2011年2月23日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Exiled Uighurs worried on death sentences (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:44 PM PST

Uighur activist leader Rebiya Kadeer speaks at a protest outside the White House in Washington, DC, in January 2011. 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.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)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.

Buying Into China's Facebook (The Motley Fool)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:55 AM PST

The Motley Fool - According to Dogbert -- Dilbert's pet and canine nemesis -- all companies can be grouped into three categories:

China detains citizens who spread call to protest (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:57 AM PST

In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, police officers stand watching people gathering in front of a McDonald's restaurant which was a planned protest site for 'Jasmine Revolution' in Beijing, China. A renewed call for Middle East-style democracy protests in China urged citizens to take an afternoon stroll at arranged locations each weekend and demanded that authorities release activists who apparently remained in custody Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)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

US Ambassador Jon Huntsman briefs the media outside the Supreme People's Court in Beijing where he called for the 'immediate' release of Chinese-born American geologist Xue Feng after a Chinese court rejected an appeal against his conviction and an eight-year sentence on a state secrets charge.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)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

Police keep watch in Beijing after protesters gathered on February 20, 2011. An online appeal 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.(AFP/Peter Parks)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

Job recruiters hold signs offering employment in factories in eastern China's Zhejiang province. A series of Chinese government inflation price index revisions reflect the evolution of the country's economy and consumer buying power, says economists.(AFP/File)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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