2011年3月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China dismisses UN calls to release rights lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Geng He, the wife of Chinese dissident Gao Zhisheng participates in a press conference in January 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Beijing on Tuesday dismissed calls by a United Nations human rights agency to free prominent rights lawyer Gao, saying the body should respect China's judicial sovereignty.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - Beijing on Tuesday dismissed calls by a United Nations human rights agency to free prominent rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, saying the body should respect China's judicial sovereignty.


China's Ai Weiwei plans studio abroad (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:51 AM PDT

This picture from January shows Chinese artist Ai Weiwei holding a piece of debris of his newly built Shanghai studio after it was demolished. The controversial Chinese artist says he plans to set up a studio in Germany to showcase his work after facing huge hurdles in exhibiting art in his home country.(AFP/Coca Dai)AFP - Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said Tuesday he plans to set up a studio in Germany to showcase his work after facing huge hurdles in exhibiting art in his home country.


Filipinos pray for miracle to save trio in China (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:26 AM PDT

Mirasol Delfinado (right) sister of Sally Villanueva, one of the three Filipinos scheduled to be executed in China for drug trafficking, dresses her son at the Villanueva residence in Manila. Special masses were held in the Philippines as many in the Catholic country prayed for a AFP - Special masses were held in the Philippines Tuesday as many in the Catholic country prayed for a "miracle" to save three Filipinos scheduled to be executed in China.


China bank regulator warns of property bubble risks (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:25 AM PDT

Reuters - Risks that could lead to a property bubble are still building up in China, and more action is needed to cool speculative fervor, the country's banking regulator said on Tuesday.

Missing Australian writer feared detained in China (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:03 AM PDT

AP - Australia has asked China for information on a Chinese-born Australian writer who disappeared in the country, the government said Tuesday as a friend claimed Yang Hengjun had been detained in Beijing's ongoing crackdown on political expression.

Power group: China lowering nuclear target (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:38 AM PDT

AP - China is likely to scale back its ambitious plans to construct nuclear power plants under a new policy that stresses safety instead of rapid development, an industry official said in comments reported Tuesday by state media.

China charges two amid "Jasmine" crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:16 AM PDT

A police officer and security guard keep watch in Tiananmen Square amid heightened security in Beijing on March 13. China has formally arrested two activists on charges of AFP - China has formally arrested two activists on charges of "inciting subversion" amid a widening crackdown on dissent linked to calls for "Jasmine" protests, rights groups said Tuesday.


China Southern Airlines' 2010 profit up 17-fold (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:59 PM PDT

Travellers and their luggage are reflected on the floor at Beijing's Capital International Airport. China Southern Airlines on Tuesday said net profit soared 17-fold last year on the back of surging demand for air travel in the world's second-largest economy.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China Southern Airlines on Tuesday said net profit soared 17-fold last year on the back of surging demand for air travel in the world's second-largest economy.


China's Sina drops Google search service (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PDT

A Chinese flag flies close to the headquarters of Internet giant Google in Beijing. China's largest Internet portal Sina said Tuesday it has replaced Google's search service on its websites with its own technology, further denting the US firm's presence in the Asian nation.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China's largest Internet portal Sina said Tuesday it has replaced Google's search service on its websites with its own technology, further denting the US giant's presence in the Asian nation.


China launches crackdown on tainted pig feed (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:42 PM PDT

AP - China's government has launched a yearlong crackdown on illegal additives in pig feed after some pigs owned by meat suppliers tested positive for a banned chemical that can be dangerous to humans.

Lenovo launches 'LePad' tablet in China (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of China?s biggest PC maker Lenovo, launches the company's new tablet computer, LePad, in Beijing. The IT giant has unveiled its new tablet computer for the domestic market in a bid to compete for a share of an increasingly crowded sector dominated by Apple's iPad.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese computer giant Lenovo has launched its own tablet computer at home as it tries to compete for a share of an increasingly crowded market dominated by Apple's iPad.


China finds trace radiation in more areas (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:39 PM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities say trace amounts of atmospheric radiation from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant have been detected in more parts of China.
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