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• Taiwan's chairman Su not in the position to endorse Chen's release
• Bo Xilai denies knowledge of wife's crimes: Asahi Shimbun
• Shanghai’s Tokyo Moment
• China is excluded from the RIMPAC-2012
• China's luxury car market hit with extra inventory
• When cheap goods kill: Chinese tanks provide affordable alternative
• Majority of Chinese people say they are lower, lower-middle class
• Great Wall Motors recalls 12,340 defective vehicles
• Top China Stories from WSJ: Chinese Target U.S. Homes, Hong Kong’s Leung Questioned
• Bring your KTV with you anywhere, anytime, on your phone
• Chinese provinces lower wage growth targets amid slowing economy
• Track your employee on new Google Maps Coordinate
• Grace Meng could become NY's first Asian-American in Congress
• Would you eat dirt for your favorite Korean superstar? Taiwan fan craze
• Taiwan seen potential market for UK premium homes
• Illegally produced food found at luxury hotels in Shanghai
• Fujian Anxi starts China's tea IPO race
• Chinese man becomes government official to escape gang-rape accusation
• Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Zombie Hurricane, Cooling It, and More
• Police Deny Uyghur Man’s Detention

Taiwan's chairman Su not in the position to endorse Chen's release Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:03 AM PDT Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party chairman Su Tseng-chang has not yet endorsed a petition calling for the release of former president Chen Shui-bian for medical treatment because of his sensitive ...

Bo Xilai denies knowledge of wife's crimes: Asahi Shimbun Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:03 AM PDT Former Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai has denied any involvement in or knowledge of the role his wife played in the death of British businessman Neil Heywood, or the billions of funds sh...

Shanghai’s Tokyo Moment Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:30 PM PDT As Shanghai ponders how to take its place as a global financial center alongside London and New York, a good example may be Tokyo, at least in terms of what to avoid.

China is excluded from the RIMPAC-2012 Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:15 AM PDT While the United States is preparing for the largest RIMPAC maritime exercise in Hawaii this year with other 21 nations, China, though a regional superpower of the Asia-Pacific region, will be sitting...

China's luxury car market hit with extra inventory Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:55 AM PDT The competition in China's luxury car market has become more fierce as sales of luxury cars continued to increase and car dealers have begun a price war as inventories peak, the 21st Century Business ...

When cheap goods kill: Chinese tanks provide affordable alternative Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:51 AM PDT Improving quality and falling prices have led many developing nations to consider purchasing Chinese-made tanks as opposed to those produced by Russia, reports Duowei, a Chinese-language news outlet o...

Majority of Chinese people say they are lower, lower-middle class Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:39 AM PDT More than half of Chinese people regard themselves as being lower or lower-middle class, numbers that are not in accordance with the real situation, a sociology scholar told the Beijing Daily. In mos...

Great Wall Motors recalls 12,340 defective vehicles Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:39 AM PDT Great Wall Motors in Hebei Province is recalling 12,340 Haval 6 vehicles because of fuel pump defects, the company said in a report to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Chinese Target U.S. Homes, Hong Kong’s Leung Questioned Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:35 PM PDT Lennar is in talks with the China Development Bank for approximately $1.7 billion in capital to jump-start two San Francisco projects; Hong Kong's next leader faces new questions from lawmakers after his luxury home was found to contain illegal structures.

Bring your KTV with you anywhere, anytime, on your phone Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:07 AM PDT A new karaoke app on Apple's iPhone has taken China by storm by turning every user into a singing star. Named "Chang Ba", which means "sing it" in Chinese, the free app converts the user's iPhone i...

Chinese provinces lower wage growth targets amid slowing economy Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT More than one-third of China's provincial-level governments have released wage growth targets for workers this year, with most of them trimming down salary increases as companies face decreasing profi...

Track your employee on new Google Maps Coordinate Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT By using the new Google Maps Coordinate, a location-based tool that combines its mapping and Android smartphone technology, workers can be managed by their superiors effectly in the future, reports Ta...

Grace Meng could become NY's first Asian-American in Congress Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Taiwanese-American Grace Meng may become New York's Asian-American member of the US House of the Representatives, reports Duowei News, an news organization run by overseas Chinese. As a Democratic as...

Would you eat dirt for your favorite Korean superstar? Taiwan fan craze Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Korean pop stars are somewhat of a craze in Taiwan. One Korean pop fan said, "If my idol said 'I love you' to me, I would eat dirt for my three meals of the day." Taiwanese fans hope that the Korean...

Taiwan seen potential market for UK premium homes Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Taiwan could become a viable market for premium homes in the United Kingdom as investors in the country gain more knowledge about the British real estate market, according to property consultancy Savi...

Illegally produced food found at luxury hotels in Shanghai Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT A number of famous five-star hotels in Shanghai have ordered food produced by companies whose licenses have been suspended due to production in environments that do not meet quality standards. Their c...

Fujian Anxi starts China's tea IPO race Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Fujian Anxi Tiekuanyin, a leading domestic Oolong tea manufacturer and retailer, aims to raise 157 million yuan (US$24.63 million) through an initial public offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange lat...

Chinese man becomes government official to escape gang-rape accusation Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Once suspected of gang-rape and chased by the authorities, a Chinese official has thought of a clever way to avoid his purported crime: becoming successful in government. Fan Yu, known as a "bad boy...

Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Zombie Hurricane, Cooling It, and More Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:20 PM PDT And the Heat Goes On: temperatures in the 90s and 100s soared throughout the northeast US last week, reported the Associated Press at the Washington P... Read more: Wind Power, Gas Prices, Hurricanes, California, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Heat Wave, Fossil Fuels, Germany, Electric Cars, Environment, Ocean Acidification, Climate Change, Japan, Extreme Weather, China, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Police Deny Uyghur Man’s Detention Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:40 PM PDT The relatives of a Uyghur man who went missing in the aftermath of ethnic violence in China's northwestern Xinjiang region three years ago say they know he was taken into custody by police. But the policeman they believe took him into detention has denied the man was ever in his custody and says he has no knowledge of his whereabouts, leaving the family without an explanation for what happened to him. Tursunjan Toxti, 26, who ran a barbershop in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi, was one of thousands of Uyghur men who disappeared in the weeks after the July 5, 2009 clashes between Uyghurs and Han Chinese that rocked the city in China's worst ethnic violence in decades. His family has not heard from him since neighbors saw him being taken away by police on July 31, 2009. Neighbors told them they saw two police officers from the Karlighach Police Station named Nurdun and Ghoji come to the barbershop and take him into custody, his brother Kurbanjan Toxti told RFA. "That day, a police car stopped a hundred meters away from our store. Nurdun and Ghoji entered the store and took my brother outside with four of his employees. They had them stand in a line in front of the store, and someone in the police car identified my brother to the police. Then they took my brother and left the other four," Kurbanjan Toxti said. "At least 10 people who work at neighboring stores witnessed the scene," he said. He believes his brother was taken into custody and brought to the Karlighach police station, but the family has not received any information about his whereabouts or detention since then. 'Never seen him' Kurbanjan Toxti said that when he was later summoned for questioning by the same police officers, Nurdun and Ghoji, one of them admitted to having had his brother in custody. "Nurdun himself told me, while I was being interrogated about the case, that he had apprehended my brother and sent him to the detention center," Kurbanjan Toxti said. But, Nurdun, 28, who since then has been transferred along with Ghoji from the Karlighach police station to a public security team, denies ever having taken Tursunjan Toxti into custody. "Actually I have never seen Tursunjan Toxti, and I don't know who took him either," Nurdun told RFA in an interview. He confirmed that police had been investigating the barber, who was suspected of participating in the "illegal demonstration" on July 5, but had not been able to find him. "Yes, we were searching for him, according to information provided by witnesses that he was shot at and injured on July 5th, which is why we believed he had taken part in the illegal demonstration that day," Nurdun said. "But we were not able to reach him, and then we took his brother in for questioning," he said. July 5 Tursunjan Toxti in an undated photo provided by his family. Credit: RFA. On July 5, 2009 in downtown Urumqi, as many as 10,000 people gathered for a peaceful demonstration, sparked by attacks on Uyghur workers at a factory in Shaoguan in southern China, against government policies regarding the ethnic group. But after clashes between demonstrators and police, protests escalated into days of ethnic clashes between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. The government instituted a harsh crackdown, including a five-month, region-wide Internet blackout, and large-scale sweeps on Uyghur homes. The exile World Uyghur Congress estimates some 10,000 Uyghurs, mostly men, were reported missing following the violence. Most of those disappeared are believed to have been taken into custody in large-scale roundups, often with little or no notice or explanation given to their relatives. On the evening of July 5, Tursunjan Toxti had been at his barbershop on Sanshihangzi street, near the center of the violence. Before he went missing, he told his brother how he was shot by police who were pursuing an escaped demonstrator who was trying to hide in the shop. "It was around 5:00 p.m. and the pedestrians had run into all the stores around while the police fired at the demonstrators," Kurbanjan Tursun said. "At least 20 people entered our shop, including elderly people and children. The police kicked down our glass door and ordered them not to go outside. My brother was inside the store at that time, and a bullet hit his leg as he went over to check the broken door. The shot had grazed his leg, but like many Uyghurs he dared not go to the hospital for fear of being suspected of a crime and arrested, his brother said. Instead, he treated his wound at a friend's house nearby, and, since the streets were blocked and unsafe, spent the night there. The friend was later summoned by police officers and interrogated by police at the Karlighach station. "This is also a proof of my brother being detained in Karlighach Police Station, otherwise his friend would not have been asked about his relationship with my brother," Kurbanjan Toxti said. He added that he did not know whether or not his brother had participated in the initial demonstration. Investigation Nurdun said that Kurbanjan Toxti's claims that he had had Tursunjan Toxti "disappeared" amounted to defamation, and that Urumqi police had already investigated the case. "I was asked by the municipal police department about this claim. I provided all the information about my involvement in Tursunjan Toxti's case, and since then the department has not called me back again," he said, implying the investigation had concluded. He said the investigation had been requested by the city's petitioning department, and that he had submitted his documents to Tursun Bexti, a police officer who died suddenly amid suspicious circumstances mid-May. Tursun Bexti had been known for handling sensitive cases of Uyghur families looking for relatives who had gone missing in the aftermath of the 2009 violence, and his death followed a series of reports by RFA's Uyghur service on the issue. Remaining doubts Despite Nurdun's denial of police involvement in Tursunjan Toxti's disappearance, his family remains unconvinced. "Last time, just two to three weeks ago when I visited Ghoji in their [Ghoji's and Nurdun's] office, Ghoji told me Nurdun had interrogated my brother, that is why he may know where my brother is," Kurbanjan Toxti said. Tursunjan Toxti's father, Toxti Barat, 68, said he did not know what happened to his son but believed he must be dead by now. "I believe that my son has already been killed, either by torture in detention, or on the road while he was being transferred to another facility outside Urumqi," he said, referring to rumors he had heard about the armed police killing groups of Uyghur detainees while moving them to other locations. "They [the government] have enough power, they could kill 100 or 1,000 people easily," he said. "I wonder why would they hesitate or be afraid to say they killed my son?" Reported by Shohret Hoshur for RFA's Uyghur service. Translated by Shohret Hoshur. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.

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