2011年8月2日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Beijing-Shanghai ticket sales fall after rail crash (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:59 AM PDT

A high-speed train arrives at Bengbu station in eastern China's Anhui province, one of the stops on the Beijing-Shanghai line launched on June 30. Ticket sales on China's new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail are flagging after a deadly accident on the network, with some trains selling as few as 30 percent of their seats, state media said Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Ticket sales on China's new Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail are flagging after a deadly accident on the network, with some trains selling as few as 30 percent of their seats, state media said Tuesday.

Tensions high after deadly unrest in China (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:33 AM PDT

Chinese police patrol Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. Tensions ran high in China's remote Kashgar city Tuesday after authorities shot dead two men suspected of fomenting deadly ethnic unrest and vowed a further crackdown on AFP - Tensions ran high in China's remote Kashgar city Tuesday after authorities shot dead two men suspected of fomenting deadly ethnic unrest and vowed a further crackdown on "religious extremists".

Analysis: Pakistan relying too much on China against U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:03 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) shakes hands with China's President Hu Jintao during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 20, 2011. China has agreed to expedite the delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan, a newspaper reported on Friday, as Islamabad tries to deepen ties with Beijing as an alternative to increasingly fragile relations with the United States. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Pakistan's quick response to charges by China that militants involved in attacks in Xinjiang had trained on its soil shows the importance of its ties with Beijing, but it could be a mistake for Islamabad if it relies too much on China.

Chinese city offers deal to end taxi strike (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:22 AM PDT

A taxi-drop sign is seen in Shanghai. China's eastern city of Hangzhou has offered its taxi drivers a subsidy of one yuan ($0.16) per trip in a bid to end a two-day strike in the tourism hub.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China's eastern city of Hangzhou on Tuesday offered its taxi drivers a subsidy of one yuan ($0.16) per trip in a bid to end a two-day strike in the tourism hub.

China media urges officials to speak to web users (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:56 AM PDT

Rescue workers are seen close to the wreckage of two high-speed trains that collided close to the town of Shuangyu in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on July 23. China imposed a widespread ban on coverage of last week's high-speed train crash, forcing newspapers across the country to scrap pages of stories, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - The mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party on Tuesday urged more officials to go online and speak honestly with web users, in a sign of the growing importance of social networking sites in China.

Shanghai official punished for fire that killed 58 (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:27 AM PDT

AP - A Shanghai court sentenced a district official to 16 years in prison on Tuesday for corruption and abuse of authority over a high-rise fire that killed 58 people last year, state media said.

Japan wary of rise in China's maritime activities (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT

Chinese naval officers walk on the deck of the People's Liberation Army Navy's guided missile frigate FFG Zhoushan at the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, March 26, 2011. REUTERS/Emmanual KwitemaReuters - China's naval forces are likely to step up their activities in waters around Japan, Tokyo's annual defense report said Tuesday, the latest expression of regional security concerns about China's military buildup.

Security heavy in west China city hit by attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Members of Uyghur ethnic minority shop near the Erduoqiao neighborhood in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/David Wivell)AP - Machine gun-toting paramilitary police guarded major intersections Tuesday in a far western Chinese city where 20 people have died in recent violence the government blames on Muslim extremists.

China lashes out at Manila over island claims (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:47 AM PDT

AP - An official Chinese newspaper accused the Philippines Tuesday of lacking a sincere desire to resolve South China Sea territorial disputes and warned of unspecified consequences if China's concerns are ignored.

China halts offshore yuan borrowing to tighten policy (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:21 AM PDT

A 100 Yuan note is seen in this illustration picture in Beijing March 7, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China's central bank has halted offshore yuan borrowing by domestic companies, official media reported, a move seen as an attempt to clamp down on hot money flows at a time when the authorities are still tightening policy to battle inflation.

Japan warns of China's growing naval muscle (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:42 AM PDT

Members of China's naval forces are seen in Beijing. Japan has voiced concern over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean and what it called the AFP - Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in nearby waters and the Pacific and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.

Chinese man apologizes for killing NZ driver (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:46 PM PDT

Detective Senior Sgt. Hywel Jones of New Zealand walks out from a courthouse after a session of the trial for Xiao Zhen who is accused of murdering a taxi driver, Hiren Mohini in Auckland, New Zealand on Jan. 31, 2010, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - A Chinese man admitted in court Tuesday to killing a New Zealand taxi driver, saying he was sorry and asking for a lenient sentence.

China train crash prompts anger at reckless growth (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:34 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, passengers disembark a CRH high-speed train at the South Train Station in Beijing, China. China's bullet train was supposed to signal its arrival as a high-tech leader. Instead, a crash that killed at least 40 people has made it a lightning rod for anger at the human cost of recklessly fast development. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's bullet train was supposed to signal its arrival as a high-tech leader. Instead, a crash that killed at least 40 people has made it a lightning rod for anger at the human cost of recklessly fast development.

China police shoot dead two suspects in Xinjiang attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese police have shot dead two suspects being hunted for a deadly attack in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which an exiled regional leader blamed on Beijing's hardline policies toward her people.

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