Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China calls Xinjiang riot a plot against its rule (Reuters)
• Chinese carmaker bids for GM's Opel: reports (AFP)
• Three die during riots in China's Xinjiang region: state media (AFP)
• Three killed in riot in China's Xinjiang region (Reuters)
• Muslim minority riots erupt in China's west (AP)
• Torrential rain in China leaves at least 20 dead: state media (AFP)
• Floods trap 300 teens at school in southern China (AP)
• Chinese floods kill 15, displace 550,000 (Reuters)
• China won't press for new global currency at G8 (AP)
• China's Hu leaves for G8 summit: state media (AFP)

China calls Xinjiang riot a plot against its rule (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 05:17 PM PDT Reuters - China has called a riot that shook the capital of restive western Xinjiang region on Sunday a plot by exiled members of the Uighur people, after at least three people died in the latest eruption of ethnic unrest there.

Chinese carmaker bids for GM's Opel: reports (AFP) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 02:56 PM PDT AFP - Chinese 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.

Three die during riots in China's Xinjiang region: state media (AFP) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 02:12 PM PDT AFP - Three people were killed and more than 20 others injured as rioters swept through the capital of China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region on Sunday, state media reported.

Three killed in riot in China's Xinjiang region (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 01:04 PM PDT Reuters - Three people died in rioting in China's restive far west Xinjiang region on Sunday, state media reported, in a confrontation that underscored the tense divide there between Han Chinese and the Uighur ethnic minority.

Muslim minority riots erupt in China's west (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 10:43 AM PDT AP - Protesters from a Muslim ethnic group clashed with police in China's far west Sunday, with activists saying police fired shots in the air and used batons to disperse a crowd that had swelled to nearly 1,000.

Torrential rain in China leaves at least 20 dead: state media (AFP) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 09:37 AM PDT AFP - At least 20 people have died and more than 670,000 had to be evacuated in China after torrential rain and floods destroyed houses, damaged roads and caused rivers to overflow, state media said Sunday.

Floods trap 300 teens at school in southern China (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 07:05 AM PDT AP - Floods blocked roads in southern China, leaving some 300 teenagers stranded at a school with limited supplies of food and water, an official said Sunday, after days of heavy rain killed at least 15 people.

Chinese floods kill 15, displace 550,000 (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

China won't press for new global currency at G8 (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2009 01:53 AM PDT AP - China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting this week but is willing to discuss it, a top Chinese diplomat said, as President Hu Jintao left Sunday for Italy.

China's Hu leaves for G8 summit: state media (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2009 10:57 PM PDT AFP - China's President Hu Jintao left Beijing for Italy, where he will take part in the G8 summit of world leaders and pay a state visit, state media reported.

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