2011年5月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

North Korea's Kim 'arrives in Beijing, meets Hu' (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:29 AM PDT

A North Korean flag flutters at its embassy in Beijing. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has arrived in Beijing and was seen en route to what was believed to be a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao, a South Korean media report said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il arrived in Beijing on Wednesday and was seen en route to what was believed to be a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao, a South Korean media report said.

Unrest in China after Mongol herder's death: group (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:22 AM PDT

Map locating China's Inner Mongolia province. Hundreds of ethnic Mongols have protested in China this week over the killing of a shepherd that has sparked online calls for even bigger future demonstrations, human rights organisations have said.(AFP/AFP/Graphics)AFP - Hundreds of ethnic Mongols have protested in China this week over the killing of a shepherd that has sparked online calls for even bigger future demonstrations, human rights organisations have said.

Ai Weiwei work on show at key Hong Kong art fair (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's sculpture entitled 'Marble Arm' will be on display at the Hong Kong International Art Fair. A leading international art fair is to display a provocative work by detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in Hong Kong in a show of solidarity with the outspoken dissident amid a government crackdown.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - A leading international art fair is to display a provocative work by detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in Hong Kong in a show of solidarity with the outspoken dissident amid a government crackdown.

North Korea's Kim in Beijing, likely to meet Hu (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:48 AM PDT

A stretch limousine believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il drives ahead of a convoy of cars traveling towards the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Kim reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence the economic powerhouse has with the isolated regime struggling to feed its people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il's secrecy-shrouded tour of China came to the capital Wednesday for a likely summit with President Hu Jintao as the North appeals for food aid and Beijing presses its communist ally to reform its ailing economy.

Kim visit highlights China ties to shunned regimes (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:16 AM PDT

A Chinese police man gestures for journalists to leave the area outside the entrance to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be staying in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Kim reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence the economic powerhouse has with the isolated regime struggling to feed its people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Visits to Beijing this week by top officials from North Korea, Myanmar, and Iran are spotlighting China's cozy ties with nations widely shunned for human rights abuses and threatening behavior.

China's rich help private jet market take flight (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, visitors tour the Bombardier Global Express XRS corporate jet during the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong. China's soaring economy is creating a class of wealthy entrepreneurs who have plenty of money to spend on one of the ultimate symbols of success: the executive jet. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China's private jet market is cleared for take-off.

North Korea's Kim in likely top-level talks in China (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Reuters - North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il on Wednesday visited the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, setting the stage for talks that Kim will hope will be a show of Chinese support for his isolated state.

Unilever raises China prices despite fine: report (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:31 AM PDT

Shampoo manufactured by Unilever is seen on display at a supermarket in Beijing. The consumer products giant has raised the prices of some household items in south China, state media said Wednesday, only weeks after the company was fined for announcing planned price hikes.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Consumer products giant Unilever has raised the prices of some household items in south China, state media said Wednesday, only weeks after the company was fined for announcing planned price hikes.

Central China drought worst in over 50 years: reports (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 11:22 PM PDT

A Chinese farmer walks through his dried up field in Huangpi, central China's Hubei province on May 9, 2011. The drought plaguing central China for months has left more than one million people without proper drinking water and crimped output of hydroelectric power, China's second-biggest energy source.(AFP)AFP - Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric output slows, state media said Wednesday.

China credit policies may dent bank profits: S&P (AFP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:53 PM PDT

A bank employee counts stacks of 100-yuan notes in Huaibei, eastern China. Banks in the country could see their profits squeezed as Beijing orders lenders to keep more money in reserve, reducing the amount they can loan out, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese banks could see their profits squeezed as Beijing orders lenders to keep more money in reserve, reducing the amount they can loan out, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.

Survey: China treating foreign companies unfairly (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:29 PM PDT

AP - A growing number of European companies in China believe they are being treated unfairly by the government and expect discrimination to increase, a business group said Wednesday.

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