2011年10月26日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China spacecraft to launch soon to test docking (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:09 AM PDT

AP - China will launch an unmanned spacecraft early next month that will attempt to dock with an experimental module, the latest step in what will be a decade-long effort to place a manned permanent space station in orbit.

SKorea, China agree to expand currency swap deal (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:34 AM PDT

AP - South Korea's central bank says it has agreed with its Chinese counterpart to expand their currency swap deal as a backstop against global economic turmoil.

China rejects U.S. praise, arms sales to Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:24 AM PDT

Reuters - China on Wednesday criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for praising Beijing's measured reaction to the latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, repaying his compliment by saying the deal was "unprofessional."

Tenth Tibetan monk burns self in west China: group (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:03 AM PDT

Reuters - A Tibetan Buddhist monk doused himself in fuel and set himself ablaze in far western China on Tuesday, the tenth ethnic Tibetan this year to resort to the extreme form of protest, an overseas advocacy group said.

Analysis: China expected to spurn Europe's bailout fund (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:58 AM PDT

Reuters - HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters)- China is expected to steer clear of Europe's bailout fund and its investment vehicles as regulators and politicians scramble to pull together a plan aimed at expanding the debt clean-up.

Another Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:13 AM PDT

AP - A British human rights group says another Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule over the Himalayan region in the 10th self-immolation this year.

China welcomes Taiwan president's peace proposal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT

Reuters - China on Wednesday welcomed a proposal by Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to consider a peace treaty with its long-time rival, but warned Taiwan's China-skeptical opposition not to whip the matter up to make political capital.

China says to launch unmanned space-docking craft (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:23 PM PDT

Reuters - China said on Wednesday it will launch within weeks its first spacecraft capable of docking with a module it put into orbit last month, in what will mark a crucial test of its growing space program.

China official approves of Taiwan peace accord vow (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:27 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese official says Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's call for a cross-strait peace accord is "in the interest of the Chinese race."
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