2011年8月4日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Joe Biden to visit China, Japan, Mongolia (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 11:43 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after meeting with House Democrats about debt relief legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Vice President Joe Biden will travel to China later this month to help strengthen U.S. ties with Beijing in a trip that will also include stops in Japan and Mongolia, the White House said Thursday.


China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT

A Chinese customer selects pieces of pork at a market in Yichang, central China's Hubei province in July 2011. China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives, the government said, after a wave of contamination scares.(AFP/File)AFP - China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives after a wave of contamination scares, the government said.


Chinese warships visit NKorea on goodwill visit (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 07:04 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese Navy fleet composed of missile frigate Luoyang, front, and training ship Zheng He arrives in Wanson, North Korea, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The fleet arrived here Thursday for a four-day visit, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming) NO SALESAP - Two Chinese warships arrived at a North Korean port Thursday on a goodwill visit to mark the 50th anniversary of a friendship treaty between the countries.


Analysis: Far west attacks expose violence's homegrown roots (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 05:58 AM PDT

Reuters - The biggest threat to China's grip on its ethnically divided far western frontier comes from homegrown anger exploding in violence, not from Pakistan-based terrorists officials have blamed for the latest bloodshed.

US oil giant says China spill worse than thought (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:35 AM PDT

Graphic on an oil slick on China's northeast coast that has polluted a total area of almost 4,250 square kilometers. A massive oil spill off northeast China may be worse than first thought, the US energy giant behind the leak said, after authorities ordered it to clean up the sea bed by Sunday.(AFP/ Graphic/Al/Js/Gal)AFP - A massive oil spill off northeast China may be worse than first thought, the US energy giant behind the leak said, after authorities ordered it to clean up the sea bed by Sunday.


China accuses Japan of exaggerating it as a military threat (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Reuters - China Thursday accused Japan of deliberately exaggerating Beijing's military threat, underlining the suspicion with which Asia's two biggest economies view each other.

China says Japan defence paper 'irresponsible' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:00 AM PDT

People's Liberation Army special forces are seen standing on the deck of China's flagship missile frigate Ma'Anshan. Japan has voiced concern in its annual defence report, released this week, over China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, and what it called the AFP - China has hit out at rival Japan over a defence paper that criticised Beijing's military build-up, branding the accusations "irresponsible".


China says Japan defense comments irresponsible (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 08:00 PM PDT

AP - China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" at Japan's comments that it was concerned with China's increasing naval activity in waters near its shores and was taking measures to bolster its coastal defense.
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