2011年6月19日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


India-China military exchanges resume (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT

AP - An Indian general led a delegation to Beijing on Sunday as the two countries moved to resume exchanges between their militaries after a yearlong freeze.

India military delegation arrives in China (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 04:58 AM PDT

Chinese soldiers undergo a training session in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang region in January. An Indian military delegation arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a six-day trip which will also include the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, a senior Indian defence official told AFP.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - An Indian military delegation arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a six-day visit, an Indian official said, marking the resumption of defence ties that were frozen for a year over a visa dispute.


More than 5 million affected by China flooding (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:51 AM PDT

Two men on a motorcycle are stuck in floodwaters in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Saturday June 18, 2011. Flooding from this month's seasonal rains has already forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and left more than 170 dead or missing. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - More than 5 million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in eastern China that is also pushing up food prices, state media reported Sunday.


China food prices spike as floods ruin farmland (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:46 AM PDT

A girls carries two buckets of clean water to her house through a flooded area in Moshan village, Zhejiang province June 19, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Torrential rain across southern and eastern China which has killed more than 100 people and triggered the evacuation of half a million has left large areas of farmland devastated as food prices surge, state media said on Sunday.


11 workers missing in east China building collapse (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:11 AM PDT

AP - State media say rescuers are searching for 11 workers who were buried when an office building they were renovating in eastern China collapsed on top of them.

Vietnamese protest China amid rising tensions (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:54 PM PDT

Protesters hold banners and placards during a rally against China in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday June 19, 2011. About 300 people gathered near the Chinese Embassy in the capital, Hanoi, and marched through the streets, yelling 'Down with China!' and demanding that their powerful northern neighbor stay out of Vietnam's territory. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)AP - Hundreds of Vietnamese launched a third week of protests against China on Sunday amid escalating tensions in disputed waters of the South China Sea, where both countries recently conducted live-fire military drills.


Pakistan looms large as India, China armies resume talks (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Reuters - India resumes defense contacts with China frozen for a year when an Indian military delegation visits on Sunday, though few expect any breakthrough with Beijing pursuing its "all-weather friendship" with arch-rival Pakistan.

I can cope with pressure: China's tennis star Li (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Li Na of China at the AEGON International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, southern England, on June 15, 2011. Li insists she can cope with the extra pressure of being Asia's first Grand Slam singles winner as the Chinese star aims to continue her year to remember at Wimbledon.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - French Open champion Li Na insists she can cope with the extra pressure of being Asia's first Grand Slam singles winner as the Chinese star aims to continue her year to remember at Wimbledon.


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