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- Another Wal-Mart Shoplifter Is Killed [Huffington Post] "You steal, you die. That's the international policy apparently at Wal-Mart stores, where reports indicate another alleged shoplifter has died at the hands of a gang of overzealous Wal-Mart workers -- this time in China. According to the Associated Press report this week, Yu Xiachun, a 37-year-old woman, died 500 yards from the Wal-Mart store in Jiangxi province. Based on the local police report, Yu had exited the store and was on her way home on August 30th when she was surrounded by five Wal-Mart workers, who accused her of shoplifting... The police say that the Wal-Mart workers fought with Yu, and she was knocked to the ground. She was taken to the hospital, where she died three days later."
- Ethnic groups united in hostility towards leaders [Financial Times] "The government in Xinjiang has been caught off guard by the anger it faces from its own people. For decades its rulers brought in millions of people from China's Han ethnic majority to colonise the ethnically diverse far western region. They kept a wary eye on the Uighurs, the biggest local ethnic group, as the main security risk. But since Wednesday it has been Han marching in the streets of Urumqi, the regional capital, calling for Wang Lequan, Xinjiang's Communist party secretary, to step down."
- U.S. Company and China Plan Solar Project [NY Times] "Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert. Set for completion in 2019, the First Solar project represents the world’s biggest photovoltaic power plant project to date, and is part of an 11,950-megawatt renewable-energy park planned for Ordos City in Inner Mongolia."
- China set for world's first H1N1 flu shots [China Daily] "Teenage students in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong will be at the front of the line when the government starts vaccinating people against the H1N1 flu strain, Health Minister Chen Zhu announced Tuesday as he unveiled the guiding principles of the government's inoculation plan. The nation's top drug authority ordered the release of the first batch of the H1N1 vaccine Tuesday, making China the first country in the world to be ready with a vaccine."
- CIC Looks to Pile Cash Into U.S. Real Estate [Wall Street Journal] "China's $300 billion sovereign-wealth fund is eyeing big investments in distressed U.S. real estate, according to people familiar with the matter. To finance some of the deals, China may rely on an old trading partner: the U.S. government. In recent weeks, officials from China Investment Corp. have held talks with U.S. private-equity fund managers, including BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd. and Lone Star Funds, about potential investments in beaten-down property assets, namely mortgage securities backed by office buildings, hotels, strip malls and other commercial property."
- Beijing police start National Day night patrols [AFP] "Police in Beijing will begin night-time armed patrols next week as part of a huge security crackdown ahead of National Day festivities on October 1, Chinese media reported Wednesday. The patrols, made up of civil and armed police, will start on Tuesday in the capital and neighbouring cities, the Beijing News said -- the latest measure aimed at preventing unrest during celebrations of 60 years of Communist rule."
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