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Chinese city goes on defense after school attack

May 4, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A Chinese city shaken by one of three back-to-back attacks on schools stepped up security and urged its citizens to “trust the government” Saturday, a day after parents of the injured children protested outside a local hospital …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press Writer, Beijing, China, Chinese, Hao Ping, ICU, Li Wenjiang, OK, People Hospital, TAIXING, Xin Feng, Xinhua News Agency

Chinese media say Google is politicizing dispute

March 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

State media lashed out at Google over the weekend with editorials accusing the search giant of helping forces abroad attack China and its laws, while calling efforts to pressure the country over its Internet censorship “ridiculous” …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Beijing, China, Chinese, Google, Google Inc, Jessica Powell, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Xinhua News Agency, censorship, commentary, editorial

China rebukes accusations of involvement in Google hacks

January 28, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China sharply rebuked the United States on Monday, Jan. 25, denying involvement in any Internet attacks and defending its online restrictions as lawful after Washington urged Beijing to investigate an attack against Google.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, China, Chinese, Google, Hillary Clinton, Information Technology, National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team, Russell Leigh Moses, State Council, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States, Vol 29 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, Xinhua News Agency, Zhou Yonglin, censorship, social media

Qian Xuesen, father of China’s space technology program

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China’s space technology program, died on Oct. 31 in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98 years old.

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2009, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, German V-2, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nazi Germany, Qian Xuesen, Tsien Hsue-shen, United States, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, Xinhua News Agency, Yang Liwei, technology

Ethnic Uighur journalist detained in China

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police have jailed an outspoken Uighur journalist for allegedly endangering national security, a colleague said on Oct. 30, adding to the scores of detentions reported in the restive Xinjiang region since deadly ethnic rioting erupted there four months ago.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Amnesty International, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Dilixiati Paerhati, England, Ethnic Uighur, Foreign Correspondent, Rebiya Kadeer, Supreme Court, Tokyo, Turkic Muslim, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, Xinhua News Agency, Xinjiang Public Security Department, Yili News Net

China, Vietnam pledge to deal with border disputes

October 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — The prime ministers of China and Vietnam pledged on Oct. 16 to handle border disputes between their countries peacefully, amid deep suspicion among some Vietnamese over Beijing’s intentions.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Beijing, Central Highlands, Chinese, Communist Party, Nguyen Tan Dung, Paracel Islands, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, Vietnamese, Vol 28 No 44 | October 24 - October 30, Wen Jiabao, Xinhua News Agency

Taiwan’s vice foreign minister resigns over storm

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s vice foreign minister resigned Tuesday, Aug. 18, to take responsibility for his agency’s initial rejection of aid from other governments following Typhoon Morakot, which claimed about 500 lives and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, American Institute, Andrew Hsia, Australia, China, Israel, New Taiwan, Philippines, President Ma Ying-jeou, Shiao Lin, Singapore, TAIPEI, TV, Tai Chan-te, Typhoon Morakot, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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

Muslim minority riots erupt in China’s west

July 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China’s far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders, and clashing with police in violence that killed at least three people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Adam Grode, Alim Seytoff, Beijing, Bermuda, Central Asian, China, Cuba, Dalai Lama, East Turkestan, Four Uighur, Guantanamo Bay, Gulinisa Maimaiti, Han Chinese, Palau, Rebiya Kadeer, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 29 | July 11 - July 17

China denies singling out Mexicans for quarantine

May 9, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — By quarantining them as a safeguard against swine flu, Beijing denied that it had discriminated against Mexicans on May 4; meanwhile, Mexico said it was sending a plane to China to bring back its citizens.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Audra Ang, Beijing Olympics, Canada, China, Chinese, Eduardo Castillo, Hans Troeddson, Health Ministry, Hong Kong, Jorge Guajardo, Ma Zhaoxu, Mexican Embassy, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Mexico City, SARS, WHO, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 20 | May 9 - May 15

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