2012年1月30日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


IMF plays down risk of China "hard landing" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:01 PM PST

Reuters - A senior International Monetary Fund official said on Monday that China was taking steps to reduce property bubble risks and said it has room to add fiscal stimulus if conditions worsen.

China cadmium spill threatens city water supplies (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST

A man swims in Liujiang River in Liuzhou city, in southwestern China's Guangxi region, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The cadmium had polluted a 100-kilometer (60-mile) stretch of the Longjiang River, a tributary upstream of the Liujiang River, at a level more than five times the official limit of 0.005 milligrams per liter, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo)  CHINA OUTAP - China's environmental authorities were redoubling efforts Monday to prevent a toxic cadmium spill from further tainting water supplies of cities downstream, as seven chemical company officials were reported detained in connection with the accident.


WTO: China unfairly limits export of raw materials (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:50 AM PST

AP - The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that China unfairly limited exports of nine raw materials to protect domestic manufacturers.

Sudan: Army frees some abducted Chinese workers (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday. (AP Photo/Pete Muller, File)AP - The Sudanese army has freed 14 Chinese road construction workers, part of a group reportedly abducted by militants in a remote region in the country's south, officials said Monday.


China boosts police presence in restless Xinjiang (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, security officers patrol on a street during the China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, that 8,000 police will be recruited so every village in Xinjiang has at least one officer on patrol. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTAP - Thousands of additional police officers are being dispatched to combat religious extremism and other security concerns in China's volatile, heavily Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media reported Monday.


China to make Shanghai global yuan hub by 2015 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:15 AM PST

A U.S. dollar note (bottom) is pictured alongside other currencies including (L-R) the Australian Dollar, Singapore Dollar, Korean Won and China's Yuan in this picture illustration taken in Washington, October 14, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - China intends to establish Shanghai as the global centre for yuan trading, clearing and pricing over the next three years as part of broader plans to make the commercial hub an international financial centre by 2020.


Dalai Lama and West "distorting protests" to tarnish China (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:01 PM PST

Reuters - The Tibetan government-in-exile has colluded with Western governments to distort a recent string of police shootings in Tibetan areas of China in a bid to discredit the government, an official Chinese newspaper said Monday.
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