2012年1月7日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


World Bank to recommend China financial reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:20 PM PST

Reuters - The World Bank will recommend reforms to China's domestic financial system as part of broader proposals to help wean the country from a dependence on exports to sustain economic growth, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday.

China 2011 insurance premiums up 10 percent: report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST

Reuters - China's total insurance premiums rose 10 percent to 1.43 trillion yuan ($226.64 billion) in 2011 from a year earlier, state media quoted the country's industry regulator as saying on Saturday.

China paper calls U.S. a "troublemaker" for defense strategy (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:44 PM PST

Reuters - China's state media stepped up its criticism on Saturday of the United States' planned strategic shift into Asia, accusing Washington of being a "troublemaker" responsible for mounting tensions in the region.

Tibet group says 2 set themselves on fire in China (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:41 PM PST

AP - A Tibet activist group says two people have set themselves on fire in southwest China in the latest in a series of apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.

China's new European trade hub: An Irish town of 18,000 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:32 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As China's government readies to buy up European infrastructure, a trade hub slated for the Irish midlands could prove a showcase for the world's second-largest economy in a struggling continent and provide much needed jobs in debt-addled Ireland.
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