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Uighur leader appeals to world year after unrestWashington (AFP) July 1, 2010 One year since China's worst ethnic violence in decades, the exiled leader of the Uighur minority has seen a surge of global interest in her cause but says the world can do far more. Long an obscure issue to much of the world, the simmering resentment against Beijing's rule by the mostly Muslim Uighur community burst into the open in July last year as riots engulfed Urumqi, capital of the vast Xinjiang region. The violence catapulted into the spotlight Rebiya Kadeer, a department store tycoon tu ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2010Nine miners were trapped after a flood in China's coal-producing heartland, state media reported Thursday. Safety officials had made contact with eight of the group at the mine in Shanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency said, adding that they would be rescued "soon". Twenty-three miners were around 1,400 metres (nearly a mile) underground at the time of the flood on Wednesday af ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 29, 2010Taiwan high-tech giant Foxconn plans to shift part of its production of Apple gadgets to other parts of the country as it faces rising labour costs, reports said Tuesday. After a run of suicides and wage hikes, Foxconn will move some manufacturing from Shenzhen to northern Tianjin and central Henan province, the Financial Times said, citing unnamed executives. Citing local officials, Chi ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2010A prominent human rights group urged governments and technology companies Tuesday to support Google as it seeks the renewal of its business license in China. "Governments that are very concerned about the freedom of the Internet should absolutely step up now in terms of sending a message to the Chinese government," said Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China. "Government ... more |
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Japan's Komatsu to hire Chinese managersTokyo (AFP) June 29, 2010 Japan's Komatsu, a mining and construction equipment manufacturer, said Tuesday it would replace all of its managers at its 16 subsidiaries in China with local hires by 2012. The decision follows strikes at Toyota and Honda's Chinese assembly lines by workers disgruntled with their pay and working conditions, and inability to progress through Japanese-dominated company ranks. Although non-Japanese already make up half of Komatsu's European and North American management staff, its biggest market ... read more |
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