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China keeps a watchful eye on UighursBeijing (UPI) Jul 6, 2010 Thousands of recently fitted surveillance cameras monitored the people of Urumqi as Chinese riot police checked shoppers' bags on the anniversary of deadly ethnic riots. The Beijing government has been careful to be ready for any incidents after nearly 200 people died last year in clashes that rocked Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. More than 1,700 people were injured as riots stretched across several days starting July 5 in Urumqi, home to mostly Uighur Musl ... read more |
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Shanghai (AFP) July 5, 2010China will host an extra round of climate talks in October before a UN summit in Cancun at year's end as nations attempt to devise a post-2012 treaty, state media said Monday, quoting a UN official. United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner told the China Daily that the world body was working with Beijing to organise the meeting in the eastern port city of Tianjin ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2010Twenty-four people were killed and 19 others injured in a fire aboard a steel company's shuttle bus in eastern China at the weekend, a local official said Monday. The accident happened Sunday in the city of Wuxi, in Jiangsu province, a city government spokesman told AFP. "The reason for the fire is not yet known but the public security bureau is investigating," said the official, who onl ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2010The founder of Chinese IT giant Lenovo said in an interview published Monday that Apple is missing huge opportunities in the world's most populous nation because it does not understand mainland consumers. "We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn't care about China," Lenovo chairman Liu Chuanzhi told the Financial Times. "If Apple were to spend the same effort on the ... more |
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US geologist jailed for eight years in ChinaBeijing (AFP) July 5, 2010 A US geologist was sentenced to eight years in jail in China on Monday on state secrets charges related to the sale of a database about China's oil industry, a US official and a rights group said. US Ambassador Jon Huntsman, who attended Monday's sentencing in Beijing, expressed dismay over the punishment for Xue Feng and will continue to discuss the case with Chinese officials, US embassy spokeswoman Susan Stevenson said. "The US government has concerns over Dr Xue's wellbeing. We remain concer ... read more |
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