2011年11月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Dissident China artist raises $1.4M for tax appeal (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2011 05:26 PM PST

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei works in front of a computer at home in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Ai, an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist, was detained for nearly three months earlier this year amid an overall crackdown on dissent, setting off concern well beyond the arts circles and civil rights community in which he is well known. The detention and subsequent claims of tax evasion have been interpreted by activists as a way to punish him for his often-outspoken criticism of the authoritarian government. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei says his supporters have sent him nearly $1.4 million to help him fight a huge tax bill that he says is government harassment.


South China villagers riot over land dispute: police (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2011 07:59 AM PST

Reuters - South Chinese villagers wielding clubs and stones attacked an industrial park, incensed by reports that an official had sold land without compensating them, police and media said on Sunday in the latest flare-up over commercial development.

APEC leaders seek firewall against Europe crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2011 02:54 PM PST

Reuters - Asia-Pacific leaders sought a united front on Sunday to prop up economic growth despite divisions over trade and currency policies as they face a common threat from Europe's debt crisis.

China mine deaths at 34, separate incident traps 7: report (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 10:53 PM PST

Reuters - The death toll from a gas explosion in a coal mine in China's southwestern Yunnan province has risen to 34, rescue workers said on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Hu says US, China cooperation key to economy (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 10:47 PM PST

AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao (hoo jin-tow) says growing economic instability and uncertainty around the globe mean it's more important for China and the United States to increase their cooperation.

China's Hu pushes for larger global role (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao sought to reassure executives at an Asia-Pacific summit on Saturday that China is open for business and will advance reforms but expects more say in setting the agenda for the global economy.

Death toll rises to 34 in China mine accident (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 07:18 PM PST

Rescue workers descend into the coal mine where a gas leak in the morning killed 20 miners and trapped another 23 in Shizong county in southwest China's Yunnan province Thursday Nov. 10, 2011. Hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into the illegally operated coal mine Thursday  in the country's second deadly mining accident in less than a week. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Thirty-four miners are now confirmed dead in a gas leak at a coal mine in southwestern China. Another nine miners are still trapped.


Obama raises economic rebalancing with Hu (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 07:04 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said he planned to discuss the need for a rebalancing of the global economy in a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday.

China sentences 3 to death for deadly hotel fire (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 06:55 PM PST

AP - Three people have been sentenced to death for setting fire to a bar that spread to a budget hotel in northeastern China, killing 11 people and leaving two others severely injured.

Obama huddles with China, Russia leaders on Iran (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 06:17 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich,  and his wife Callista Gingrich speak after the debate at the Benjamin Johnson Arena, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 in Spartanburg, S.C. Republican presidential hopefuls sharply criticized President Barack Obama's efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions Saturday night as too weak but disagreed in campaign debate whether the United States would be justified in a pre-emptive military strike. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)AP - President Barack Obama says he and Chinese President Hu Jintao (hoo jin-tow) want to ensure that Iran lives by "international rules and norms" amid fresh allegations that Tehran is conducting nuclear weapons work in secret.


Obama, Hu pitch different trade agendas (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 03:04 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit leaders plenary session in Kapolei, Hawaii on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Reuters - Barack Obama and Hu Jintao presented dueling trade agendas as an antidote to weak global growth as the U.S. and Chinese presidents faced off on Saturday at a Pacific summit where Europe's debt crisis loomed large.


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