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China sentences four to death in Xinjiang

DHARAMSHALA, September 15: Two Chinese courts in the restive north western region of Xinjiang sentenced four members of the ethnic Uyghur minority to death in connection with a series of mass uprisings in July, Chinese state media reported today.

The men were found guilty of murder, arson and running a terrorist organisation according to a report published on www.tianshannet.com.cn, a news website run by the Xinjiang government.

Two others were jailed for 19 years for their roles in separate incidents in Kashgar and Hotan in July.

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US official worried about Tsai: report

US supporters of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) are accusing US President Barack Obama’s administration of interfering with the Taiwanese elections.

This follows a report in the Financial Times that the US administration believes that a Tsai victory in January could raise tensions with China.

According to the British newspaper, a “senior US official” told it that after meeting with the DPP presidential candidate in Washington on Wednesday that “she left us with distinct doubts about whether she is both willing and able to continue the stability in cross-strait relations the region has enjoyed in recent years.”

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Newsflash

The four agreements signed by Taipei and Beijing last November were nothing but “window dressing,” experts attending a cross-strait forum said yesterday, urging the government to pressure Beijing to quit blocking other countries from signing free-trade agreements (FTA) with Taiwan as both sides mull an economic pact.

Wednesday will mark the agreements’ first anniversary after they were signed on Nov. 4 last year by Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤) and his Chinese counterpart, Chen Yunlin (陳雲林), president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait. The agreements addressed direct sea links, daily charter flights, direct postal services and food safety.