2011年4月12日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China's role in realizing 'Latin America decade' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 11:43 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff landed in China today to shore up trade and business ties, just a month after President Obama traveled to South America to lobby on behalf of US businesses.

Brazil's Rousseff wants 'new phase' in China ties (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (L) shakes hands with her Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao after signing a joint communique at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 12, 2011. Rousseff on Tuesday called for a AFP - Visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday called for a "new phase" in ties with China and urged the world's second-largest economy to buy more from her country than iron ore and soybeans.


China silent on Ai location, condemns foreign support (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is pictured in the courtyard of his home in Beijing in 2010. China refused to provide any details about the whereabouts of detained outspoken artist Ai and chided foreign countries for supporting a AFP - China on Tuesday refused to provide any details about the whereabouts of detained outspoken artist Ai Weiwei and chided foreign countries for supporting a "suspected criminal".


Brazilian president on trade-heavy visit to China (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:13 AM PDT

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, center, toasts with other unidentified Brazilian officials after a signing ceremony with Chinese officials at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)AP - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff began a state visit to China on Tuesday at the head of a push by Latin America's biggest economy for more favorable economic ties with its biggest trading partner.


China milk poisoning case caused by grudges (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 06:41 AM PDT

AP - State media say police suspect a couple in northwest China poisoned milk from a local farmer, causing three deaths, because of anger over business disputes.

China's Wen voices radiation concerns to Japan PM (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan on Tuesday he was concerned about the release of radiation into the ocean and urged Tokyo to take "very seriously" the possible impact on neighboring countries.

EU official urges China to halt arbitrary arrests (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:57 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is pictured in the courtyard of his home in Beijing in 2010. China refused to provide any details about the whereabouts of detained outspoken artist Ai and chided foreign countries for supporting a AP - The EU's foreign policy chief expressed alarm at the "deterioration of human rights" in China and called Tuesday for a halt to arbitrary arrests and disappearances, joining a growing international outcry against the crackdown.


China sends man to labor camp over "Jasmine" rally (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:50 AM PDT

Reuters - A 21-year-old Chinese man who attended a proposed pro-democracy "Jasmine Revolution" protest in Beijing was sentenced to labor re-education, in the first confirmed punishment for the Middle East-inspired gatherings that were squashed by wary authorities.

China "unhappy" with foreign support for detained artist Ai (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Reuters - The Chinese government said on Tuesday it was "unhappy" with foreign support for detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei, after Ai's detention last week sparked an outcry from Washington and other Western governments.

China's ZTE sues Swedish rival Ericsson (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:48 PM PDT

A ZTE low-cost solar-powered mobile phone is viewed at a mobile phone event in Spain. The Chinese telecom equipment supplier is suing a unit of Swedish mobile network giant Ericsson for patent infringement, escalating a legal dispute between the two rivals.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)AFP - Chinese telecom equipment supplier ZTE said Tuesday it was suing a unit of Swedish mobile network giant Ericsson for patent infringement, escalating a legal dispute between the two rivals.


Most Christians detained in Beijing freed: group (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:26 PM PDT

Chinese worshippers sing holy songs during Christmas Eve mass at a Catholic church in Beijing. Almost all of the more than 150 Christians rounded up in Beijing recently when they tried to pray outdoors have been released, but church leaders remain under house arrest, a US-based rights group said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Almost all of the more than 150 Christians rounded up in Beijing when they tried to pray outdoors have been released, but church leaders remain under house arrest, a US-based rights group said Tuesday.


China woman kills grandson over zodiac sign (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:08 PM PDT

A police station is seen China. A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported.


bnzv