2011年4月23日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China moves to defuse Shanghai trucker protests (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in China's commercial hub of Shanghai say they are easing fees that sparked trucker protests and disrupted the flow of goods through the country's busiest port.

Two die in Tibetan monastery crackdown: rights group (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:05 AM PDT

Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activists pictured during a protest march against Chinese authorities in New Delhi, on April 19, 2011. Two Tibetans have died in a security crackdown on a Buddhist monastery in southwest China, an activist group said Saturday, after the restive area was closed to foreigners.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - Two Tibetans have died in a security crackdown on a Buddhist monastery in southwest China, an activist group said Saturday, after the restive area was closed to foreigners.


China offers deal to striking truckers (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:42 AM PDT

Shanghai authorities have offered concessions to truck drivers who staged a strike over rising fuel costs, amid concerns that anger over inflation could spark wider unrest in China.(AFP/File/Leu Siew Ying)AFP - Shanghai authorities have offered concessions to truck drivers who staged a strike over rising fuel costs, amid concerns that anger over inflation could spark wider unrest in China.


Over 1,000 march in Hong Kong for Ai's freedom (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:16 AM PDT

A man sits in a mock 'jail' as a group of human rights advocates hold a protest at a busy shopping area asking for the release of mainland artist Ai Weiwei in Hong Kong on April 22, 2011. More than 1,000 people including mainland Chinese visitors took to Hong Kong's streets Saturday in a noisy and colourful procession to demand the release of detained artist Ai Weiwei.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - More than 1,000 people including mainland Chinese visitors took to Hong Kong's streets Saturday in a noisy and colourful procession to demand the release of detained artist Ai Weiwei.


Thousands march in Hong Kong to demand release of China's Ai (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Over one thousand protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand the release of detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei on Saturday, scuffling briefly with police.

Beijing's Confucius statue mysteriously removed (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT

In this Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of a sculpture of the ancient philosopher Confucius on displayed in near the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China's capital. The mysterious removal of the statue on Saturday, April 23, 2011 has left many Chinese looking for an explanation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - The mysterious removal of a statue of Confucius opposite Beijing's Tiananmen Square sparked an online flurry of speculation Saturday by Chinese looking for an explanation. One report says the monument was simply moved inside a nearby museum.


Shanghai offers fee cuts to defuse drivers' strike at port (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:28 AM PDT

People walk along an unfinished road being used by truck drivers to park their container trucks near a port in Shanghai, April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The government of the Chinese city of Shanghai is cutting some fees to defuse striking truck drivers' anger over high fuel prices, an official spokesman said Saturday, after days of confrontation earlier this week disrupted the world's busiest port.


Activists: Clash kills 2 outside Tibetan monastery (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:54 PM PDT

AP - Two people have died in a clash with Chinese police raiding a Tibetan Buddhist monastery where tensions have run high over the recent suicide of a monk, an activist group said Saturday.
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