2012年2月7日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China boosts Canada canola meal buys over India (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese animal feed company Tongwei Co Ltd will boost its buying of Canadian canola meal by up to C$240 million ($242 million) annually by 2015, after China banned meal from India late last year.

World watches as China economic leaders take stage (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:46 AM PST

Reuters - A new guessing game is about to begin: will China's incoming generation of leaders show more courage than the current incumbents in tackling deep economic imbalances that threaten to bring growth to a sudden stop?

Exclusive: China buys up Saudi, Russian oil to squeeze Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:38 AM PST

Reuters - China is scouring the world for alternative oil supplies to replace a fall in its imports from Iran, as it seeks to negotiate lower prices from Tehran, and has been drawing heavily on Saudi Arabia.

Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST

Reuters - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting insurgents, Sudan's foreign ministry said.

Up to 10,000 Myanmar refugees seek refuge in China (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:54 AM PST

Reuters - Thousands of refugees from fighting in remote northern Myanmar have flooded into makeshift tent cities erected on the other side of the long border with China, creating a humanitarian crisis and a complex diplomatic dilemma for Beijing.

Red Cross: 29 Chinese held in Sudan were released (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:27 AM PST

AP - Twenty-nine Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago have been released and flown to Kenya by the Red Cross, the group said Tuesday.

China vows to continue crackdown on Tibetan unrest (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:30 AM PST

Chinese police officers, right, monitor Tibetan residents attending a religious ceremony in Jiuzhaigou, in northwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. China on Tuesday said clashes last month between Tibetans and security forces in Sichuan province were the work of criminals and were instigated by overseas groups advocating for Tibetan independence. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China on Tuesday vowed to crack down on unrest in Tibetan areas and accused overseas activist groups and the Dalai Lama of fomenting the recent violence.


China forges Arab ties, hedging bets in the Gulf (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:07 AM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, shoppers visit a store at the Dragon Mart in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Even as China rejects Western sanctions on its business partner Iran, it is forging deeper ties to Saudi Arabia and other U.S.-allied Arab nations across the Gulf. The growing links extend beyond a string of multibillion-dollar oil ventures. Chinese firms are helping build the Gulf's railways, Arab investors are pumping cash into Chinese banks and Dubai airport is racing to keep its duty-free shelves stocked with Chunghwa cigarettes coveted by businessmen from Beijing. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - To celebrate Chinese New Year last month, Dubai's swankiest hotel bathed its sail-shaped facade in red lighting accented with an image of a twisting golden dragon.


Walmart names ex-Woolworths veteran as new China CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:40 AM PST

Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has named an industry veteran, but a relative newcomer to China, to run what is a strategically crucial business for the world's biggest retailer as it faces tougher competition in the fastest growing major economy.

US trip of China's next leader: From Obama to Iowa (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:15 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2011 file photo, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, not in the picture, attend a meeting with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China. Xi, who will take over the presidency from Hu Jintao next year, will be in the U.S. to meet President Barack Obama and other leaders and introduce himself to a U.S. audience.  (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool, File)AP - In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He returns next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.


China sees "trust deficit" before Xi's U.S. trip (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:51 AM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama leaves Kangra airport enroute to his home in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The Tibetan spiritual leader was away from the Himalayan town for over a month, during which he presided over a major Buddhist ceremony. (AP Photo/Angus McDonald)Reuters - China and the United States suffer a "trust deficit" that Vice President Xi Jinping's trip to Washington could help ease, a Chinese diplomat said in a speech published on Tuesday, playing down Chinese fears about a U.S. "pivot" towards Asia.


China says it may send envoys over Syria violence (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST

AP - China says it is considering sending envoys to discuss ways to end the violence in Syria.

Chinese rural ire grows with land grabs: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:09 AM PST

Reuters - More than half of Chinese farmers are unsatisfied with rural policies, according to a survey published on Tuesday that showed rising cases of agricultural land seizures by the state and a trend towards bigger farms as millions leave villages for work in cities.

Canada's Harper in China visit focused on energy (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:05 PM PST

AP - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of a pipeline carrying Canadian oil across the continental United States.

China fines parents of HK-born second child: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:33 PM PST

Reuters - Mainland Chinese who have a second child in Hong Kong will be fined for breaching China's one-child policy, Chinese media quoted a family planning official as saying, as mainland Chinese women flock to the former British colony to give birth.

China to publish sensitive wealth gap data (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:11 PM PST

AP - Chinese state media say the government plans to conduct a nationwide income survey to help it calculate a politically sensitive measure of wealth inequality.
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