2011年11月7日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


U.S. Senators say China supplying bogus weapons parts (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:32 PM PST

Reuters - Two key U.S. senators blasted China for failing to control a flood of counterfeit parts installed on U.S. weapons systems, and said they planned to take action to address the widespread problem.

China considers shrinking railway investment goal: report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:38 PM PST

Reuters - China's annual investment on railway construction could fall to about 500 billion yuan ($78.7 billion) a year, retreating from ambitious heights mapped out in a plan for the sector that has struggled with high debts, an official Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday.

China says U.S. APEC goals too ambitious (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:06 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. goals of establishing regional free trade and an environmental policy at the APEC summit are useful but too ambitious for some developing nations, China said on Monday, days before President Hu Jintao heads to Hawaii for the meeting.

Thousands send money to China's Ai for tax bill (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:29 AM PST

A Chinese man waits to contribute his money at the home of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Thousands of people have sent more than 5.3 million yuan ($840,000) to Ai, some tossing cash folded into airplanes over his gate, he said Monday, to help him pay a tax bill they see as government harassment. The Beijing tax bureau was demanding that he pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Thousands of people have sent more than $800,000 to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, some tossing cash folded into airplanes over his gate, to help him pay a tax bill they see as government harassment, he said Monday.


Russia, China laud their economic bloc (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:34 AM PST

AP - The member states of a security pact dominated by Russia and China pledged Monday to boost their financial and energy cooperation, despite the global economic slowdown.

Foreign vineyards keen to tap China wine market (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:08 AM PST

In this photo taken on Nov. 3, 2011, visitors chat at a booth during the Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair in Hong Kong. As growth slows in their traditional markets, wine makers from around the world are eager to tap demand in China but industry players say the increased competition and a lack of wine drinking culture mean it won't be easy money. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - As growth slows in their traditional markets, wine makers from around the world are eager to tap demand in China but industry players say the increased competition and a lack of wine drinking culture mean it won't be easy money.


GM sees strong growth in China auto sales (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:04 AM PST

AP - GM's sales in China jumped 10 percent to a record 220,412 vehicles in October, helped by renewed demand for its minivans.

Dalai Lama blames Tibetan burnings on "cultural genocide" (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:08 AM PST

Reuters - The desperate conditions Tibetans face under Beijing's rigid controls in what amounted to "cultural genocide" are behind the spate of self-immolations in southwest China, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Monday.

China FX rate within reasonable level: Minister (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 08:52 PM PST

Reuters - China's yuan exchange rate is within a "basically reasonable level," and it is not the root cause of the China-U.S. trade imbalance, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said in remarks published on Monday.
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