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China executes European citizen, stirring anger

December 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

URUMQI, China (AP) — China charged Akmal Shaikh with smuggling drugs and executed him on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 29. But family and acquaintances say the 53-year-old Briton, originally from Pakistan, was mentally unstable and was lured to China from a life on the street in Poland by men playing on his dreams to record a pop song for world peace.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Akmal Shaikh, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Dui Hua Foundation, Ivan Lewis, Jiang Yu, London, Pakistan, Poland, Premier Wen, President Hu, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Soohail Shaikh, Two British, URUMQI, Vol 29 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

China officials acknowledges two Uighur deaths, some claim attacks were malicious

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

URUMQI, China (AP) — Police fatally shot two Uighur men and wounded a third in western China, where violence has continued to flare despite the massive numbers of troops sent to restore calm more than a week after deadly ethnic rioting.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: China, Communist Party, Han Chinese, Hui Muslim, Muslim Uighurs, SWAT, State Department, URUMQI, United States, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, Xinhua News Agency, Zhou Yongkang, culture, language

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