2011年7月19日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Oil from giant spill reaches Chinese coast: Xinhua (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 02:15 PM PDT

A man riding his scooter ride past oil rigs in Cangzhou, in northern China's Hebei Province, near Bohai Bay, in 2009. Oil from a huge spill off the Chinese coast has been found washed up on the shore in two separate areas, state media reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Oil from a huge spill off the Chinese coast has been found washed up on the shore in two separate areas, state media reported on Wednesday.


U.S. wants to talk outer space with China (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States wants to open a regular dialogue with China on outer space in an effort to create "rules for the road" and reduce the risk of misunderstandings, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.

Clash in China's Xinjiang killed 20: exile group (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Police stand guard on the streets of Hotan in northwest China's Xinjiang region in 2006. Twenty protesters from China's minority Uighur community were killed in a clash with police in the ethnically tense northwestern region of Xinjiang, a Uighur exile group said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Twenty protesters from China's minority Uighur community were killed in a clash with police in the ethnically tense northwestern region of Xinjiang, a Uighur exile group said Tuesday.


Brit win as China's divers leap forward (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Gold medalist Britain's swimmer Keri-Anne Payne (C), silver medalist Martina Grimaldi of Italy (L) and bronze medalist Marianna Lymperta of Greece (R) pose after the women's 10km open water event of the FINA World Championships in Shanghai.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Olympic hosts Britain struck gold at the world aquatics championships Tuesday as China bagged another two diving titles to stand just four away from sweeping all 10.


Mercedes' tiny Smart takes on big boys in China (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Dong Han is an ideal customer for Mercedes Benz's booming car sales in China. A 27-year-old advertising agent with a double-income household and no children, she's upwardly mobile and highly conscious of style.

China blames terrorists for attack in Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:19 AM PDT

Reuters - A clash at a police station that left at least four people dead in western China's restive Xinjiang region was "a terrorist attack," a government official said on Tuesday, but an exile Uighur group accused police of firing on peaceful protesters.

China's Baidu launches online music service (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:36 AM PDT

A man walks past the logo of Baidu at its headquarter in Beijing, 2010. Chinese search engine Baidu said it will distribute music from three major firms online, ending a prolonged legal battle over copyright infringements.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Chinese search engine Baidu said Tuesday it will distribute music from three major firms online, ending a prolonged legal battle over copyright infringements.


U.S.-China row may take turn for worse at Asia security meet (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Relations between the United States and China could hit another rough patch this week at Asia's biggest security forum, where some participants will be seeking U.S. help to thwart what they see as Beijing's expansionism in the South China Sea.

China protests planned Philippine trip to Spratlys (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT

AP - China protested a planned trip by five Filipino lawmakers to a Philippine-occupied island in the South China Sea's disputed Spratlys, saying Tuesday it would do nothing but undermine regional stability and "sabotage" bilateral ties.

China vows to crush stability threats in Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:12 AM PDT

File photo shows Chinese paramilitary policemen on patrol in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has vowed to crush any threats to stability in Tibet, taking a swipe at the Dalai Lama in a speech Tuesday marking 60 years since China cemented control over the region.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping vowed to crush any threats to stability in Tibet, taking a swipe at the Dalai Lama in a speech Tuesday marking 60 years since China cemented control over the region.


China's Internet population hits 485 million (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 02:37 AM PDT

A man surfs the web at an internet cafe in Beijing. China's online population, already the world's largest, hit 485 million users at the end of June -- up 6.1 percent from the end of 2010, a government-linked industry body has said.(AFP/File/Gou Yige)AFP - China's online population, already the world's largest, hit 485 million users at the end of June -- up 6.1 percent from the end of 2010, a government-linked industry body said Tuesday.


China says violence in far west was terrorist act (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:19 AM PDT

AP - A bloody clash at a police station in restive far west China that left at least four people dead was an organized terrorist attack, a regional government official said Tuesday.

China's heir apparent pledges tough line on Tibet (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping vowed on Tuesday to crack down on separatist forces led by the Dalai Lama, suggesting that China's heir apparent to the presidency will not ease Beijing's hardline stance toward the region.

China executes 2 former vice mayors for bribery (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:18 PM PDT

AP - Two former vice mayors in eastern China who were convicted of bribery were executed Tuesday, the country's supreme court said, two of the harshest sentences handed down to high-level Chinese officials in recent years.

Amid local debt worries, China's tax revenue surges 30 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:26 PM PDT

Reuters - China's tax revenues in the first half of the year surged 29.6 percent from a year earlier to 5 trillion yuan ($773 billion), underscoring the government's ability to deal with any fallout from piles of local government debt.
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