2009年7月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184 (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:49 PM PDT

An ethnic Uighur woman crosses a junction as a truck loaded with Chinese riot policemen drives past in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 10, 2009.  The banner on the truck reads Reuters - China has raised the death toll from ethnic rioting in the far western region of Xinjiang to 184, the state Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.


Muslim women lead protests in restive west China (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Uighur protesters march through the street in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009. A group of 10 police in bulletproof vests and helmets and armed with batons and stun guns blocked Uighur protesters' march within minutes, followed shortly by several dozen more police who surrounded the group and forced them to squat on the sidewalk when the group of about 40 Uighur men and women began to march. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - The petite Muslim woman with the sky blue head scarf began by complaining that the public washrooms were closed at a crowded mosque on Friday — the most important day of the week for Islamic worship. When a group gathered around her on the sidewalk, Madina Ahtam then railed against communist rule in China's far western region of Xinjiang, rocked by ethnic rioting that has killed at least 184 people this week.


Thousands flee China's restive Urumqi (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police trucks drive down a main street in downtown Urumqi, in China's farwest Xinjiang region. Thousands of people Friday tried to get out of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region after deadly ethnic unrest with many mosques ordered shut for the Muslim day of prayer.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Thousands of people Friday tried to flee Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region after deadly ethnic unrest with many mosques ordered shut for the Muslim day of prayer.


Turkish PM compares violence in China to genocide (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:18 AM PDT

Turkish demonstrators hold a huge flag of East Turkestan, a short-lived break-away would-be constitutional republic founded in 1933, as they condemn the recent killings in Urumqi, the capital of China's Uighur region, during a protest in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 10, 2009.  Some thousands of people in Ankara and Istanbul gathered to condemn the recent violence in China's Xinjian Uighur region.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - Turkey's prime minister on Friday compared ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang province to genocide, escalating criticism of Beijing following this week's killing of at least 156 people — including Turkic-speaking, Muslim Uighurs.


China quake flattens 18,000 homes, leaves one dead (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:46 AM PDT

Rescue sevice personnel help an elderly woman after a moderate 5.7-magnitude quake struck in Yao'an county, in China's southwestern Yunnan province. Emergency officials were evacuating more than 400,000 people after an earthquake hit southwest China, killing one person, injuring hundreds and flattening more than 18,000 homes.(AFP/AFP)AFP - Emergency officials were evacuating more than 400,000 people after an earthquake hit southwest China, killing one person, injuring hundreds and flattening more than 18,000 homes.


Hundreds injured in south China quake (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:28 AM PDT

Injured residents receive drips in a tent after an earthquake hit Yao'an county, Yunnan province July 10, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A 6.0 magnitude earthquake that shook southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday has killed one person and injured 325 people, Xinhua news agency said.


China accuses Rio workers of stealing price data (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 06:42 AM PDT

People leave a Rio Tinto office in Shanghai, China, Thursday, July 9, 2009.  Four employees of miner Rio Tinto Ltd. who were detained on spying charges are accused of bribing Chinese steel company managers to obtain secret information on China's position in talks on iron ore prices, state media said Friday. (AP Photo)AP - Four detained Rio Tinto Ltd. employees are accused of paying bribes for secret information about China's stance in iron ore price talks, state media said Friday in a case that highlights the volatile Chinese mix of business and politics.


400,000 leave their homes after quake in China (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 06:31 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, a man stands on the debris of a collapsed house in Yao'an County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Friday July 10, 2009 after a magnitude-6.0 temblor rocked parts of Yunnan province Thursday evening, July 9.  (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lin Yiguang)AP - More than 400,000 people have left their homes after an earthquake rocked southwestern China, killing one person and destroying thousands of houses, state media said Friday.


US signs up to participate in Shanghai's World Expo (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 06:01 AM PDT

A man walks past a display of the mascot for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in Beijing. The United States signed up Friday the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, officials said, making it the last major country with diplomatic ties to China to join the event.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The United States signed up Friday the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, officials said, making it the last major country with diplomatic ties to China to join the event.


China exec probed for leaking price strategy to Rio (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 05:28 AM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese steel executive detained along with four Rio Tinto employees is being investigated for leaking China's "bottom line" on iron ore prices, a source with knowledge of the probe said on Friday.

China exports down 21.4% year on year in June (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 03:05 AM PDT

The port of Shenzhen in heartland of the China's export-oriented economy. Chinese exports dropped 21.4 percent year on year in June, state media reported, narrowing from May's fall of 26.4 percent.(AFP/File/Francois Bougon)AFP - Chinese exports dropped 21.4 percent year on year in June, customs figures showed Friday, narrowing from May's fall with analysts saying it was too early to predict a recovery for the ailing sector.


Families, workers scramble to leave China's Urumqi (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:48 AM PDT

A Chinese policeman drives past a mosque in Urumqi.(AFP/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - With his young daughter and wife, Chinese migrant worker Zhang Rong sheltered in a cheap hotel in Urumqi while killings took place nearby.


China's June exports down 21.4 percent (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2009 file photo, piles of containers at Waigaoqiao Container Port are seen in Shanghai, China.  China's exports fell again in June but the decline was less severe May's record drop, according to data reported Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China's exports and imports fell again in June but declines were less severe than in May, data showed Friday, adding to signs the world's third-largest economy is recovering from its slump.


US signs up for Shanghai Expo after cost concerns (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 01:30 AM PDT

AP - The United States signed an agreement Friday confirming its involvement in the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, ending months of speculation that the U.S. would skip the event because of a lack of funding.

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