2011年5月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China

In China's Wild West, A 'Black Gold' Rush Takes Shape (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Situated at the heart of the Xinjiang region, Karamay is rich in oil andincreasingly vital to China's energy strategy. The 'black gold' has fueledlocal development, and transformed this sleepy backwater. But ethnic splitscould create conflict

Kim Jong-il tours east China (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:19 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 - North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il toured east China Monday, continuing a visit that suggests he is taking fresh interest in the success of reforms in Asia's biggest economy and his isolated country's only major benefactor.

Global Fund halts payments to China (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:02 AM PDT

A Serbian woman lights a candle placed on a symbolic red ribbon in remembrance of individuals who lost their lives to AIDS in Belgrade, on May 15. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has halted payments for programmes in China amid mismanagement by a public agency, a spokesman said.(AFP/File/Alexa Stankovic)AFP - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has halted payments for programmes in China amid mismanagement by a public agency, a spokesman said on Monday.

China, Philippine defense chiefs discuss Spratlys (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:39 AM PDT

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie, center, walks during departure honors at the Defense Headquarters where he met his Philippine counterpart Voltaire Gazmin in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Monday May 23, 2011. Guanglie's visit comes amid renewed tension over the disputed Spratly Islands, which are claimed by China, the Philippines and four other Asian countries and territories. Washington has expressed concerns that the disputes could hamper access to one of the world's busiest commercial sea lanes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - The Chinese and Philippine defense chiefs warned rival claimants Monday to avoid unilateral action and to act responsibly in the dispute over South China Sea islands, where recent spats have renewed tensions.

Kim's China visit highlights crucial ties (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:09 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in northeastern China Friday afternoon, May 20, 2011. Kim Jong Il, who rarely travels abroad, made an unusual third trip in just over a year Friday to his country's main ally and benefactor, China, news agencies reported. The trip set off a media frenzy because many initially reported it was his son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, who had crossed the border, a reflection of the difficulty of getting information from or about North Korea. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's visit to crucial ally China highlights his regime's increasing dependence on its giant neighbor amid his country's economic collapse and diplomatic isolation over its nuclear program.

HSBC preliminary China PMI at 10-month low (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT

Local residents stand in front of a HSBC branch in Hong Kong. Chinese manufacturing eased to a 10-month low in May, preliminary HSBC data showed Monday, fuelling fears of a slowdown in the world's number two economy and sending Shanghai and Hong Kong shares down.(AFP/Laurent Fievet)AFP - Chinese manufacturing eased to a 10-month low in May, preliminary HSBC data showed Monday, fuelling fears of a slowdown in the world's number two economy and sending Shanghai and Hong Kong shares down.

Chinese forces detain 300 Tibetan monks for a month: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Security forces have detained about 300 Tibetan monks from a monastery in southwestern China for a month amid a crackdown sparked by a monk's self-immolation, two exiled Tibetans and a prominent writer said, citing sources there.

China sovereign fund eyeing Russia investment (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 10:27 PM PDT

A young Russian woman passes in front of the Moscow skyline. China Investment Corp (CIC), the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, is looking to Russia for investment opportunities, state media reported Monday.(AFP/File/Natalia Kolesnikova)AFP - China Investment Corp (CIC), the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, is looking to Russia for investment opportunities, state media reported Monday.

13 dead in China mine accidents: state media (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 07:35 PM PDT

File photo shows rescue workers in a mine shaft at a state-run coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Thirteen people were killed in two coal mine accidents in China at the weekend, state media said Monday - the latest fatal incidents to strike the nation's notoriously dangerous collieries.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Thirteen people were killed in two coal mine accidents in China at the weekend, state media said Monday -- the latest fatal incidents to strike the nation's notoriously dangerous collieries.

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