2011年5月22日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Death toll at Foxconn China factory rises to three (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 01:16 PM PDT

A worker inspects motherboards at the Foxconn's Shenzen factory in 2010. The death toll from a blast at a Foxconn factory in China, reportedly in a building where Apple's iPad 2 was being made, rose to three Sunday after a seriously injured worker died, state media said.(AFP/File/Voishmel)AFP - The death toll from a blast at a Foxconn factory in China, reportedly in a building where Apple's iPad 2 was being made, rose to three Sunday after a seriously injured worker died, state media said.


North Korea's Kim said to be in eastern China city (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 06:19 AM PDT

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly arrived in eastern China by train Sunday on his third trip in about a year to his country's main ally, and a Chinese leader told South Korea's president Beijing invited Kim to learn from Chinese reforms.

China plans financial overhaul at Three Gorges Dam (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT

AP - The operator of China's giant Three Gorges Dam plans to overhaul its finances after the government made a suprising admission last week that the world's largest hydroelectric project has urgent environmental, geologic and economic problems.

N. Korea leader 'headed to eastern China' (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 03:10 AM PDT

This picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KNS) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (centre) inspecting a farm in South Hamgong province. China's Premier Wen Jiabao has confirmed that Kim Jong-Il is visiting China to study its dramatic economic development, South Korean officials said.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File/Kns)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il headed by train to eastern China Sunday on a visit to learn about economic development in his impoverished country's major ally and benefactor, South Korean reports said.


China pushes talks on North Korea as Kim visits (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 02:41 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in northeastern China, in this picture taken by Kyodo May 20, 2011. REUTERS/KYODOReuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended six-party talks proposed by Beijing as the way to defuse volatile divisions on the Korean peninsula, even as China hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, blamed by Japan and South Korea for inflaming regional tensions.


China, South Korea vow help in Japan recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 02:08 AM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) shakes hands with South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak (R) and China's Premier Wen Jiabao during a photo session at the state guest house in Tokyo May 21, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Japan won pledges of help on Sunday from China and South Korea in its efforts to recover from a an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that rocked the nation in March, with Beijing promising to start easing curbs on Japanese food imports.


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