SILENCE: Officials said they could not provide a breakdown of how many of the people who have died in Xinjiang were Han and how many were Uighurs
Scattered mobs of Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese roamed the streets and beat passers-by yesterday as the capital of China’s Xinjiang region degenerated into communal violence, prompting the government to impose a curfew in the aftermath of a riot that killed at least 156 people.

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By Rich Chang and Jenny W. hsu
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday issued a statement condemning Beijing for using force on protesters in Xinjiang and called on President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to follow suit.

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TAKING ACTION: DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen will float a proposal to ban DPP officials from participating in a KMT-CCP forum this weekend in Hunan Province
By Mo Yan-chih
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) extended its welcome yesterday to two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members who accepted an invitation to participate in this weekend’s KMT-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forum.

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By Crystal Hsu
Ting Hsin International Group (頂新集團), China’s biggest packaged food maker, has acquired a stake of almost 20 percent in Taipei Financial Center Corp (TFCC, 台北金融大樓公司), which owns Taipei 101.

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US President Barack Obama said yesterday Washington wanted a strong, prosperous but also democratic Russia, as he set out his vision of the US relationship with its former Cold-War era foe.

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