2011年5月16日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Pakistan PM starts China trip with US ties tested (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 03:49 PM PDT

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, pictured in April 2010, begins an official visit to China on Tuesday with the US killing of Osama bin Laden expected to push Islamabad to seek closer ties with Beijing.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani begins an official visit to China on Tuesday with the US killing of Osama bin Laden expected to push Islamabad to seek closer ties with Beijing.


EC president chides China on human rights (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 10:09 AM PDT

President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao prior to their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Van Rompuy chided China on human rights, saying Beijing's rising world influence should be matched by respect for international standards on civil liberties.(AFP/POOL/David Gray)AFP - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy chided China on human rights on Monday, saying Beijing's rising world influence should be matched by respect for international standards on civil liberties.


Detained Chinese artist Ai allowed to see wife (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 08:24 AM PDT

Detained artist Ai Weiwei has been allowed to meet with his wife for the first time since being taken into custody in early April and appeared to be in good health, according to his sister.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Detained artist Ai Weiwei has been allowed to meet with his wife for the first time since being taken into custody in early April and appeared to be in good health, his sister said on Monday.


Wife of detained Chinese artist finds him tense (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 05:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, artist Ai Weiwei arrives at the Wenyuhe court to support fellow artist Wu Yuren during his trial in Beijing. Ai has been allowed his first family visit after more than a month in detention, his sister said Monday, May 16, 2011 in a case that the U.S. and other governments have criticized as a sign of China's deteriorating human rights. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - Red-eyed and tense, the usually uninhibited and irreverent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei seemed a different man in custody as he sat for what his wife says was a brief, monitored meeting — his first contact with the outside world in 43 days.


China's online population rises to 477mn (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 05:13 AM PDT

A man plays online games at an internet cafe in Beijing 2010. The number of Internet users in China, already the world's largest online market, hit 477 million at the end of March, a senior government official was quoted by state media as saying Monday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - The number of Internet users in China, already the world's largest online market, hit 477 million at the end of March, a senior government official was quoted by state media as saying Monday.


US Navy drones: Coming to a carrier near China? (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 04:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2011 file photo released by the U.S. Navy and Northrup Grumman, the navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft successfully completing its historic first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. to mark a critical step in the program, moving the team forward to meet the demonstration objectives of a tailless fighter-sized unmanned aircraft to safely take off from and land on the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The U.S. is developing aircraft carrier-based drones that could provide a crucial edge as it tries to counter China's military rise. (AP Photo/Alan Radecki, Northrup Grumman, Navy, FILE)AP - The U.S. is developing aircraft carrier-based drones that could provide a crucial edge as it tries to counter China's military rise.


Spyker turns to China's Pangda for Saab rescue (Reuters)

Posted: 16 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT

Victor Muller, Spyker Chief Executive and Chairman of Saab Automobile, speaks before a signing ceremony in Beijing May 3, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China's largest listed car distributor has come to the rescue of Saab in a deal worth as much as 110 million euros, staving off the collapse of one of Sweden's best-known brands.


China battery plant boss held in lead poison probe (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2011 03:30 AM PDT

AP - State media say the boss of a battery plant in eastern China has been detained after more than 300 people were sickened by lead pollution.

Yahoo!, Alibaba in talks over Alipay (AFP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 08:02 PM PDT

Yahoo! and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said they were holding talks over Alipay, the online payments company whose ownership has sparked tensions between the Internet giants.(DDP/AFP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - Yahoo! and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said they were holding talks over Alipay, the online payments company whose ownership has sparked tensions between the Internet giants.


China needs to raise rates to tame inflation: China central bank (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:55 PM PDT

Reuters - China needs to raise interest rates further to rein in inflation, which is likely to stay high in coming years due to rising global commodity prices, Li Daokui, an adviser to the People's Bank of China said on Monday.

China gives press more freedom — for food safety (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:17 PM PDT

Chinese residents try to tell counterfeit cooking oil products from the real products during an event to promote awareness of economic crimes in Beijing, China, Sunday, May 15, 2011.  The headlines are unrelenting: toxic bean sprouts, filthy oil, drug-tainted pork. For months, Chinese media have been churning out a queasy-making multitude of stories about the dangers lurking in the nation's dinner bowls. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Toxic bean sprouts, filthy cooking oil, drug-tainted pork: The relentless headlines in Chinese media have churned up queasy feelings for months about the dangers lurking in the nation's dinner bowls.


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