Ürümqi

...nine people sentenced to death following the July 5 riots, in which Uighurs (WEE'-gurs) attacked Han Chinese in the regional capital of Urumqi. Nearly 200 people were killed in those attacks and in revenge killings of Uighurs by Han Chinese...

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...accounts written by disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan, said that a Pakistani military C-130 left the western Chinese city of Urumqi with the aEURoehighly unusual cargoaEUR™aEUR™ in 1982. That China supplied Pakistan with nuclear...

In this article: Uranium, A Q Khan, China, Uranium hexafluoride, Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Beijing, and Islamabad

...Abdul Qadeer Khan, and provided to The Washington Post. "In 1982, a Pakistani military C-130 left the western Chinese city of Urumqi with a highly unusual cargo carrying enough weapons-grade uranium for making two atomic bombs. The...

In this article: Abdul Qadeer Khan, China, Uranium, United States, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Non-Proliferation Treaty, and US Intelligence Community

...weapons. After winning Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's approval, Khan, the general and two others flew aboard a Pakistani C-130 to Urumqi. Khan says they enjoyed barbecued lamb while waiting for the Chinese military to pack the small...

In this article: A.Q. Khan, Uranium, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Mao Zedong, Pakistan, China, Uranium hexafluoride, Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, and Beijing

...transferred to Pakistan in five stainless-steel boxes loaded on a Pakistani military C-130 aircraft from the western Chinese city of Urumqi. The uranium transfer was part of a broad-ranging, secret nuclear deal approved years earlier by...

In this article: Uranium, A.Q. Khan, Pakistan, China, US, Barack Obama, Beijing, US Intelligence Community, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and Libya

China defends handling of Xinjiang executions AFP/File - Armed Chinese security forces seen on patrol in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China … 28 mins ago BEIJING (AFP) - China on Tuesday defended its handling of the...

In this article: China, Xinjiang, Barack Obama, Agence France Presse, Hu Jintao, United States, Due process, and All rights reserved

...government reacted swiftly after Chinese authorities announced the first executions relating to violence in China's far western city of Urumqi in July that left at least 197 people dead. "The US government continues to urge China to handle...

In this article: Barack Obama, China, United States, Rebiya Kadeer, Dalai Lama, Hu Jintao, and Xinjiang

...the rioting, the China News Service added. In July's ethnic violence, Uighurs attacked majority Han Chinese in regional capital Urumqi after taking to the streets to protest against attacks on Uighur workers at a factory in southern China...

In this article: China, Xinjiang, Europe, and United States

In this article: Xinjiang, China, Europe, Beijing, and United States

...condemned the executions, saying they were motivated by politics and the need to appease Urumqi's Han community. Justice? The violence in Urumqi erupted on 5 July, when protests by Uighurs left at least 197 people dead and another 1,700...

In this article: Xinjiang, Beijing, Supreme Court, and China