2012年2月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China


SEC files fraud charges against 2 Chinese execs (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:58 PM PST

AP - Federal regulators have filed civil fraud charges against the chairman and the former CEO of a Chinese company, accusing them of duping people to invest in a coal company that was an empty shell.

As China clamps down, Tibet struggle grows radical (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:20 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, police officers patrol after a religious ceremony at a monastery in Jiuzhaigou, in northwestern China's Sichuan province. Smothering security has become an intrusive fact of life in China's Tibetan areas, from police stationed around monasteries to document checks at roadblocks. The Intense security is one reason Tibet's exiled government in India called on Tibetans this year to shun celebrations for their traditional new year, which started Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. Instead, Tibetans are urged to pray for those living under Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Police don't travel far to monitor the goings-on at the Gami Temple at the edge of the Tibetan plateau. The police station sits inside the monastery, just outside the gates to the main prayer hall.


Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:37 AM PST

A security guard tries to stop photographing the lawyers walking in a court house Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012 in Shanghai, China. The lawyer for a Chinese company suing Apple Inc. in China over its use of the iPad trademark indicated Tuesday that his client would be willing to discuss a settlement. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Apple Inc. defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling Chinese electronics company that denies having sold the mainland China rights to the popular tablet computer's name.


Tibetans mark new year under shadow of immolations (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:50 PM PST

Reuters - Tibetans in northwest China marked a tense traditional new year with prayer, the sounding of a gong and subdued defiance on Wednesday, in the wake of a string of self-immolations and protests against Chinese control.

China frets as choice for Hong Kong leader strays off script (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:27 PM PST

Reuters - A political storm that has rocked the candidacy of the frontrunner to become Hong Kong's next leader poses a delicate challenge for Beijing, and in particular for the man expected to take over as China's president in 2013.

Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST

Reuters - Activists from China's Muslim Uighur minority burnt Chinese flags in Ankara on Tuesday where China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping was holding talks with Turkish officials on regional issues.
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