URUMQI, China, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Chinese President Hu Jintao, forced to abandon a G8 summit in Italy by ethnic violence in restive Xinjiang, said that maintaining social stability in the energy-rich region was the "most urgent task," state television reported on Thursday. ... > full story
BEIJING/PERTH, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — Chinese authorities are detaining Rio Tinto Ltd's top iron ore negotiator on suspicion of espionage and stealing state secrets, Australia said on Wednesday, threatening to strain already fraying ties. ... > full story
LONDON, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — Four employees of global mining giant Rio Tinto in Shanghai have been detained by Chinese authorities, the firm said on Tuesday. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Rioting in the China's restive far west region of Xinjiang killed 129 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, sharply raising the government count of dead in the ethnic unrest. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — China says a riot that shook the capital of western Xinjiang region Sunday was a plot against its power, after at least three people died in the eruption of ethnic unrest and authorities launched a crackdown. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 5, 2009 (Reuters) — Three people died in rioting in China's restive far west Xinjiang region on Sunday, state media reported, in a confrontation that underscored the tense divide there between Han Chinese and the Uighur ethnic minority. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 5, 2009 (Reuters) — Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. ... > full story
HANOI, July 5, 2009 (Reuters) — Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in mountainous northern regions of Vietnam have killed at least 15 people, destroyed houses and damaged roads, the government and state-run radio said on Sunday. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 4, 2009 (Reuters) — Torrential rain battering southern China has forced more than 150,000 people from their homes, toppled hundreds of houses and punched a dangerous hole in the spillway of a dam, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 1, 2009 (Reuters) — It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week. ... > full story
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Chinese floods kill 15, displace 550,000 July 5, 2009 (Conde Nast Portfolio) — Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on ...
15 killed in Vietnam floods, landslides July 5, 2009 (Australian Broadcasting Company) — Heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in mountainous regions of northern Vietnam, killing at least 15 people, destroying houses and ...
Clean-up in west after floods July 3, 2009 (The Irish Times) — A clean-up is underway across Mayo and Galway this morning after overnight flash flooding caused hundreds of thousands of euros worth of damage to ...
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