2011年5月27日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. says China yuan undervalued, but not manipulated (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 02:58 PM PDT

A Chinese 100 yuan banknote is placed under a $100 banknote (top) in this photo illustration taken in Beijing in this November 7, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/FilesReuters - The Treasury Department ruled on Friday China was not manipulating its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage, but said Beijing still needs to allow the yuan to rise much faster in value.


China fetes new Myanmar president on state visit (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:35 AM PDT

Myanmar's President Thein Sein, right, accompanied by Chinese President Hu Jintao, inspects a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China bestowed a pomp-filled welcome on Myanmar's president Friday, conferring legitimacy on the country's new, nominally civilian government and ensuring continued Chinese access to its neighbor's natural resources.


China bomber seen as champion of disenfranchised (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 05:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file 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. Hours after homemade bombs blasted government buildings, some Chinese were quick to glorify the disgruntled bomb-setter — a sign of the bitterness many feel toward the government for chasing growth while neglecting justice. Hundreds of admiring — and some mournful — messages were posted Friday on the blog of Qian Mingqi, a 52-year-old jobless man who authorities say killed himself and two other people when he set off three bombs Thursday in Fuzhou city. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Ke, File) NO SALESAP - Hours after homemade bombs blasted government buildings, some Chinese were quick to glorify the disgruntled bomb-setter — a sign of the bitterness many feel toward the government for chasing growth while neglecting justice.


China 'setting up military cyber-warfare team' (AFP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:45 AM PDT

China's military has set up an elite Internet security task force tasked with fending off cyberattacks, state media have reported, denying that the initiative is intended to create a AFP - China's military has set up an elite Internet security task force tasked with fending off cyberattacks, state media reported on Friday, denying that the initiative is intended to create a "hacker army".


China's Forbidden City to lend works to Louvre (AFP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 01:52 AM PDT

Journalists are seen gathering outside the Zhai Gong exhibit hall in the northeastern part of the sprawling Forbidden City in Beijing. The Forbidden City, China's ancient imperial palace museum, is to loan more than 100 works to the Louvre in Paris, some of which have never left China.(AFP/File)AFP - The Forbidden City, China's ancient imperial palace museum, is to loan more than 100 works to the Louvre in Paris, some of which have never left China.


China's Inner Mongolia set for more unrest: group (AFP/File)

Posted: 27 May 2011 12:10 AM PDT

AFP/File - Unprecedented demonstrations by ethnic Mongols upset with Chinese rule show no signs of abating and plans for further protests are circulating on social media sites, an overseas rights group said.

China milk activist home after brief detention (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:08 PM PDT

Chinese activist Zhao Lianhai, who was jailed for campaigning for victims of a huge 2008 milk scandal, is back home after being briefly taken away again by security, he said on his Twitter feed.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Chinese activist Zhao Lianhai, who was jailed for campaigning for victims of a huge 2008 milk scandal, is back home after being briefly taken away again by security, he said on his Twitter feed.


North Korean leader returns home from China (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:02 PM PDT

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il returned home from a weeklong trip to China on Friday, saying that ties with Beijing are "sealed in blood" and set to grow for generations to come.

Microsoft chief says China piracy very costly: WSJ (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:25 PM PDT

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduces the upcoming Windows Phone, which will arrive in China over the next few months, in Beijing on May 24, 2011. Ballmer has said rampant software piracy in China has eaten into his company's revenue in what is soon to be the world's top PC market, a report said Friday.(AFP)AFP - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said rampant software piracy in China has eaten into his company's revenue in what is soon to be the world's top PC market, a report said Friday.


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

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:04 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.


China blast toll hits 3, including suspect (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:05 PM PDT

The death toll from a series of explosions at government buildings in eastern China allegedly carried out by a jobless man rose to three including the suspect, state media said Friday.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - The death toll from a series of explosions at government buildings in eastern China allegedly carried out by a jobless man rose to three including the suspect, state media said Friday.


Explosions in south China city kill 3, wound 9 (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:35 PM 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 three people and wounding at least nine others in what state media said was a revenge attack by a middle-aged jobless man.


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