Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China says death penalty to be used more sparingly (AP)
• US-China talks more about future than the present (AP)
• Soaring China debut for world's largest IPO in 16 months (AFP)
• Widow of ex-Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping dies (AP)
• Uighur leader says 10,000 'disappeared' in China (AFP)
• Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night (Reuters)
• Water pollution sickens thousands in north China (AP)
• More than 2,600 ill in China water contamination (AFP)

China says death penalty to be used more sparingly (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 11:52 AM PDT AP - The highest court in China, which executes more people than any other country, has called for the death penalty to be used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases, state media reported Wednesday.

US-China talks more about future than the present (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 10:51 AM PDT AP - The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks with few concrete results, although both sides are hopeful that connections forged among senior officials will help them work together better to fix the world's toughest problems.

Soaring China debut for world's largest IPO in 16 months (AFP) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 06:16 AM PDT AFP - China State Construction Engineering Group shares soared nearly 60 percent at their Shanghai debut Wednesday, as investors jumped at the world's largest stock offering in 16 months.

Widow of ex-Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping dies (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 06:11 AM PDT AP - Zhuo Lin, the widow of late Chinese paramount leader and economic reformer Deng Xiaoping, died Wednesday from an unspecified illness in Beijing. She was 93.

Uighur leader says 10,000 'disappeared' in China (AFP) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:27 AM PDT AFP - The exiled leader of China's Uighurs said Wednesday nearly 10,000 of her people were detained or killed this month in ethnic unrest and appealed for the United Nations to investigate their fate.

Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:44 AM PDT Reuters - Nearly 10,000 Uighurs involved in deadly riots in China's northwestern Xinjiang region went missing in one night, exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer said Wednesday, calling for an international investigation.

Water pollution sickens thousands in north China (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:57 AM PDT AP - Contaminated drinking water has sickened more than 2,600 people in northern China, including 59 who were hospitalized with fevers, diarrhea, stomach aches and vomiting, state media reported Wednesday.

More than 2,600 ill in China water contamination (AFP) Posted: 28 Jul 2009 11:44 PM PDT AFP - More than 2,600 people have fallen ill in a city in north China's Inner Mongolia region after the tap water supply was contaminated during heavy rainfall, state media reported Wednesday.

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