2011年5月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Special report: Chinese stock scams are the latest U.S. import (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2011 12:56 PM PDT

A general view of Shenzhen's High Tech Industrial Estate, home to a number of leading Chinese technology firms including ZTE May 6, 2011. REUTERS/James PomfretReuters - It seemed like the perfect China play, a way for investors to cash in on the world's fastest growing economy.


Ai Weiwei supporters rally at new shows in London (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2011 08:24 AM PDT

A woman poses for photographers as she looks at a creation entitled 'Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads' by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Somerset House in London. Artists and supporters of the detained artist solemnly read out quotes from him on Wednesday ahead of the opening of two exhibitions of his work in London this week.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Artists and supporters of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei solemnly read out quotes from him on Wednesday ahead of the opening of two exhibitions of his work in London this week.


Analysis: China cracks door for U.S. asset managers (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2011 07:47 AM PDT

Reuters - China's decision to open the country to U.S. mutual fund sales could be an important new avenue for growth for a mature industry.

Korean Bible instructor held following China raid (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2011 06:57 AM PDT

AP - Chinese police are holding a South Korean Bible instructor and his wife following a raid on an underground Protestant church, an activist group said Wednesday, as the government pressures Christians worshipping outside the Communist-controlled church.

Commodities lead stocks down (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:27 PM PDT

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 75.68 points, or 0.60 percent, at 12,760.36. REUTERS/GraphicReuters - Stocks nearly erased a three-day rally on Wednesday as energy and other commodity shares sank, feeding worries about the market's ability to stay on its upward path.


China's economy cools, limiting need for tighter policy (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2011 04:49 AM PDT

A customer looks at price tags in a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui province May 11, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China's industrial output growth eased much more than expected in April to suggest the world's second-biggest economy is cooling, reducing the need for further aggressive monetary policy tightening even as inflation remains stubbornly high.


Art stolen from Beijing's Forbidden City (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2011 04:24 AM PDT

A tourist looks at a policeman stand in front of the entrance doorway to the Palace Museum, where art pieces in the 20th century on loan from the private Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong were exhibited inside the Forbidden City in Beijing Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Seven art pieces made of gold and encrusted with jewels were stolen form the visiting exhibit as officials scrambled Wednesday to figure out how thieves broke into China's famed Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former home of the country's emperors. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Officials scrambled Wednesday to figure out how thieves broke into China's famed Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former home of the country's emperors, and stole seven art pieces made of gold and jewels.


China's April inflation eases but still high (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2011 03:53 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, May 2, 2011, customers eat at a restaurant in Beijing, China. China's surging inflation eased slightly in April as Beijing tightened controls to cool its overheated economy. Consumer prices rose 5.3 percent over a year earlier, driven by an 11.5 percent jump in food costs, data showed Wednesday, May 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's inflation eased slightly in April as repeated interest rate hikes and other controls began to cool an overheated economy.


China's inflation eases slightly in April (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2011 03:40 AM PDT

A shopper checks vegetable prices at a supermarket in Hefei, in eastern China. The country has said its consumer price index rose 5.3 percent year on year in April -- a slight easing from March but well above Beijing's official four-percent target for 2011.(AFP/File)AFP - China said on Wednesday that consumer inflation had eased slightly in April as food prices fell, but analysts warned Beijing was still under pressure to rein in rising costs.


Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail trials begin (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT

People are seen boarding a newly-launched bullet train in China. Trial runs began Wednesday on a highly anticipated high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai, one month before the link is due to go into commercial service, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Trial runs began Wednesday on a highly anticipated high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai, one month before the link is due to go into commercial service, state media reported.


Rare theft at Beijing's Forbidden City: report (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Police in Beijing are hunting for a 27-year-old man suspected of stealing several items from the Forbidden City, in a rare theft at China's ancient imperial palace, state press said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Police in Beijing are hunting for a 27-year-old man suspected of stealing several items from the Forbidden City, in a rare theft at China's ancient imperial palace, state press said Wednesday.


China car sales fall in April, 1st drop in 2 years (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Taxis wait in line near a train station in Shanghai, China Tuesday May 10, 2011. China's auto sales climbed 6 percent in the first four months of the year, slowing sharply from the double-digit growth seen in recent years, an industry group reported Tuesday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Auto sales edged lower in China in April, the first such decline in over two years, as dealers were dealt a double whammy from weakening demand and the spillover from Japan's earthquake disaster.


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