Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Exiled Uighurs worried on death sentences (AFP)
• Buying Into China's Facebook (The Motley Fool)
• China detains citizens who spread call to protest (AP)
• US envoy 'coincidentally' at Beijing rally site (AFP)
• Renewed call for China 'Jasmine rallies' (AFP)
• China detains dissident for inciting subversion (Reuters)
• China to execute 4 accused in Xinjiang violence (AP)
• Data tweaks reflect a changing China: economists (AFP)

Exiled Uighurs worried on death sentences (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:44 PM PST AFP - The leader of the exiled Uighur community on Wednesday voiced concern over China's plans to execute four people on charges of plotting unrest and accused Beijing of intimidation.

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China detains citizens who spread call to protest (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:57 AM PST AP - Officials in China rounded up Internet users who had reposted a call for protests and charged them with subversion as the authoritarian government continued its campaign to crush any Middle East-style democracy movement, activists said Wednesday.

US envoy 'coincidentally' at Beijing rally site (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:49 AM PST AFP - US Ambassador Jon Huntsman was spotted in an area of downtown Beijing where activists had called for Middle East-style protests at the weekend, but the embassy said Wednesday his presence was pure coincidence.

Renewed call for China 'Jasmine rallies' (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST AFP - An online campaign has urged people in 13 Chinese cities to rally every Sunday to press for government transparency and free expression, following a call last week for Middle East-style protests.

China detains dissident for inciting subversion (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:52 AM PST Reuters - Chinese police have detained a dissident for incitement of subversion, his wife said on Wednesday, underscoring authorities' resolve to crush dissent in the face of calls to emulate Middle East protests for human rights.

China to execute 4 accused in Xinjiang violence (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:26 AM PST AP - China's highest court approved the executions of four men convicted in a series of murders in the restive western region of Xinjiang described as acts of "terrorist violence."

Data tweaks reflect a changing China: economists (AFP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:22 PM PST AFP - China raised eyebrows last week by tweaking key inflation gauges just as it seeks to stem public anger about prices, but analysts said the revisions were necessary and not a bid to cook the books.

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