2011年12月9日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China peace prize honors Putin for enhanced Russia (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:24 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken in April 2008, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo poses for a photographer in China. Five Nobel Peace Prize winners have launched a campaign urging the release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu, a fellow Nobel recipient, a statement from the group said Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Two exchange students accepted a Chinese peace prize Friday on behalf of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was honored for enhancing Russia's status and crushing anti-government forces in Chechnya, the prize organizers said.


Exclusive: China to create $300 billion FX investment vehicle (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:29 AM PST

Reuters - China's central bank plans to create a new vehicle to manage investment funds worth a total of $300 billion to improve returns on the world's largest stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

China data signals pro-growth policy shift (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST

Reuters - China's industrial output growth dropped in November to its slowest pace in more than two years and inflation tumbled as economic conditions deteriorated, raising expectations that Beijing will pursue a more pro-growth policy to support jobs.

Warning on laziness sends Chinese officials to sleep (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:54 AM PST

Reuters - Five Chinese officials have been suspended from their jobs after they were observed sleeping or reading newspapers during a video conference on stamping out laziness at work, state media reported on Friday.

4-nation Mekong security patrols to begin Saturday (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:46 AM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, fully-armed Chinese police officers line up on their boats as their patrol missions along the Mekong River are ready to start in Guanlei, Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. China said joint Mekong River security patrols with forces from Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand will begin on Saturday, a development likely to deepen Beijing's influence in the region on its southern flank. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lin Yiguang) NO SALESAP - China says its armed police will join Mekong River security patrols with forces from Myanmar, Laos and Thailand starting Saturday, a development likely to deepen Beijing's influence in an unstable region on its southern flank.


China inflation drops to 4.2 pct in November (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:31 AM PST

AP - China's economy is losing steam, with industrial production dropping to its slowest pace in two years last month and inflation also cooling — raising the likelihood of fresh moves to keep growth on track.

Tibetan who set self on fire in protest dies:group (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:50 AM PST

AP - A former Buddhist monk in Tibet has died from burns after he set himself on fire about a week ago, a Tibetan rights group said Friday.

China farmer gets death penalty for poisoning milk (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:41 AM PST

AP - A Chinese dairy farmer has been sentenced to death for lacing her rival's milk supply with industrial salt, causing the deaths of three young children, state media said Friday.

Nuance, not initiative, likely in China 2012 economic plan (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 12:00 AM PST

Reuters - Top Chinese leaders will likely resist pressure to declare an outright easing in monetary policy when they meet next week to decide economic priorities for 2012, the last full year of President Hu Jintao's tenure ahead of a critical leadership succession.

China sentences woman to death in tainted milk case (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:54 PM PST

Reuters - A Chinese court sentenced a woman to death and jailed her husband for life for lacing milk with nitrite that killed three children and made 36 sick, state media reported on Friday.

Transparency key to EU debt, China growth: Paulson (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:00 PM PST

Reuters - Improved transparency is Europe's quickest route to debt resolution and China's best defense against external economic shocks, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson says.

Cathay flight evacuated due to smoke in cabin (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST

AP - City and airline officials say passengers were evacuated from a Cathay Pacific Airways plane set to fly from Shanghai to Hong Kong, after smoke was seen in the jet's cabin while it was taxiing for takeoff.

China unrest spreads to bamboo furniture factory (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:27 PM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of Chinese workers at a bankrupt furniture factory staged a mass rally on Thursday, facing off with riot police in the latest flare-up of industrial unrest.
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