2011年8月21日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Biden tells China not to count out U.S. strength (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 08:19 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama takes part at a congress in Hamburg, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday rejected views that American power is waning and said Washington would never default, wrapping up a China visit that has played down tensions between the world's two biggest economies.


China's US assets 'safe,' Biden tells students (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 06:29 AM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's head is framed by the teleprompter as he delivers a speech at Sichuan University in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. Biden says China and America need to recognize their mutual global concerns and responsibilities and ensure greater fairness in trade and investment conditions. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Vice President Joe Biden wrapped up a visit to China on Sunday that offered him extensive face-time with the country's expected future leader, Xi Jinping, and delivered a strong message of U.S. mutual interdependence with the world's second-largest economy.


France's Sarkozy to meet Hu in Beijing next week (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:18 AM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with tourism representatives in Cap d'Agde, southern France, July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Pascal ParrotReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Thursday for impromptu talks that will most probably center on the recent turbulence in global financial markets.


China: ConocoPhillips finds 9 oil spill sources (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:31 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese authority says the local unit of ConocoPhillips has found nine oil spill sources amid intensifying pressure on the company to clean up oil spills in the Bohai Bay.

Vietnamese police crush anti-China protest (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:29 PM PDT

Vietnamese policemen bring a protester, center, after breaking up an anti-China demonstration in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. Police arrested dozens of protesters who refused to stop chanting and forcing them onto two buses that were driven away. The Communist government had warned protesters not to gather after allowing peaceful rallies to take place over the past two months. Vietnam and China have been at odds this summer over disputed territory in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Margie Mason)AP - Vietnamese police swooped in and crushed an anti-China rally Sunday, arresting dozens of protesters who refused to stop chanting and forcing them onto two buses that were driven away.


China facing high inflation pressure: Economic planning official (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:25 PM PDT

Reuters - China is still facing high inflation pressure, the vice-chairman of China Development and Reform Commission, China's powerful economic planning agency, told a forum in Beijing.

Biden seeks to reassure China on U.S. debt (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said China had "nothing to worry about" concerning the safety of its vast holdings of Treasury debt, while China's Premier Wen Jiabao gave a ringing endorsement of the resilience of the debt-ridden U.S. economy.
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