2011年3月31日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

US supports Philippines over China executions (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:46 PM PDT

The United States on Thursday voiced support for the Philippines after China executed three Filipinos on drug charges in defiance of repeated appeals. AFP - The United States on Thursday voiced support for the Philippines after China executed three Filipinos on drug charges in defiance of repeated appeals.

Government critics pressured in China crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Protesters gather outside a police station in Beijing in December 2010. Rattled by Arab unrest and the growing power of the Internet, China has launched its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, which rights groups say has wiped out years of effort by dogged activists.(AFP/File)AFP - Rattled by Arab unrest and the growing power of the Internet, China has launched its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, which rights groups say has wiped out years of effort by dogged activists.

Missing Australia writer resurfaces in China (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:59 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese-born Australian writer missing for several days in southern China has resurfaced, saying he is OK and apologizing for causing trouble.

US, France call for flexible exchange rates at G20 (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:44 AM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, pictured, has called for more flexible exchange rate policies at the China-hosted G20 meeting in Nanjing, saying an AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate regimes as G20 nations met on global monetary reform in China.

Australia blogger in China says 'free', to head home (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PDT

An Australian writer and blogger said Thursday he was AFP - An Australian writer and blogger said Thursday he was "free" and planned to leave China this weekend after he disappeared in strange circumstances, sparking fears he was in police custody.

G20 meeting highlights conflicts over currency (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he speaks at a G20 financial seminar on the International Monetary System held in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu province, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Conflicts over exchange rate policy and other economic strategies are surfacing at a Group of 20 financial seminar in Nanjing, China, despite Beijing's insistence that its own currency regime is not on the agenda. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Financial leaders of the Group of 20 top economies appeared to reach informal agreement Thursday on the need for China's currency to have a wider role in global finance, but not as a substitute for the U.S. dollar.

China military seeks to build trust with neighbors (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2011, file photo U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman awaits the state arrival of China's President Hu Jintao on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Public funding of presidential campaigns, a cornerstone of national politics since the 1970s, may soon go the way of other relics of the ear like long sideburns and lava lamps. Neither President Barack Obama nor any of the leading 2012 Republican contenders is expected to accept federal matching funds and the spending rules they impose. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - China's military on Thursday promised to work at building trust with neighboring countries following months of tensions with the U.S. and other nations over Beijing's increasingly assertive behavior.

China report claims Google-linked firms broke tax rules (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:29 AM PDT

A woman walks past the logo of Google in front of its headquarters in Beijing January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Christina HuReuters - Chinese authorities found three companies linked to Google Inc broke tax rules and are investigating possible tax avoidance, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday, raising the risk of fresh pressure on the Internet search giant.

China military policy paper lays out worries about U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PDT

Paramilitary policemen, who serve at daily national flag- raising and lowering ceremony on Tiananmen Square, attend a daily training session at the Forbidden City in Beijing, March 31, 2011. China on Thursday warned that military spending by global powers, especially the United States, needed close watching, and said Beijing's growing military forces confronted diverse and complex security challenges in the region. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - China said on Thursday it faced an increasingly "volatile" Asian region where the United States has expanded its strategic footprint, maintaining that better military ties between Beijing and Washington rested on respect for each other's interests.

Geithner: inflexible currencies are biggest monetary problem (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Tightly controlled exchange rate regimes are the main flaw in the international monetary system and the solution is simple, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a G20 meeting on Thursday.

China's army chief of staff to visit US in May (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:17 PM PDT

Chinese Chief of Staff General Chen Bingde will visit the United States in May, as the two countries try to bolster military relations amid their growing rivalry.(AFP/Pool/File/Andy Wong)AFP - China said Thursday its army chief of staff would visit the United States in May, as the two countries try to bolster military relations amid their growing rivalry.

Paramilitary troops defuse large China protest (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:53 PM PDT

AP - Media reports and eyewitnesses say paramilitary troops and riot police have defused a large-scale, five-day protest by thousands of farmers who were upset about being moved off their land in central China.

Beijing bomber says foreigner was a target (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:55 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese state newspaper says a 22-year-old man charged with setting off a homemade bomb that injured an American student in central Beijing was targeting foreigners.

Geithner at G20 urges more flexible forex policies (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:10 PM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, pictured, has called for more flexible exchange rate policies at the China-hosted G20 meeting in Nanjing, saying an AFP - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate policies at a Group of 20 meeting in China, saying it was crucial to global monetary system reform.

China reports wider outbreak of wheat diseases (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:04 PM PDT

Reuters - China's wheat crop is suffering from a serious outbreak of disease and the spread of pests this year due to the dry spring, the ministry of agriculture said.

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