2011年8月1日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China jailing Nobel winner broke international law: UN (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:39 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold a portrait of China's detained Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo demanding his immediate release during a protest in Taipei in 2010. A United Nations panel has called for the release of jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife, saying their detention breaks international law.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - A United Nations panel has called for the release of jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife, saying their detention breaks international law.


China blames unrest on Pakistan-trained 'terrorists' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Chinese paramilitary militias chant patriotic slogans during a troop review at Nanhu Square in Urumqi, China's northwest Xinjiang region, in 2009. China on Monday blamed Muslim separatist AFP - China on Monday blamed Muslim separatist "terrorists" trained in neighbouring Pakistan for an outbreak of deadly violence and imposed heavy security in a bid to prevent further unrest.


Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Taiwan IT giant Foxconn -- hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants -- plans to replace 500,000 workers with robots in the next three years, state media reported.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - Taiwan IT giant Foxconn -- hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants -- plans to replace 500,000 workers with robots in the next three years, state media reported Monday.


China blames Pakistan-trained militants for attack (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2009 file photo, a military convoy passes a statue of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Kashgar, China. China on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011 blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan for an attack that killed six civilians in one of the most troubled ethnic regions where police later fatally shot five suspects. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - China on Monday blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan for launching one of two deadly weekend attacks in a troubled far western region, while overseas activists feared the government could respond by cracking down on ethnic Uighurs widely blamed for the unrest.


Special Report: China's shortcut to Wall Street (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Reuters - SHELL GAMES: A Reuters Investigation

Chinese retailers hijack the Ikea experience (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Nestled in a sleepy southern district of Kunming city in southwest China, is a 10,000 square meter, four-story building that could make Swedish furniture giant Ikea uneasy.

Court upholds Chinese journalist's jail sentence (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 05:16 AM PDT

AP - The lawyer for a Chinese journalist behind bars after writing about suspected corruption says a court has rejected an appeal against a new sentence ordered just before the reporter was to be released.

China manufacturing slows further in July (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT

AP - China's manufacturing slowed further in July as Beijing cooled an overheated economy and demand for exports weakened amid Europe's debt crisis and sluggish U.S. growth, two surveys showed Monday.

China train crash censorship scorned on Internet (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:17 AM PDT

Wreaths are displayed in Hong Kong during a ceremony to remember the victims of the Wenzhou's train accident, July 31,2011. China's state news agency Xinhua has denied widespread rumours that railway authorities tried to conceal evidence by burying carriages damaged during a high-speed rail crash that killed at least 40 people last weekend. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuReuters - China's media are curbing combative reporting of a high-speed train disaster after what observers said were orders from the ruling Communist Party's propaganda arm, which on Monday drew fresh scorn from Internet users demanding unfettered news.


China blames Muslim extremists for attack in Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:09 AM PDT

A handout picture shows armed policemen trying to rescue hostages at a police station during a clash in Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region July 18, 2011. REUTERS/Xinjiang Public Security Bureau/HandoutReuters - China said on Monday that Islamic militants had mounted an attack that left 11 people dead in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which announced a crackdown on "illegal" religious activities at the start of the Muslim fasting month.


Taxi driver protests hit two Chinese cities (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT

A taxi-drop sign is seen in Shanghai. Thousands of taxi drivers in China's eastern city of Hangzhou went on strike Monday over high petrol prices and traffic congestion, while drivers in Shanghai also protested over benefits.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Thousands of taxi drivers in China's eastern city of Hangzhou went on strike Monday over high petrol prices and traffic congestion, while drivers in Shanghai also protested over benefits.


Chinese media tone down rail crash coverage (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:56 AM PDT

Candles left by family members are seen at the accident sight of the high-speed train crash in Shuangyu, eastern China. State-run media in the country complied with a ban on negative coverage of the accident that killed 40 people, after more than a week of unusually critical reporting.(AFP/File)AFP - China's state-run media on Monday complied with a ban on negative coverage of a high-speed rail crash that killed 40 people, after more than a week of unusually critical reporting.


China central bank says inflation fight a policy priority (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT

A worker walks past a residential construction site in Beijing June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Soo Hoo ZheyangReuters - China pledged to keep to a "prudent" monetary policy for the rest of the year to combat inflation, which is stubbornly fixed near a three-year high.


China says Xinjiang attack linked to Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:54 PM PDT

A Muslim Uighur woman begs as armed Chinese paramilitary policemen along a street in Urumqi, capital of the tense Xinjiang region. China on Monday blamed Muslim separatist AFP - A deadly weekend attack in China's restive Xinjiang region was masterminded by "terrorists" trained in Pakistan, the local government said Monday.


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