Issue: March 06, 2014 (Archive)

Thursday, March 6, 2014

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Jitters over beefy defense budget
China unveiled a 12.2 percent increase in the 2014 defense budget, provoking fresh concern in rival Japan.

Uygurs face 'demonize' threat
A prominent exiled Uygur leader has urged China's government to respond calmly to the knife attack in Kunming, and not "demonize" ethnic Uygurs after Beijing blamed the mass killings on extremists from the far western region of Xinjiang.

Killers shot dead 'in 15 seconds'
An interview with the police officer said to have shot five knife-wielding thugs who killed and injured scores of people in a railway station attack has been broadcast on state television.

Pepper spray panic on Metro
At least 13 people were injured after two young men playing with pepper spray caused a stampede in a busy Guangzhou Metro train.

Brother of Zhou held with wife
A brother of former internal security chief Zhou Yongkang has been detained.

Three held over massacre
Three suspects have been captured over a railway station attack that killed 29 people and injured 143.

Zhou's fate sidestepped
A senior government spokesman sidestepped a question about the fate of the country's powerful former domestic security chief yesterday - the first time a top official has been asked about a corruption case that has been shrouded in secrecy.

New leaders, old issues
The annual National People's Congress opens this week - the first under a new Communist Party leadership facing intractable problems that include endemic corruption, slowing economic growth and tensions with neighboring countries.

Five die, 32 injured in Guiyang bus inferno
A public bus caught fire and was swiftly engulfed in flames yesterday, killing five and injuring 32 in Guiyang city, Guizhou.

Air defense zone `depends on threat'
Beijing said any decision to set up new air defense identification zones will depend on the level of threat it faces in the air, following speculation it wants one for the disputed South China Sea.

Uygur prof on separatist rap denied lawyer
A prominent Uygur economist charged with separatism in Xinjiang was denied access to legal counsel, on grounds that the case involves "state secrets," his lawyer said.

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