2011年5月26日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Love Don't Cost a Thing: Can Educating Girls Alone Curb China's Mistress Epidemic? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - This fall, young girls in China's Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress

Envoy-to-be Gary Locke aims to rebalance U.S.-China trade (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:06 PM PDT

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke takes part in the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) general membership meeting at a hotel in Seoul April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, tapped to be the next U.S. envoy to China, vowed on Thursday to win more access to Chinese markets, press for a flexible yuan currency and push for more action against counterfeiting of American products.


Myanmar president arrives in China (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Myanmar President Thein Sein (C) disembarks from an aircraft in Beijing. Myanmar's president arrived in China on Thursday for a visit aimed at improving his impoverished country's commercial ties with its key ally, the world's second-largest economy.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Myanmar's president Thein Sein arrived in China on Thursday for a visit aimed at improving his impoverished country's commercial ties with its key ally, the world's second-largest economy.


Kim Jong-il says China alliance to bridge generations (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:32 AM PDT

A limousine believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il drives on a street in Beijing May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - North Korea's Kim Jong-il and China's leaders vowed that their alliance "sealed in blood" will pass on to their successors, state media said on Thursday, after Kim wound up a visit to the powerful ally key to his plans for dynastic succession.


N. Korea confirms Kim's secretive China visit (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:18 AM PDT

This TV grab taken from China's CCTV in August 2010 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (left) meeting with Chinese President President Hu Jintao in Changchun. North Korea has confirmed that Kim Jong-Il ended a secretive visit to close ally China, but its report of his talks with Hu Jintao struck a different note to Beijing's account.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - North Korea confirmed that leader Kim Jong-Il ended a secretive visit to close ally China Thursday, but its report of his talks with President Hu Jintao struck a different note to Beijing's account.


Two dead in blasts near China government buildings (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:31 AM PDT

A man stands next to the broken windows after an explosion at the procuratorate building in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province May 26, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Coordinated explosions at three sites near government buildings in eastern China killed two people Thursday and were set off by a man apparently angry about the illegal demolition of his home, state media reported.


China renews its support for NKorea on Kim's visit (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:24 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 25, 2011 released by China's Xinhua news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting in Beijing. Kim met Hu on a state visit to reaffirm close ties and increase cooperation on economic development, China's official media confirmed Thursday, indicating the trip was over. Since Friday, there has been speculation Kim was on a secretive visit to China to appeal for food aid and study the economic reforms enacted by China. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Xueren) NO SALESAP - North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Il won fresh expressions of support from China's president on a visit to his most important ally that came as his regime struggles to feed its impoverished population and stabilize a collapsing economy.


Explosions in south China city kill 2, wound more (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:10 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a damaged vehicle sits at the site of an explosion near the Linchuan district government building in Fuzhou city, east China's Jiangxi Province Thursday, May 26, 2011. Explosions, some from car bombs, occurred within a half-hour outside three government buildings in the south China city Thursday, killing two people, officials said. A car exploded outside the prosecutor's office in Fuzhou city around 9:15 a.m., then 10 minutes later an explosion went off at the building and 15 minutes later another car exploded outside a drug administration office. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Ke) NO SALESAP - Homemade bombs exploded at three government buildings in a south China city within a half hour Thursday, killing two and wounding at least six others in what state media said was a revenge attack by a middle-aged jobless man.


N. Korea 'to work for nuclear-free Korean peninsula' (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

This TV grab taken from China's CCTV in August 2010 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (left) meeting with Chinese President President Hu Jintao in Changchun. North Korea has confirmed that Kim Jong-Il ended a secretive visit to close ally China, but its report of his talks with Hu Jintao struck a different note to Beijing's account.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il said he would adhere to the goal of a nuclear-free Korean peninsula during talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, China Central Television said Thursday.


China milk activist 'taken into custody' (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:55 AM PDT

Chinese food safety officials check labels at a supermarket in Hanshan, Anhui province. A Chinese activist previously jailed for campaigning over the melamine-tainted milk scandal has been taken into custody again by plainclothes security men, a post on his Twitter feed said on Thursday.(AFP/File)AFP - A Chinese activist previously jailed for campaigning over the melamine-tainted milk scandal has been taken into custody again by plainclothes security men, a post on his Twitter feed said on Thursday.


China's Hu meets N. Korea's Kim: state media (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:41 AM PDT

This TV grab taken from China's CCTV in August 2010 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (left) meeting with Chinese President President Hu Jintao in Changchun. North Korea has confirmed that Kim Jong-Il ended a secretive visit to close ally China, but its report of his talks with Hu Jintao struck a different note to Beijing's account.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to work toward the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula in talks held in Beijing, China Central Television said on Thursday.


Two dead as blasts rock govt buildings in east China (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:29 AM PDT

Heavy smoke billows after an explosion at the Linjiang district government offices in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province. A jobless 52-year-old man allegedly triggered a series of explosions at government buildings in eastern China, killing himself and at least one other, state media said on Thursday.(AFP)AFP - A jobless 52-year-old man allegedly triggered a series of explosions at government buildings in eastern China on Thursday, killing himself and at least one other, state media said.


PC maker Lenovo says 2010 profit doubles (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2010 file photo, a Chinese worker mans a production line at the factory of Lenovo Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. Lenovo Group, the fourth-largest personal computer maker, says its 2010 profit more than doubled as global demand rebounded. Lenovo said Thursday it earned $273 million last year, or $2.73 per share. Global sales rose 30 percent to $21.6 billion. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - Lenovo Group, the fourth-largest personal computer maker, said Thursday its fiscal 2010 profit more than doubled as global demand rebounded.


Blasts near east China government buildings kill two (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Blasts at three sites near government buildings in an eastern Chinese city killed two people and injured six others on Thursday, state media reported.

China's Baidu eyes foreign expansion (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:24 AM PDT

Chinese search engine Baidu has said that it is thinking about expanding into more overseas markets and expected its share of the booming domestic mobile search market to grow rapidly.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Chinese search engine Baidu said Thursday it was thinking about expanding into more overseas markets and expected its share of the booming domestic mobile search market to grow rapidly.


China urges "democratic consultation" over IMF head (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Reuters - China urged on Thursday "democratic consultation" over who should lead the International Monetary Fund, leaving room for wrangling over French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's candidacy.

Mongolians protest in China after herder killed (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:27 PM PDT

AP - The death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver has touched off protests and shed light on one of China's lesser-known ethnic flash points.

China drought impact widens, reaching Shanghai (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:19 PM PDT

AP - China's worst drought in a half-century is deepening, with the parched weather that has left millions in the Yangtze River region without enough drinking water pushing inflation higher and adding to widespread power shortages.

As world hesitates, China stands firm on dissent (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:11 PM PDT

The detention last month of Chinese avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei symbolises the failure of foreign governments to exert pressure on Beijing, say experts.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The international community's mixed response to China's crackdown on dissent -- ranging from public criticism to total silence -- has handed Beijing leeway to maintain its hard line, experts say.


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