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China strengthens internal security force (AP)
Chinese president visits restive Xinjiang region (AP)
China mine blast kills 14: govt (AFP)
China's Hu visits Xinjiang, no riot trials this week (Reuters)
Uighur exile airs prison killing allegation (AFP)
China's Xinjiang govt denies date set for trials (AFP)
Chinalco unit posts loss, looks abroad (AFP)
'Slip carefully!': Shanghai tackles bad English (AFP)

China strengthens internal security force (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:14 AM PDT

AP - Buffeted by rising domestic unrest and missteps in handling ethnic violence, China's leaders are asserting greater control over the country's main internal security force with a new law on how and when the troops are mobilized.

Chinese president visits restive Xinjiang region (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:01 AM PDT

AP - President Hu Jintao made his first trip to China's restive western region of Xinjiang after last month's deadly ethnic riots, urging government officials and security forces Tuesday to focus on maintaining stability in the region and warning separatists that they are "doomed to fail."

China mine blast kills 14: govt (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:42 AM PDT

AFP - Fourteen workers were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in north China's Shanxi province, state media and officials reported Tuesday.

China's Hu visits Xinjiang, no riot trials this week (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the restive region of Xinjiang this week for the first time since the July 5 riots, urging officials to maintain stability, state television said on Tuesday.

Uighur exile airs prison killing allegation (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:01 AM PDT

AFP - Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of China's Uighur minority in exile, has highlighted a report that nearly 200 inmates were "tortured" to death in prison.

China's Xinjiang govt denies date set for trials (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:52 AM PDT

AFP - The government in northwest China's Xinjiang region on Tuesday denied a report in the state media that more than 200 people would be put on trial this week over recent deadly ethnic unrest in the area.

Chinalco unit posts loss, looks abroad (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:37 AM PDT

AFP - The listed unit of state-owned Chinalco, China's largest alumina producer, swung to a loss in the first half but is looking for overseas investments after a failed Rio Tinto bid, it said Tuesday.