2011年5月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

UN to decide soon on funds for NKorea food aid (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 02:20 PM PDT

North Koreans rest along the river banks of North Korea's Sinuiju seen from a boat along the Yalu river near the Chinese border town of Dandong in China's northeastern Liaoning province, Monday May 23, 2011. 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. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - The United Nations said Tuesday it would soon decide whether to release emergency humanitarian funds for North Korea as a U.S. government team arrived in the secretive Asian nation to assess its request for food aid.

China's badminton march gathers steam (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Lin Dan of China hits a shuttlecock against Sho Sasaki of Japan during the Group 1A match of the 2011 Sudirman Cup world mixed team championships in Qingdao, the coast city in Shandong province. Lin won 22-20, 21-19.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Lin Dan suffered one or two anxious moments but China's relentless march towards a fourth Sudirman Cup in a row gathered pace as they battered Japan 5-0 on Tuesday.

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

Posted: 24 May 2011 07:55 AM 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

China injecting $4.6B into public health services (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:25 AM PDT

AP - China says it will pump $4.6 billion this year into expanding public health services such as free vaccinations and routine checkups for children under 6 years of age.

Malaysia durians challenge Thai dominance in China (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:21 AM PDT

In this picture taken Monday April, 23, 2011, durians are on sale at a bazaar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia will start exporting durians to mainland China from July, challenging Thailand's virtual monopoly on shipments of the spiky, stinky delicacy that many Southeast Asians hail as 'the king of fruits.' (AP Photo) MALAYSIA OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - Malaysia will start exporting durians to mainland China from July, challenging Thailand's virtual monopoly on shipments of the spiky, stinky delicacy that many Southeast Asians hail as "the king of fruits."

Health fund freezes payments to China amid dispute (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 03:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, a woman whose son was infected with HIV, wearing a face mask baring the words 'Blood products infect us with AIDS' cries during an AIDS awareness event on the World AIDS Day held at the Beijing's south railway station. A high-profile global fund for fighting diseases is freezing payments of grants to China worth hundreds of millions of dollars over suspected misuse of the money and the government's reluctance to involve community groups in the projects. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - A high-profile global fund for fighting diseases is freezing payments of grants to China worth hundreds of millions of dollars over suspected misuse of the money and the government's reluctance to involve community groups in the projects.

China agency downgrades UK sovereign credit rating (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:46 AM PDT

AFP - A Chinese ratings house on Tuesday downgraded Britain's sovereign credit rating over what it said was the country's gloomy economic growth prospects and weakening ability to pay back debt.

China c.bank adviser says U.S. should cut IMF voting share (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States should reduce its dominant voting share in the International Monetary Fund, an adviser to the People's Bank of China said on Tuesday, helping to give emerging economies more of a say in deciding who will take the helm of the IMF.

Two top China Wal-Mart executives quit (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Two top executives have quit Wal-Mart Stores Inc's China business, leaving a leadership vacuum in country earmarked as having strategic importance for the U.S. retailer.

China's current account surplus down 18% in Q1 (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:29 PM PDT

A women counts 100 Yuan notes at a bank in Beijing. China's current account surplus fell 18 percent in the first quarter of 2011 from the same period last year, official data showed Tuesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's current account surplus fell 18 percent in the first quarter of 2011 from the same period last year, official data showed Tuesday.

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