2011年4月13日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Hu meets Singh ahead of BRICS summit in China (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) shakes hands with the president of China, Hu Jintao, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Sanya.(AFP/PIB/HO/Shivraj)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday while Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the Libya conflict with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma.


Clashes at China Tibetan monastery: rights group (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT

This picture released in 2008 by Tibetan monks from the Kirti Monastery in Dharamsala, shows smoke rising during a protest in Aba, in the Sichuan Province of China. Clashes have erupted between security forces and locals at the Kirti Monastery which is under lockdown after a monk set himself on fire and died last month, a rights group said.(AFP/Kirti Monastery/File)AFP - Clashes have erupted between security forces and locals at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery under lockdown in southwestern China after a monk set himself on fire and died last month, a rights group said.


Five held in China steamed bun probe (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:40 AM PDT

Photo illustration of a Chinese woman selling steamed buns. Shanghai authorities have seized more than 6,000 steamed buns and the Chinese city's mayor has ordered a probe after they were found to have been dyed, expired or filled with unidentified chemicals.(AFP/Illustration/Liu Jin)AFP - Chinese authorities said Wednesday they had detained five people and shut down a steamed bun company whose products were found to have been dyed, expired or filled with unidentified chemicals.


Taiwan's Foxconn mulls $12 bn investment in Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:17 AM PDT

Chinese workers assemble electronic components at a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, southern China. The Taiwanese IT giant, which makes iPads and iPhones, is considering investing $12 billion in Brazil to build computer and mobile phone components, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Taiwan IT giant Foxconn, which makes iPads and iPhones, is considering investing $12 billion in Brazil to build computer and mobile phone components, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said.


Chinese democracy activist charged with subversion (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 02:58 AM PDT

People walk in a street with Chinese detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei and words 'Who's afraid of Ai Weiwei' sprayed in Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. 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. Catherine Ashton called for the immediate releases of renowned artist Ai Weiwei and dozens of other activists, lawyers and intellectuals detained in recent weeks and months.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - A veteran democracy activist has become the latest person to be charged with subversion by Chinese authorities in a widening crackdown on dissent that follows anonymous calls for anti-government protests like those in the Middle East and Africa, a rights group said Wednesday.


China security puts Tibetan monastery on lockdown (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 02:08 AM PDT

AP - Chinese security forces have locked down a Tibetan monastery in western China and clashed with local residents as they blocked troops from taking monks away, Tibetan rights groups and an exiled monk said Wednesday.

Emerging economies face watershed moment at summit (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:52 AM PDT

AP - The leaders of the world's largest emerging economies gather this week in southern China for what could be a watershed moment in their quest for a bigger say in the global financial architecture.

'Jasmine' activists in China labour camps: group (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Paper is burnt as part of a ritual during a demonstration in Hong Kong in support of calls in mainland China for 'Jasmine' protests. Police in China have sent two activists to labour camps and charged a veteran dissident with subversion over calls for public rallies echoing those in the Arab world, a rights group said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Police in China have sent two activists to labour camps and charged a veteran dissident with subversion over calls for public rallies echoing those in the Arab world, a rights group said Wednesday.


China arrests fourth dissident in "Jasmine" crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese authorities have arrested a veteran dissident, Zhu Yufu, on subversion charges, his ex-wife and a friend said on Wednesday, making him the fourth activist known to have been arrested and likely to face trial in a crackdown on dissent.
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