2011年4月27日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. needs to "take a look" at China yuan action: Sen. Reid (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Congress should consider passing legislation to prod China into letting its currency rise in value more quickly against the dollar, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday.

China's super rich show doubt about country's economic future (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A lot of foreigners seem to think that the world’s economic future belongs to China, but the Chinese super rich are not so sure. And their doubts could spell trouble for the Chinese economic miracle.

President pledges to keep China's birth rate low (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:53 AM PDT

AP - China will maintain the strict family planning policy it imposed a generation ago to keep the birth rate low and the economy growing, President Hu Jintao said in remarks before new census data are released.

US, China in human rights talks amid clampdown (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:51 AM PDT

US and China national flags being hung in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. US and Chinese officials have met in Beijing for sensitive human rights talks, with the American side expected to press China to ease a major government crackdown on dissent.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - US and Chinese officials met in Beijing on Wednesday for sensitive human rights talks, with the American side expected to press China to ease a major government crackdown on dissent.


China, US begin human rights talks amid crackdown (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:43 AM PDT

AP - China and the U.S. opened what is likely to be a bruising meeting on human rights Wednesday amid a severe Chinese crackdown on dissent that has left dispirited rights advocates questioning the value of such diplomatic exchanges.

Australia PM to raise rights with China's Hu (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:40 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Gillard has met Hu for talks in which she intended again to press China on human rights but also to urge military transparency.(AFP/Pool/Minoru Iwasaki)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday for talks in which she intended again to press China on human rights but also to urge military transparency.


China risks getting old before it gets rich (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:11 AM PDT

Elderly residents watch television at a free tea house for local elderly people in Chengmai county, Hainan province December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - The harsh logic of China's one-child policy is starting to unravel, and census data to be released on Thursday may well stoke debate whether the aging nation should relax restrictions.


China's Huawei sees $100 billion revenue in 10 years (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , the world's No.2 network equipment maker, expects revenue to reach the $100 billion mark in a decade, driven by sales of telecom devices and smartphones, despite a slowdown in revenue growth this year.

China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:01 AM PDT

AP - Authorities seized 26 tons of melamine-tainted milk powder from an ice cream maker in southern China three years after widespread use of the chemical in infant formula killed six babies, state media said Wednesday.

China's industry plan could strengthen state firms (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:53 AM PDT

AP - Entrepreneurs could face new challenges under a government plan to modernize Chinese industry that would expand the dominance of state companies in coal mining, steel and other fields.

Chinese couple hold 'royal wedding' with horses (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday April 18, 2011, 23-year-old Wang Xueqian, sits on a carriage on his way to fetch his bride in Nanjing city in east China's Jiangsu province. The couple has tied the knot with a procession inspired by the British royal wedding, donning ceremonial gowns and riding in a horse-drawn carriage flanked by guards in scarlet uniforms. Wang paid more than $7,600 dollars for the wedding parade involving about 50 people, a dozen cars, and two horses. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A Chinese couple have tied the knot with a procession inspired by the British royal wedding, donning ceremonial garb and riding in a horse-drawn carriage flanked by guards in scarlet uniforms.


China seizes 26 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk powder (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 11:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese police have seized more than 26 tonnes of milk powder tainted with melamine from a ice cream maker in a southwestern city, state media said, three years after milk tainted with the industrial chemical killed six and made thousands ill.

Special report: Does corporate America kowtow to China? (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Reuters - China's rise as a manufacturing power has benefited American factory owners in at least one way.

China growth seen resilient, inflation stubborn (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Reuters - China's economy may grow by 9.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011, a government think tank said in a report on Wednesday, keeping pace with first quarter growth.

China in no mood to listen in U.S. rights talks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:23 PM PDT

Reuters - China's increasingly tough line against dissent suggests it will be in no mood to bend to U.S. demands to soften its approach when the two begin talks on human rights on Wednesday.

China military chief of general staff to visit US (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:09 PM PDT

AP - The Chinese military's chief of general staff says he will visit the U.S. next month amid renewed calls for an end to American arms sales to Taiwan.
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