Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China blames unrest on foreign-based separatists (AFP)
• Former Beijing airport boss executed in China (AP)
• Flood threat along river in southwest China diminishing: ministry (AFP)
• Uighur activist calls for probe on unrest in China (AP)
• China fund lost 2.1 pct on global portfolio in '08 (AP)
• China nuclear chief latest hit in graft crackdown (AFP)
• China's July auto sales up 64 percent (AP)
• China nuclear chief in graft probe: report (AFP)
• China airport head executed for graft: report (AFP)
• Chinese fugitive in Canada wants to go home: reports (AFP)

China blames unrest on foreign-based separatists (AFP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 10:34 AM PDT AFP - Last year's unrest in Tibet and July's violence in Xinjiang were instigated by separatists abroad, China told a United Nations human rights hearing Friday.

Former Beijing airport boss executed in China (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:38 AM PDT AP - Leaders of China's elite state industries are renowned for their power, influence, and — in several recent cases — corruption. Increasingly, they are paying the price.

Flood threat along river in southwest China diminishing: ministry (AFP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:07 AM PDT AFP - A massive landslide that blocked a river in southwest China is slowly being washed downstream, diminishing the danger to a hydroelectric dam and communities along the waterway, the government said Friday.

Uighur activist calls for probe on unrest in China (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT AP - A Uighur activist called Friday for a U.N. investigation of recent violence in western China, as 100 people demonstrated outside the Chinese consulate in Melbourne.

China fund lost 2.1 pct on global portfolio in '08 (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:24 AM PDT AP - China's sovereign wealth fund said Friday it lost 2.1 percent last year on its global portfolio and defended its performance as being better than other such funds amid worldwide financial turmoil.

China nuclear chief latest hit in graft crackdown (AFP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:58 AM PDT AFP - China's nuclear chief is the latest in a string of high-level officials snared in a crackdown on graft which Friday saw the execution of the former head of the firm that owns Beijing airport.

China's July auto sales up 64 percent (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:42 AM PDT AP - China's auto sales surpassed the United States' again in July, jumping 64 percent over a year earlier to 1.1 million vehicles as sales tax cuts and government subsidies spurred demand, according to data reported Friday.

China nuclear chief in graft probe: report (AFP) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:09 AM PDT AFP - China's top nuclear power official is being investigated for allegedly squandering public funds and accepting bribes valued at up to 1.8 billion yuan (260 million dollars), state press said Friday.

China airport head executed for graft: report (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 11:29 PM PDT AFP - The former head of the company that owns Beijing Capital International Airport was executed Friday, convicted of bribery and embezzlement totalling nearly 16 million dollars, state media reported.

Chinese fugitive in Canada wants to go home: reports (AFP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 11:24 PM PDT AFP - A former Chinese entrepreneur who is described as his country's most wanted fugitive over a massive smuggling and corruption scandal wants to go home after nearly 10 years in Canada, Chinese media said.

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