2011年3月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China wants 'one-child' compensation over NZ quake (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 06:20 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese official said Monday that New Zealand should consider special compensation to parents of Chinese students killed in an earthquake last month because their loss was magnified under the country's one-child policy.

China arrests more activists for urging protests (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Police officers patrol Chang'An Avenue in front of a police van parked in front of a shopping plaza that leads to Wangfujing Street amid heightened Sunday security in Beijing. Police in China have arrested and charged more activists with subversion, rights groups say, as online calls Sunday urged Chinese to join anti-government rallies for the fourth week running.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Police in China have arrested and charged more activists with subversion, rights groups say, as online calls Sunday urged Chinese to join anti-government rallies for the fourth week running.


China says 3,001 arrested for product piracy (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, Chinese business administration officers cut fake luxury branded handbags during a mass elimination of counterfeit products in southwest China's Chongqing city. Chinese authorities have arrested 3,001 people in their latest crackdown on rampant product piracy and seized fake or counterfeit medicines, liquor, mobile phones and other goods, officials said Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTAP - Chinese authorities have arrested 3,001 people in their latest crackdown on rampant product piracy and seized fake or counterfeit medicines, liquor, mobile phones and other goods, officials said Sunday.


Chinese farmers go online to sell produce (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:40 PM PST

Farmer Wang Yulan walks across her arid plot of land as the end of winter approaches before farmers start planting their crops near Beijing. For years, Wang and her husband had to drive their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell their produce. Now, after buying a computer two years ago, they have joined a growing number of Chinese farmers selling their wares online(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - For years, Wang Yulan and her husband drove their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell broccoli, peppers, eggplants and tomatoes grown on their small plot of land.


2 Chinese dissidents freed after 10 years in jail (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:29 PM PST

AP - Two Chinese dissidents who were sentenced to 10 years in prison for getting together to talk about political reform and posting their views online have been released after completing their jail terms, their fathers said Sunday.

Young migrants changing the face of China's cities (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:00 PM PST

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric Schwartz, 2nd right, and USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg, right, a refugee camp set up for migrant workers who fleeing unrest in Libya, at the Tunisia-Libya border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Wednesday March 9, 2011. The 20,000-capacity transit camp for thousands of migrant workers who have fled the fighting in Libya in the past two weeks is about seven kilometers (four miles) from the Libyan border and is expanding with each day of crisis in Libya. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Li Biying's hands tell you she's left the farm behind.


China says Middle East should solve problems itself (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:20 PM PST

Reuters - Middle East countries should be left to themselves to resolve the problems they currently face without outside interference, a Chinese vice foreign minister said during a visit to the region.

China Everbright names 10 banks for HK float: IFR (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 06:28 PM PST

Reuters - China Everbright Bank (601818.SS) has mandated 10 banks for its planned about $6 billion Hong Kong listing, IFR reported late on Saturday.
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