2012年1月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


World Bank warns of global growth slowdown (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 06:04 PM PST

AP - The World Bank has warned of an impending global economic slowdown, sharply cutting its growth forecast and cautioning developing countries to prepare for shocks.

Summary Box: China's economic growth ebbs in 4Q (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 11:21 AM PST

AP - SOFT LANDING SEEN: China's economy expanded at the slowest pace in 2 1/2 years during the fourth quarter, showing evidence that the world's second-largest economy appears on track to avoid an abrupt economic slowdown.

China's economic growth ebbs to lowest in 2 years (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 06:52 AM PST

Customers look at meat at a shop Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in Shanghai. China appears on track to avoid an abrupt economic slowdown with possible global repercussions after growth eased to its lowest level in 2 1/2 years in the last quarter of 2011. The world's second-largest economy grew by a still-robust 8.9 percent, down from 9.1 percent the previous quarter, while December retail sales and factory output accelerated, data showed Tuesday. (AP Photo)AP - China appears on track to avoid an abrupt economic slowdown with possible global repercussions after growth eased to a still robust 8.9 percent in the last quarter of 2011.


China policy easing ahead as growth hits 2-year low (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 06:50 AM PST

Employees weld automobiles at Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province October 18, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China's economy expanded at its weakest pace in 2-1/2 years in the latest quarter, with the sagging real estate and export sectors heralding a sharper slowdown in coming months and fresh pro-growth measures from the government.


US senators see no clash with China in Asia (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 05:11 AM PST

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks as Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, smiles during a press conference at the U.S. embassy Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in Manila, Philippines. The U.S. senators visited the country to meet with government leaders to re-affirm the alliance and cooperation. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A U.S.-China confrontation in Asia is unlikely but Washington is committed to help bolster the military firepower of its allies like the Philippines amid territorial disputes with Beijing, two U.S. senators said Tuesday.


More Chinese living in cities than countryside (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 03:17 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2012 file photo, people rush to catch their train at Beijing station in Beijing, China as millions of Chinese are expected to cramp onto China's train network in the coming weeks to return home for the Chinese lunar new year that starts on Jan. 23, 2012. Beijing says more Chinese are living in cities than in the countryside for the first time in the nation's history. The National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, Jan. 17, that urban dwellers accounted for 51.27 percent of China's 1.34 billion people at the end of last year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - Beijing says more Chinese are living in cities than in the countryside for the first time in the nation's history.


Beijing rejects US envoy's human rights critique (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 03:05 AM PST

AP - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke was wrong in saying this week that China's human rights situation has deteriorated.

Chinese dissident to stand trial for poem (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 02:09 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese authorities have indicted veteran dissident Zhu Yufu on subversion charges for writing a poem urging people to gather to defend their freedoms, his lawyer said on Tuesday, the latest activist faced with such charges in a tightening clampdown.

Dozens of Tibetans gather with Dalai Lama picture (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:11 AM PST

AP - Dozens of Tibetans, including monks, held up a portrait of the Dalai Lama in a community in southwestern China in an act of defiance days after other Tibetans set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule.
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