Mon, Jul 6th, 2009 | Most Viewed |

China's government charged that Rebiya Kadeer, a millionaire-turned-dissident based in Washington, masterminded the riots that began Sunday in the city of Urumqi and have left at least 156 dead in one of the most violent demonstrations in decades on Chinese ...Read More

Why China Isn't Willing to Get Too Tough on Iran

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

China's government, as President Barack Obama by now no doubt knows, loves to talk about climate change. But it's an issue that exists for Beijing at 30,000 ft., far from earthly, everyday concerns. So, President Hu Jintao can play the ...Read More

Obama, Hu Jintao Press Conference Held In China (VIDEO): Leaders Talk Economy, Iran, North Korea, Tibet, And Taiwan

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

Obama, Hu Jintao Press Conference Held In China (VIDEO): Leaders Talk Economy, Iran, North Korea, Tibet, And Taiwan BEIJING -- President Barack Obama says that China's partnership has helped the United States pull out of the worst recession in a generation. Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao appeared together and spoke to reporters after a pair of meetings on ...Read More

Obama to China: Uncensored society is healthy

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

BEIJING -President Barack Obama sat down with the Chinese leader Monday night, hours after he pointedly nudged his host country to stop censoring the Internet access, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House ...Read More

China Rejects View PBOC Shifted on Yuan, Morgan Stanley Says

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Business, Top Stories, World |

Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- China’s government signaled itrejects interpretations of a central bank report this week asindicating a shift in the nation’s currency policy, accordingto Morgan Stanley. Two days after a People’s Bank of China release dropped apledge to keep the ...Read More

Chinese routinely kidnapped on their way to complain to central government

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

BEIJING — Kidnapping people on their way to lodge complaints with China's central government has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that mainland police refuse to acknowledge or crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday. The report by New ...Read More

China says Oct exports fall 13.8 pct year on year

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Business |

China says its exports fell 13.8 percent in October from the same month last year as a slump in the country's export sector eased further. It was the smallest decrease in 10 months. Figures released Wednesday by China's government also show ...Read More

9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | World |

9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots BEIJING -- China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for ...Read More

China ramps up anti-terror fight in Muslim region

Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

BEIJING—Police in China's far west have launched a crackdown on terrorism and stepped up a hunt for suspects who took part in deadly ethnic riots there four months ago, the regional public security ministry said Tuesday. The "Strike Hard" campaign is ...Read More

Ethnic Uighur Journalist Detained In China

Fri, Oct 30th, 2009 | World |

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police have jailed an outspoken Uighur journalist for allegedly endangering national security, a colleague said Friday, adding to the scores of detentions reported in the restive Xinjiang region since deadly ethnic rioting erupted there four months ...Read More

China-Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties

Sat, Oct 24th, 2009 | World |

China-Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties BEIJING—A $7 billion mining deal between Guinea's repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China's full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with brutal and corrupt governments. The deal announced last week by the West African country's ...Read More

UK Whites-Only BNP Leader Calls Obama 'Bigot'

Thu, Oct 22nd, 2009 | World |

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- British National Party leader NickGriffin called Barack Obama a “bigot” and said the furor overhis first nationally televised interview has given his whites-only party unprecedented recognition. Griffin’s appearance tonight on a British BroadcastingCorp. panel has sparked violent ...Read More

China sentences 3 more rioters to death

Fri, Oct 16th, 2009 | World |

BEIJING - China sentenced three more people to death yesterday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bringing to nine the number of people facing execution for the unrest. Nearly 200 people were killed when ...Read More

China Sentences 6 More to Death for Riot

Thu, Oct 15th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

(BEIJING) — China sentenced six people to death Thursday over murders committed during deadly riots in the western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the number of people facing the death penalty for the riots to 12. Nearly 200 people were killed ...Read More

China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riot

Thu, Oct 15th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

China sentenced three people to death Thursday over murders committed during riots in the western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the number of people facing the death penalty for the riots to nine. Nearly 200 people were killed when riots erupted ...Read More

China sentences 6 more to death for Xinjiang riot

Wed, Oct 14th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

BEIJING—China has sentenced six more people to death for committing murder during deadly riots in the western Xinjiang region in July. Nearly 200 people were killed Urumqi in July, when China's worst riots in decades broke out, and saw Muslim Uighurs ...Read More

Six sentenced to death for China's Xinjiang riots

Tue, Oct 13th, 2009 | World |

BEIJING (AFP) – China sentenced six people to death on Monday over deadly July riots in its restive Xinjiang region, state media reported, delivering on a vow of harsh retribution over the ethnic unrest. The six were convicted of murder and ...Read More

China stocks up as government buys bank shares

Tue, Oct 13th, 2009 | Business |

Chinese shares rose Tuesday after an arm of the government's sovereign wealth fund bought shares in major banks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 41.71 points, or 1.4 percent, to close at 2,936.19. The Shenzhen Composite Index for China's second exchange ...Read More

China: Death for man in brawl linked to riots

Sat, Oct 10th, 2009 | World |

BEIJING—A Chinese court sentenced a man to death Saturday for his role in a toy factory brawl that sparked riots in western Xinjiang region that left almost 200 dead in China's worst ethnic violence in decades. Another man was given life ...Read More

Murdoch Urges China to Open Up to Media

Fri, Oct 9th, 2009 | Top Stories |

BEIJING-News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch urged China's government to allow its media companies to take advantage of the opportunities in new media by addressing copyright piracy and a lack of competition in the domestic market that he said could ...Read More

Amid The Global Economic Crisis, China Rises

Thu, Oct 8th, 2009 | Business |

The auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. is headquartered in Troy, Mich., in the heart of the region that made the United States the car capital of the world. It's a place where the phrase "buy American" is right at home. Now the ...Read More