2011年12月21日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China hackers breached U.S. Chamber of Commerce: report (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 05:09 AM PST

Reuters - Hackers in China broke through the computer defenses of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year and were able to access information about its operations and its 3 million members, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Protesting villagers in China win rare compromise (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:29 AM PST

FILE - In this photo Dec. 15, 2011 file photo, villagers holding a poster with a Chinese word for 'injustice' march around their village during a protest in Wukan village, in China's Guangdong province. Guangdong's deputy Communist Party secretary Zhu Mingguo told Wukan village protest leader Yang Semao Wednesday, Dec. 21 that four villagers being held by police during a protest would be released over the next few days, Yang told The Associated Press. (AP Photo, File)AP - Southern Chinese authorities have given in to key demands of protesting villagers after a nearly two-week standoff with police, agreeing in a rare compromise to release detainees and return some confiscated land to farmers.


China village ends protests after government compromise (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:08 AM PST

Reuters - A Chinese village protest that tested the ruling Communist Party for over a week ended on Wednesday after officials offered concessions over seized farmland and the death of a village leader, in a rare spectacle of the government backing down to mobilized citizens.

2 children killed, 20 injured in China road crash (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:35 AM PST

AP - At least two primary students were killed Wednesday and 20 others were hurt in the latest accident involving school children on rural Chinese roads, state media reported.

China tells U.S. to axe anti-subsidy probe on tires (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:45 AM PST

Reuters - China urged the United States on Wednesday to halt anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese tires and other products since Washington does not recognize China as a market economy.

China wants to preserve Korean interests post-Kim (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:27 AM PST

Visitors arrive with flowers to pay respect to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.  Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Kim Jong Il's death conjures up several nightmares for China, including turmoil in neighboring North Korea or — equally unpleasant in Beijing's eyes — a political pivot that puts Pyongyang into the embrace of South Korea and the U.S.


More top Chinese leaders mourn Kim Jong Il (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 11:05 PM PST

Visitors arrive with flowers to pay respect to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.  Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Premier Wen Jiabao and other top Chinese leaders paid their respects Wednesday to North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il, a further sign that China is working to reassure Pyongyang of the strength of ties and retain its influence amid an uncertain leadership transition.


Court backs stripping Chinese tire import duties (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:50 PM PST

AP - An appeals court has ruled that Chinese-made goods shouldn't be subject to certain kinds of import duties imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department.
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