2009年8月25日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China strengthens internal security force (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:14 AM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police march amongst visitors to Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Faced with rising unrest in its volatile west, China this week plans to pass a law boosting the effectiveness of its paramilitary police force. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)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

Map of China locating Jinzhong in the north Shanxi province. Fourteen workers were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in north China's Shanxi province, state media and officials reported.(AFP/Graphic)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

Armed Chinese soldiers in riot gear run down a main street leading to the end of the city occupied by ethnic Uighurs in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 8, 2009. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - 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

Chinese paramilitary police patrol a street in the Uighur district of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region in July 2009. Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of China's Uighur minority in exile, has highlighted a report that nearly 200 inmates were 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

Armed Chinese security personnel man their position on the periphery of the Uighur district of Urumqi, in July, in northwest China's Xinjiang province. The government in 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.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)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

Luo Jianchuan (L), president of the Aluminum Corp of China -- China's largest aluminium oxide producer also known as Chalco -- attends a press conference with Chalco's state-owned parent Chinalco chief executive officer Xiong Weiping (R) in Shanghai.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)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.

'Slip carefully!': Shanghai tackles bad English (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:05 AM PDT

The Shanghai government, along with neighbouring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, has published a 20-page guide book this week to standardise signs and eliminate notoriously bad, and sometimes amusing, English translations.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Tourists visiting Shanghai for next year's World Expo could be confused by signs on wet floors reading "Slip Carefully!"

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