Ethnic Strife Continues as Hu Returns to China -- New York TimesPARIS —President Hu Jintao of China cut short a trip to Italy on Wednesday to fly home after the deadly ethnic clashes in the northwestern Xinjiang region, abandoning plans to attend the Group of Eight summit meeting as news reports spoke of continued unrest.
At the meeting, Mr. Hu had planned talks with President Obama on issues including climate change. Mr. Obama arrived in Italy on Wednesday from Moscow.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on its Web site that Mr. Hu was returning “given the current situation in Xinjiang,” where state media say at least 156 people have died in China’s worst ethnic clashes in decades between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
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More News On The Ethnic Violence In Xinjiang Province, China
Ethnic Tensions Escalate in China's Xinjiang Region -- Wall Street journal
Chinese troops flood into restive Urumqi -- Yahoo News/AFP
Xinjiang unrest prompts China president to forgo G-8 talks -- L.A. Times
Chinese president Hu Jintao leaves G8 summit over Xinjiang riots -- The Guardian
China police fan out to halt Xinjiang unrest -- Yahoo News/Reuters
China vows executions for rioters behind killings -- AP
G8 summit overshadowed by China turmoil -- AFP
For Uighurs And Han In China, A Shared Mistrust -- Wall Street Journal
The Real Story of the Uighur Riots -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Uighur faces -- The Atlantic
In pictures: Troops in Xinjiang -- The BBC
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