Chinese President skips G8 to deal with Xinjiang riots

World|life|July 8, 2009 / 01:21 PM

AKIPRESS.COM - Chinese President Hu Jintao abandoned plans to attend a G8 summit in Italy on Wednesday, returning home early to deal with ethnic violence that has left at least 156 dead in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, reported Reuters...

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