Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Security in Tibetan region tightened, wounded hide (AP)
• Chinese forces break up Tibetan protest with tear gas: group (Reuters)
• Chinese New Year fireworks spark deadly Thai blaze (AP)
• China leader-in-waiting Xi to visit White House next month (Reuters)

Security in Tibetan region tightened, wounded hide (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:06 PM PST AP - About 30 Tibetans injured after Chinese police fired into a crowd of protesters in a restive southwestern region were seeking shelter Tuesday in a monastery while military forces surrounded the building, a Tibetan monk said.

Chinese forces break up Tibetan protest with tear gas: group (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:51 AM PST Reuters - Chinese security forces fired tear gas to break up a protest by Tibetans in the southwest province of Sichuan, an advocacy group said, the latest flare-up of volatile unrest in the region.

Chinese New Year fireworks spark deadly Thai blaze (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST AP - Fireworks set off during an official Chinese New Year celebration have sparked a blaze that burned homes, killed three people and injured others in central Thailand.

China leader-in-waiting Xi to visit White House next month (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:57 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will host China's likely next leader, Vice President Xi Jinping, at the White House on February 14, in a visit set to boost Xi's credentials as the man who will steer Beijing's close but quarrelsome ties with Washington.

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