2011年5月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

On China's Streets, Grisly Attempts to Cover-up Traffic Accidents (Time.com)

Posted: 09 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - In recent months the Chinese public has been shocked by multiple cases of drivers killing accident victims in hopes of evading legal responsibilities

U.S. and China spar on rights (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 04:32 PM PDT

The flags of the United States and China hang outside of the New York Stock Exchange March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - U.S. officials on Monday toughly criticized China for a crackdown against dissidents but took a softer tone on the need for cooperation to boost global growth at the start of two days of talks.

Republicans press for results from US-China talks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Congressional Republicans on Monday urged the Obama administration to hold China's feet to the fire over currency and industrial policies they said are hurting American companies.

Four killed, 17 missing in China landslide: report (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Chinese residents gather to watch as flood waters swell from the Li river in Guilin in 2010. Rescue workers have recovered four bodies after a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south China but 17 people are still missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Rescue workers have recovered four bodies after a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south China but 17 people are still missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.

Obama "likely" to bring up rights with Chinese (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Reuters - It is "possible, even likely" that President Barack Obama will bring up the human rights issue when he meets with Chinese officials, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday.

U.S. hopes to build on Hu-Obama progress: Geithner (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States hopes high-level talks this week with China will build on a commitment to fairer trade that President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao made earlier this year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday.

Biden and Clinton lecture China on human rights (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2011, file photo U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan prior to having lunch on the sidelines of the G-20 High Level Seminar on the international monetary system in Nanjing, China. Five years and one financial crisis since the United States and China commenced regular high-level economic talks, fast-growing Beijing might have the upper hand in the latest round of discussions which start Monday, May 9, 2011, between the world's two biggest economies. At the Strategic and Economic Dialogue Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will head the U.S. team and Qishan, a top economic policymaker, will head the Chinese team. (AP Photo/Nelson Ching, Pool)AP - Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton both expressed concerns on Monday about the recent security crackdown that has occurred in China.

Biden, Clinton bluntly press China on rights (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Vice President Joseph Biden warned China Monday the United States would press hard on human rights, over which the two sides have a "vigorous" disagreement and criticizing Beijing's latest crackdown on dissent.

US says human rights in China's own interest (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 07:42 AM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the opening session of the 2011 US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington. From left to right are State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Top US leaders urged China on Monday to improve its human rights record, saying it was in the rising power's own interest, but a visiting official insisted Beijing was making progress.

Clinton says rights improvement in China's own interest (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:48 AM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the opening session of the 2011 US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington. From left to right are State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday encouraged China at high-level talks to improve its human rights record, saying that progress would boost its own prosperity.

Clinton presses China on rights, welcomes dialogue (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) as Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (C) and State Councilor Dai Bingguo (L) listen at the Department of the Interior in Washington May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday the participation of Chinese military representatives at strategic talks between the two big powers would help avoid potentially dangerous misunderstandings.

More than 20 workers buried in China landslide (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 03:09 AM PDT

AP - A landslide buried more than 20 workers in a makeshift dormitory at a quarry Monday in southern China where heavy rain fell over the weekend, state media reported.

Former China mayor gets tough sentence for graft (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 12:59 AM PDT

The former mayor of China's Shenzhen city, Xu Zongheng (pictured), has been given a suspended death sentence for bribery on Monday, state media said, in a case that tarnished the image of the southern economic zone.(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - The former mayor of China's Shenzhen city was given a suspended death sentence for bribery on Monday, state media said, in a case that tarnished the image of the southern economic zone.

China blocks outspoken author's Australia trip (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 12:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 6, 2008 file photo, Chinese poet and novelist Liao Yiwu revisits the earthquake damaged Gu Temple in Jiezi town of Sichuan Province, China. Sydney Writers' Festival officials said Monday, May 9, 2011, that the Chinese government had blocked author and government critic Liao from leaving China for security reasons. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China has banned an outspoken writer and government critic from leaving the country to attend a literary festival in Australia, and warned him not to publish any of his controversial works overseas, event organizers said Monday.

China to boost atomic safety standards: report (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT

File photo of the Qinshan nuclear power plant in Haiyan, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. China will improve emergency procedures and construction standards at its nuclear power plants, state media said Monday, two months after a quake and tsunami in Japan triggered an atomic crisis.(AFP/File)AFP - China will improve emergency procedures and construction standards at its nuclear power plants, state media said Monday, two months after a quake and tsunami in Japan triggered an atomic crisis.

Hong Kong arrests pair over Ai Weiwei graffiti (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 11:38 PM PDT

A policeman looks on as protesters hold a rally in the streets of Hong Kong in support of outspoken artist Ai Weiwei. Two people have been arrested for spraying graffiti images of the detained outspoken artist, in an action condemned by a pro-democracy group Monday as AFP - Hong Kong has arrested two activists for spraying graffiti images of detained outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in an action condemned by a pro-democracy group Monday as "selective persecution".

China driver kills child after hit-and-run: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 11:06 PM PDT

A police officer controls traffic in Hefei, eastern China. Police in the southeast of the country have detained a motorist for allegedly killing a child he had first hit by accident, in the latest suspected murder of a hit-and-run victim, state press said Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in southeast China have detained a motorist for allegedly killing a child he had first hit by accident, in the latest suspected murder of a hit-and-run victim, state press said Monday.

China banks must restrict "shadowing" activities: regulator (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 10:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese banks must restrict "shadowing" activities and bring off-balance-sheet trust loans back onto their books to help ward off possible risk, the country's top banking regulator said on Monday.

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