is investigating several diplomats accused of trading government documents for sex with a Chinese woman while posted at the country's consulate in Shanghai, officials said Wednesday.

China promises to improve public hospitals (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:36 AM PST

In this picture taken Tuesday March 8, 2011, a Chinese woman leaves a community clinic in downtown Beijing, China. Eight million more Chinese will be covered by the urban basic health insurance in 2011, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - Top Chinese officials promised Wednesday to improve public hospitals and cut their dependence on drug sales for income — a major driver of high health care costs.

China legislator urges shark fin ban (AFP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PST

File photo shows dead sharks in East Java, hunted for their fins and sold mostly to China for shark fin soup. A member of China's parliament has proposed a ban on the trade in shark fins, state press said Wednesday -- a move that would likely face huge opposition from the nation's culinary traditionalists.(AFP/File/Aman Rahman)AFP - A member of China's parliament has proposed a ban on the trade in shark fins, state press said Wednesday -- a move that would likely face huge opposition from the nation's culinary traditionalists.

China says will invest $200bln in low-cost housing (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:25 PM PST

Labours are seen at work on a construction site in eastern China's Anhui province. The country will invest around $200 billion this year in affordable housing, a senior official has said, as Beijing struggles to address mounting public concern over runaway property prices.(AFP/File)AFP - China will invest around $200 billion this year in affordable housing, a senior official has said, as Beijing struggles to address mounting public concern over runaway property prices.

Chinese voices find outlet in microblogs (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:09 PM PST

Chinese professor Yu Jianrong's Twitter-like microblog account has emerged as an avenue for public expression. Yu has spent years advocating the rights of China's rural poor and denouncing lawless officials, but five months ago he took a step that expanded the reach of that campaign exponentially.(AFP/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - Yu Jianrong has spent years advocating the rights of China's rural poor and denouncing lawless officials, but five months ago he took a step that expanded the reach of that campaign exponentially.

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