Chinese forces break up Tibetan protest with tear gas: group (Reuters)
Posted by on January 25, 2012 in changes
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BEIJING (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. On Tuesday, the official Xinhua News Agency also confirmed a separate clash in Luhuo, a township in the heavily Tibetan [...]
4 dead in gas explosion at restaurant in NW China (AP)
Posted by on November 16, 2011 in changes
BEIJING ? An explosion has killed at least four people and injured another 19 in a city in northwestern China. The official Xinhua News Agency says the explosion happened Monday morning in Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province. It quoted a witness as saying the blast was caused by a natural gas explosion in a [...]