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the second hyperpower |
 Urumqi, China (AFP) July 7, 2009 
China said Tuesday at least 156 people were killed when Muslim Uighurs rioted in the restive region of Xinjiang in some of the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the country in decades. The violence in the regional capital Urumqi on Sunday involved thousands of people and triggered an enormous security crackdown across Xinjiang, where Uighurs have long complained of repressive Chinese rule. ... read more
Washington (AFP) July 6, 2009The United States and UN chief Ban Ki-moon led international calls for restraint Monday after unrest in China's restive Xinjiang region left at least 156 people dead. The White House said it was "deeply concerned" about the reports of deaths in the western region's capital Urumqi. "We call on all in Xinjiang to exercise restraint," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a brief ... more
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Urumqi, China (AFP) July 6, 2009Witnesses to the deadly unrest in the capital of China's Xinjiang region told Monday how what started as a peaceful protest descended into an orgy of violence that left at least 140 dead. Rioters torched cars and buses, smashed windows and attacked passers-by as armoured vehicles and military trucks rolled in to restore order in Urumqi. Chinese authorities blamed ethnic Uighur Muslims ... more 
Kathmandu (AFP) July 6, 2009Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in the Nepalese capital to mark the Dalai Lama's 74th birthday on Monday, a day after the government said it would not tolerate anti-China activities on its soil. More than 1,000 Tibetan exiles took part in the celebration, held under a heavy police presence at a huge Buddhist stupa on the outskirts of Kathmandu, an AFP photographer said. Nepal is home to ... more  
Paris (UPI) Jul 6, 2009 This week's G8 summit looks like the last of its kind, as its role as a forum for world governance is overtaken by the newer G20 grouping, which claims greater legitimacy by including the main emerging economies like China, India and Brazil. Indeed, the second day of this year's G8 meeting in Italy, amid the symbolic but only half-repaired ruins of the earthquake that hit the small town ... more  
Taipei (AFP) July 6, 2009Taiwan on Monday rejected China's call for the opening of restricted air space over the Taiwan Strait to help meet rising passenger demand between the island and the mainland. Flights currently have to make a detour around the restricted air space -- "the median line" -- between China and Taiwan. Wang Yi, chief of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, last week said an ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 5, 2009An exiled leader of China's Uighur minority said Sunday that Chinese police fired indiscriminately on Uighur protesters in the country's Xinjiang province. Alim Seytoff, general secretary of the Uighur American Association, added that he feared the toll was more than the three dead reported by Beijing. Seytoff strongly disputed Beijing's assertion that rioters attacked members of the ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 3, 2009China's recent moves to ease curbs on the real estate sector have sent prices soaring recently, stoking fears that new property bubbles are forming, state media reported Friday. Residential property prices in Beijing's Central Business District rose 6.5 percent in the past week and demand for second-hand houses in some other areas is four times the supply, said the China Daily, citing ... more  
Taipei (AFP) July 5, 2009Taiwan has benefited from its giant neighbour's measures to stimulate its economy by offering subsidies to consumers, the island's government said in a report Sunday. Taiwan exported 4.65 billion US dollars worth of goods to China in April, down 33.8 percent from a year ago, the Board of Foreign Trade said. The figure indicated, however, that the sharp decline of the island's export to ... more 
Berlin (AFP) July 5, 2009Chinese carmaker BAIC has proposed taking a majority stake in GM's European arm Opel with a bid worth 660 million euros, a move that could boost negotiations for the unit, reports said Sunday. BAIC submitted a non-binding offer for GM's German-based unit Opel late Thursday, just before a deadline for prospective buyers, according to China's Guangzhou Daily newspaper, the Financial Times and ... more |
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