2011年5月19日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China reporting climate worsening: survey (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Media representatives mob a group of delegates arriving for the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing in 2010. China's reporting climate is deteriorating, a Beijing-based foreign press club said Thursday in a survey that found some overseas journalists were told to tone down coverage or risk visa problems.(AFP/File)AFP - China's reporting climate is deteriorating, a Beijing-based foreign press club said Thursday in a survey that found some overseas journalists were told to tone down coverage or risk visa problems.


Admiral: US open to military studying in China (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 06:03 AM PDT

A Singapore naval officer stretches by a Submarine Rescue Vehicle on board the MV Swift Rescue, a private submarine rescue vessel contracted to the Republic of Singapore Navy on Thursday May 19, 2011 in Singapore during the International Maritime Defense Show.(AP Photo/Joseph Nair)AP - The U.S. military would consider sending officers and cadets to China on study exchange programs if relations between the two countries improve, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Thursday.


Wider distribution of drugs needed to cut AIDS deaths in China (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 05:53 AM PDT

Students form a red ribbon during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS Day in Hanshan county, Anhui province, November 29, 2010. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - China needs to identify and provide effective AIDS drugs to more HIV patients infected through sexual contact and use of dirty needles if it wants cut HIV death rates and avoid broader transmission of the virus, researchers said on Thursday.


Ford to build first transmission plant in China (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 05:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2010 file photo, a billboard with a Ford F-150 truck is reflected in the grill of a 2011 Ford F-350 4x4 Crew Cab truck in Homestead. Fla. Ford Motor Co. said Thursday, May 19, 2011, a Chinese joint venture will spend $350 million to build the company's first transmission plant for the world's largest auto market. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)AP - A Ford Motor Co. joint venture in China will spend $350 million to build the company's first transmission plant in the world's largest auto market.


China admits Three Gorges Dam caused 'host of ills' (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 05:22 AM PDT

A worker cleans up trash along the banks of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province in August 2010. Layers of trash floating in the Yangtze river are threatening to jam China's massive Three Gorges hydroelectric dam.(AFP/File)AFP - China's Three Gorges Dam has caused a host of ills that must be "urgently" addressed, the government has said, in a rare admission of problems in a project it has long praised as a world wonder.


China says 60 years of development saved Tibet from feudalism (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 05:16 AM PDT

Reuters - China rescued Tibet from thousands of years of feudal serfdom, the region's Chinese-appointed governor said on Thursday ahead of commemorations marking six decades of Communist Party rule.

MGM Macau casino plans $1.5 billion Hong Kong IPO (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:09 AM PDT

AP - A Macau casino joint venture between Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International and the daughter of gambling tycoon Stanley Ho plans to raise up to $1.5 billion in an initial public offering on Hong Kong's stock exchange.

China high-speed rail lines halted over violations (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:51 AM PDT

People are seen boarding a newly-launched bullet train in Chongqing, China. China has ordered one high-speed rail line to stop running and halted the construction of another due to violations of environmental protection laws.(AFP/File)AFP - China has ordered one high-speed rail line to stop running and halted the construction of another due to violations of environmental protection laws.


U.S. watchdog sees cross-border audit deal with China this year (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 02:57 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. audit watchdog expects an agreement with China later this year that will allow greater transparency of Chinese companies listed in the United States, its chairman told Reuters on Thursday.

In China, some new cities are ghost towns (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 01:31 AM PDT

A construction site is seen in Kangbashi, a district on the outskirts of Ordos in China's Inner Mongolia. The town promised residents the chance of AFP - In China's Inner Mongolia, Kangbashi district offers residents "new modern" living, with tree-lined streets, shiny apartment buildings, vast parklands, restaurants and even a motor racing track.


Artists campaign to free Ai Weiwei (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 12:38 AM PDT

British arists Cornelia Parker (L), Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor (R) and Times Newspaper Art Commissioning Editor, Nancy Durrant (C) deliver a petition call for the release of Chinese artist Al WeiWei to Downing Street in central London.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Leading British artists have launched a campaign calling for the release of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was detained last month amid a major crackdown on dissent.


Pakistan PM asks for China energy investment (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 12:16 AM PDT

Pakistani electricity workers as seen maintaining power pylon in Islamabad. The country's prime minister has called on Chinese firms to invest in his country's energy sector, in a bid to boost a moribund economy hit by massive floods last year and weak Western investment.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistan's prime minister Thursday called on Chinese firms to invest in his country's energy sector, in a bid to boost a moribund economy hit by massive floods last year and weak Western investment.


China: Stance on Dalai Lama same post retirement (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:33 PM PDT

AP - The Dalai Lama's decision to give up political power won't boost or diminish the likelihood of his being able to return to Tibet, the Chinese government-appointed governor of the remote Himalayan region said Thursday.

China confronts raft of problems at Three Gorges (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:08 PM PDT

AP - China is acknowledging serious troubles with its showcase Three Gorges Dam project, citing an urgent need to curb pollution and do a better job with relocations and disaster management related to the world's biggest hydroelectric project.

China says 'door open' for Dalai Lama's return (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:51 PM PDT

The Dalai Lama speaks during a news conference on May 12 in Newark, New Jersey. China's top Tibetan official said Thursday AFP - China's top Tibetan official said Thursday "the door was open" for the return of the exiled Dalai Lama, but repeated its charge that the spiritual leader was a separatist bent on Tibetan independence.


China blocks work on bullet train line (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, a CRH high speed train runs on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway in Shanghai, China. Chinese environmental regulators have blocked construction of a planned bullet train line in a new sign Beijing might be scaling back ambitious plans for its showcase high-speed rail system. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTAP - Chinese environmental regulators have ordered a halt to construction of a planned bullet train line in a new sign Beijing might be scaling back ambitious plans for its showcase high-speed rail system.


China no threat, Chinese general says on U.S. trip (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:39 PM PDT

Reuters - A top Chinese general rejected growing American concerns about China's military buildup Wednesday, telling audiences at the National Defense University and the Pentagon that the People's Liberation Army was no threat.
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