2011年9月23日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. sees China fallout from Taiwan arms, no breach (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:21 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States expects some fraying of relations with China over its $5.3 billion plan to upgrade Taiwan's F-16 fleet but not as "shrill" a reaction as if it had met the request for new fighter jets, the top U.S. military commander in the region told Reuters on Friday.

Hundreds protest in south China over land grab (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:06 AM PDT

Policemen use their shields as stones are thrown by protesters in Wukan village in Lufeng, a city of 1.7 million, in the southern Chinese Guangdong province September 22, 2011. Hundreds of villagers in southern China protested on Friday over a government seizure of land, the latest outbreak of trouble in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong province that illustrates growing public anger at the practice of land grabs. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Hundreds of villagers in southern China protested on Friday over a government seizure of land, the latest outbreak of trouble in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong province that illustrates growing public anger at the practice of land grabs.


Villagers riot in southern China over land dispute (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:20 AM PDT

AP - Protests by hundreds of villagers over a land dispute in southern China turned violent this week, with residents smashing buildings, overturning vehicles and clashing with police, a villager and the local city government said Friday.

China says yuan rise can't solve trade imbalance with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Letting the yuan appreciate cannot solve the U.S. trade imbalance with China, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, hitting back at planned U.S. Senate legislation aimed at forcing Beijing to loosen controls on its currency.

SKorean reporters detained by China near NKorea (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:57 AM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities detained a group of South Korean journalists and others for a fourth day Friday on suspicion of spying while on a reporting trip near China's border with North Korea, officials in Seoul said.

Geithner slams China's intellectual property policies (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that China is holding to its decades-old strategy to steal American intellectual property, in a pointed statement reflecting U.S. officials' growing impatience with Beijing.

AP Exclusive: Caesars plans hotel in Hainan, China (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:11 PM PDT

This artist's conception provided by PTW shows sunset at Caesars Palace Longmu Bay, Hainan, China. Caesars Entertainment Corp. is announcing it's building a $470 million luxury resort on the Chinese island of Hainan.(AP Photo/PTW)AP - Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. plans to build a 1,000-room non-gambling luxury resort Caesars Palace Longmu Bay on the southern Chinese island of Hainan.


China man held on suspicion of keeping sex slaves (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:55 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese man has been detained on suspicion of keeping six women in a basement as his sex slaves for two years and killing two of them.

Little fallout seen from US arms sale to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2007 file photo, Taiwanese air force F-16 fighter jets fly in formation as they drop anti-missile deterrents during the second day of the annual Hankuang military exercises. China denounced a decision by the United States to upgrade Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets, summoning the U.S. ambassador and warning that military ties and overall relations will suffer, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)AP - Despite Beijing's bluster and hints of another break in military exchanges, little fallout is expected from Washington's decision to upgrade Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets.


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