2011年6月1日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Two Chinese citizens plead guilty in U.S. export case (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Wednesday to conspiring to violate American export control laws by attempting to buy microchips for use in China's military and space programs.

Chinese military build-up no threat: senior army official (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:10 AM PDT

China's military build-up poses no threat to the world, even as the army modernises to meet the challenges of an AFP - China's military build-up poses no threat to the world, even as the army modernises to meet the challenges of an "informationalised age", a top Chinese army official said Wednesday.


Restive China region orders mining crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:08 AM PDT

A photo released on May 31 by the Southern Mongolian Human Rights group shows Mongolian herders and students protesting in Huveet Shar Banner, in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. China's Inner Mongolia began an overhaul of its mining sector Wednesday, state media said, in an effort to quell ethnic Mongol anger over charges of resource exploitation and environmental damage.(AFP/Southern Mongolian Human Rights)AFP - China's Inner Mongolia began an overhaul of its mining sector Wednesday, state media said, in an effort to quell ethnic Mongol anger over charges of resource exploitation and environmental damage.


China's Li into semis at French Open (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:29 AM PDT

China's Li Na hits a return to Belarus's Victoria Azarenka during their Women's fourth quater final match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium, on June 1, 2011 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Li Na became the first Chinese player to reach a French Open semi-final with an upset 7-5, 6-2 win over fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Wednesday.


China's response to latest unrest follows pattern (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:30 AM PDT

In this photo taken May 29, 2011 and released by Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, paramilitary police water cannon trucks are parked in Hohot in northern China's Inner Mongolia province. China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances. (AP Photo/Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances.


Chinese rights activist jailed for fraud (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for a photograph with his new installation entitled 'Sunflower Seeds', at its unveiling in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern gallery, in London October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthAP - A Chinese legal aid advocate who has pushed for freer elections was sentenced Wednesday to four months in jail for credit card fraud, but rights groups say the charges were an excuse to punish him for his work.


19 trapped in flooded China coal mines: Xinhua (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:31 AM PDT

Photo illustration of Chinese coal miners. Rescuers in southwest China raced Wednesday to locate 19 workers trapped in two flooded coal mines, state media said, in the latest incidents to strike the nation's notoriously dangerous collieries.(AFP/Illustration)AFP - Rescuers in southwest China raced Wednesday to locate 19 workers trapped in two flooded coal mines, state media said, in the latest incidents to strike the nation's notoriously dangerous collieries.


China manufacturing slows in May (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:28 AM PDT

Workers are seen assembling various toys and games at a factory in Jinjiang, China's southeast Fujian province. China's manufacturing activity slowed in May from the previous month, according to official data, as Beijing seeks to rein in the world's second-largest economy and tame inflation.(AFP/File)AFP - China's manufacturing sector expanded at the slowest pace in 10 months in May, independent data showed Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the world's second-largest economy and tame inflation.


China manufacturing slows in power, credit squeeze (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:16 PM PDT

AP - China's manufacturers suffered sluggish growth in orders in May as widespread power shortages and inflation-fighting curbs on credit dampened demand, surveys showed Wednesday.
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