2011年3月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. says sanctions possible in China copyright spat (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Reuters - China said on Friday it complied with "most measures at issue" in an international trade ruling made against its restrictions on copyright-intensive goods such as films, books and music.

Geithner will travel to China next week (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:19 PM PDT

US Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner speaks during the Access to Capital Conference on March 22, at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC. Geithner will visit China next week, joining a group of G20 officials to discuss the global monetary system, the Treasury said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is traveling to China next week for meetings with Chinese officials and to attend an international financial conference.


China battery plant poisons more than 100 villagers (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Lead emissions from a battery plant in eastern China have poisoned more than 100 villagers, including 35 children, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases in the country.

Geithner to make fast China trip next week (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:48 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks at an Access to Capital Conference entitled Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will make a one-day trip to China next week to attend a Group of 20 seminar on reform of the international monetary system, the Treasury announced on Friday.


US lawmaker denounces China activist jailing (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:37 AM PDT

In this picture taken in 2010 a human rights group protests outside the China Liaison office in Hong Kong asking for the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xianbin (pictured on placards) who was arrested on subversion charges. Senior US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday criticized China over a 10-year sentence handed to prominent democracy activist Liu Xianbin.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Senior US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday criticized China over a 10-year sentence handed to prominent democracy activist Liu Xianbin and urged his immediate release.


China activist jailed for 10 years amid crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT

A human rights group protests outside the China Liaison office, in Hong Kong in 2010, asking for the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xianbin (pictured on placard) who was arrested on subversion charges. A court in the southwestern province of Sichuan jailed Liu Xianbin, 43, for AFP - A prominent Chinese democracy activist was sentenced Friday to 10 years in jail for subversion, his wife said, amid a severe crackdown on dissidents in the wake of the Arab "Jasmine" protests.


China sentences democracy activist to 10 years (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:47 AM PDT

AP - A longtime Chinese democracy activist was sentenced Friday to a heavy penalty of 10 years in prison for advocating government change in online articles that authorities say slandered Communist Party leadership as autocratic.

China reports radiation on 2 Japanese tourists (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:09 AM PDT

AP - China said it found higher than normal levels of radiation on two Japanese tourists who arrived on Friday.

China detained Glencore trader in oil imports probe (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:53 AM PDT

Logos are seen in front of Swiss commodities trader Glencore building in Baar near Zurich January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - China's customs authorities detained a Glencore trader as part of an investigation into the potential evasion of millions of dollars in taxes on fuel imports, sources with direct knowledge of the situation said on Friday.


China battery plant poisons more than 100 villagers: report (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Lead emissions from a battery plant in eastern China have poisoned more than 100 villagers, including 35 children, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases in the country.

Over 100 villagers suffer lead poisoning in China (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:49 AM PDT

AP - A state news agency says more than 100 villagers in eastern China have been poisoned by lead emissions from a battery plant built in a residential area.

Tajik land deal extends China's reach in Central Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:47 AM PDT

Reuters - Misha, born Wang Shuai, is Chinese. His farming expertise is helping villagers in an impoverished part of southern Tajikistan to earn a living growing vegetables.

China sees strong commodities, weak dollar in 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Loose monetary policies in developed economies will place more upward pressure on global commodity prices and weigh on the dollar this year, the Chinese central bank said on Friday.

Chinese dissident gets 10 years for subversion (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:14 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese court sentenced a leading Chinese dissident to 10 years in prison for urging democratic reform of the one-party state, an unusually harsh sentence that rights campaigners say could bode ill for other detained activists.

Talks between Baidu and Chinese writers collapse (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:33 PM PDT

More than 40 writers, including top-selling author Han Han, pictured here in 2010, signed a letter branding Baidu a AFP - Negotiations to resolve a copyright dispute between search engine giant Baidu and Chinese writers have broken down with the company now facing potential court action, state media reported Friday.


SKorea will punish 10 diplomats over China scandal (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PDT

AP - South Korea says 10 former and current diplomats posted at its Shanghai consulate will be punished after an investigation found some diplomats had "inappropriate relationships" with a Chinese woman.
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