2011年8月16日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China rejects report of bin Laden raid copter access (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near the compound after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China on Tuesday dismissed a report that Pakistan gave it access to an advanced U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May.


Chinese gov't urged to save train crash kid's leg (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:40 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, July 25, 2011, a nurse tends to Xiang Weiyi, at a hospital in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province. The Chinese government responded Tuesday, Aug 16, to mounting pressure to save the badly crushed left leg of the 2-year-old girl pulled out of the wreckage of a high-speed train crash last month by sending a team of experts to treat the toddler. Xiang Weiyi, nicknamed 'Little Yiyi' by the Chinese media, was rescued about 21 hours after the July 23 crash that killed at least 40 people near the eastern city of Wenzhou, including her parents. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - The Chinese government responded Tuesday to mounting pressure to save the badly crushed leg of a 2-year-old girl who was pulled from the wreckage of a high-speed train crash last month by sending a team of experts to treat the toddler.


Biden seeks strong China ties under shadow of debt (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Despite festering tensions over debt, deficits and currency, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has one top priority during his trip to Asia this week: get to know China's next generation of leaders.

China mulls lawsuit over Bohai Bay oil spill (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 03:22 AM PDT

AP - China's oceanic administration says it is preparing to sue the local unit of ConocoPhillips for damages to the environment resulting from offshore oil spills that began in June.

Family of missing China rights lawyer seeks news on whereabouts (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT

A protester carries a portrait of one of China's most prominent dissidents Gao Zhisheng during a demonstration outside a Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - The brother of missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has issued a plea for news about his whereabouts, and believes that he remains in extra-judicial detention despite recently ending a five-year probationary period.


U.S. debt still safest place for China reserves: top banker (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:21 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury market is still the safest place for China to put part of its massive foreign exchange reserves despite a downgrade of the U.S. debt rating by Standard & Poor's, Guo Shuqing, chairman of China Construction Bank, said in comments published on Tuesday.

China launches 2-month Xinjiang terror crackdown (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT

AP - Chinese security forces have launched a two-month "strike hard" crackdown against violence, terrorism and radical Islam following renewed ethnic violence in the restive western region of Xinjiang, the regional government said Tuesday.

Analysis: China unlikely to cool investment as its growth engine (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:04 AM PDT

Reuters - China's long-term plan to cut reliance on investment as a growth engine is clashing with its short-term need for protection against a worsening global outlook.

China imposes new rules to fight child trafficking (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 08:34 PM PDT

AP - The Chinese government is tightening adoption rules to combat child trafficking, state media reported Tuesday, a day after eight people convicted of abducting or murdering children received sentences including the death penalty.
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