Yahoo! News: World - China

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• After violence, western China looks for answers (AP)
• China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184 (AFP)
• China raises Xinjiang death toll, adds ethnic detail (Reuters)
• China pushes on with quake rescue efforts (AFP)
• Thousands camp in tents after 6.0 quake in China (AP)
• Australian concerned for Rio employee China holds (AP)
• Australia presses China on detained Rio exec (Reuters)
• Australia concerned over Rio executive detention (Reuters)
• US lawmakers rally behind Uighur leader (AFP)

After violence, western China looks for answers (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 03:35 PM PDT AP - It was about 8 p.m. when the mob descended on Zhongwan Road. The police didn't arrive until six hours later. In the time between, most residents locked their doors and hid, peering out through windows and listening from basements as ethnic violence raged in China's western Xinjiang province.

China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184 (AFP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT AFP - China on Saturday raised the death toll from unrest between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs to 184, as riot police and armed soldiers maintained a firm grip on the flashpoint city of Urumqi.

China raises Xinjiang death toll, adds ethnic detail (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 08:36 AM PDT Reuters - China raised the death toll from ethnic rioting in Xinjiang, giving for the first time the ethnicity of the dead, and a big security presence in the city at the center of the strife prevented protests on Saturday.

China pushes on with quake rescue efforts (AFP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 06:25 AM PDT AFP - China continued rescue efforts on Saturday after an earthquake hit the country's southwest, killing one person, injuring hundreds and directly affecting two million people, state media said.

Thousands camp in tents after 6.0 quake in China (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 05:36 AM PDT AP - Thousands camped in tents in southwestern China on Saturday after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake destroyed thousands of homes, killed one person and injured 320, state media reported.

Australian concerned for Rio employee China holds (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT AP - Australia's trade minister met Saturday with Chinese officials and said his government is "deeply concerned" about the detention of a Rio Tinto Ltd. employee on spying charges.

Australia presses China on detained Rio exec (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jul 2009 10:58 PM PDT Reuters - Australia's trade minister pressed China on Saturday for more details about the detention of a Rio Tinto executive, but said he did not expect the case to affect bilateral trade ties.

Australia concerned over Rio executive detention (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jul 2009 09:34 PM PDT Reuters - Australia's trade minister, Simon Crean, said on Saturday he had expressed "strong concern" to the Shanghai city government regarding the detention of an executive working for Rio Tinto.

US lawmakers rally behind Uighur leader (AFP) Posted: 10 Jul 2009 07:15 PM PDT AFP - US lawmakers came to the defense of Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of exiles from China's Uighur minority, after Beijing accused the US-based activist of fomenting the country's deadliest ethnic violence in decades.

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