Comments on: BBS Posts: The Current Situation in Urumqi http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/bbs-posts-the-current-situation-in-urumqi/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cosa succede in Cina?Un FAR WEST! | Laogaihttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/bbs-posts-the-current-situation-in-urumqi/#comment-11672 Cosa succede in Cina?Un FAR WEST! | Laogai Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:10:37 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=41902#comment-11672 [...] per caso ed ogni azione ha delle conseguenze. Vale per le persone, figuriamoci per i governi. La situazione dello Xinjiang, i disordini odierni, la necessità dell’intimidazione per reprimere le proteste sono il [...] [...] per caso ed ogni azione ha delle conseguenze. Vale per le persone, figuriamoci per i governi. La situazione dello Xinjiang, i disordini odierni, la necessità dell’intimidazione per reprimere le proteste sono il [...]

]]> By: Shanehttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/bbs-posts-the-current-situation-in-urumqi/#comment-11573 Shane Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:18:31 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=41902#comment-11573 @laft FrankWhy deny the existence of active “East Turkestan” terrorism? Didn't you see how murderous they are last year before Olympics.Don't bring up those "human rights" guys. For they are simply bunch of judgmental and I-am-decent-but-you-don't types, ignorant ultra-liberals only capable of wishful thinking and lip service.After embracing and standing with two murderous riots since last year, they are increasingly irrelevant. @laft Frank

Why deny the existence of active “East Turkestan” terrorism? Didn’t you see how murderous they are last year before Olympics.

Don’t bring up those “human rights” guys. For they are simply bunch of judgmental and I-am-decent-but-you-don’t types, ignorant ultra-liberals only capable of wishful thinking and lip service.

After embracing and standing with two murderous riots since last year, they are increasingly irrelevant.

]]> By: Laft Flank | Left Flankhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/bbs-posts-the-current-situation-in-urumqi/#comment-11567 Laft Flank | Left Flank Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:13:28 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=41902#comment-11567 [...] Han-Uighur violence in PRC's Xinjiang province highlight the core theme of this blog - whether it's in Sri Lanka, Iran, or Xinjiang - disagreement is integral to humanity. Human Rights Watch's Nicolas Bequelin argues that "...[u]nless the government addresses the root causes of ethnic tensions and ends its systemic human rights violations, the chances of more violence will remain high." What Beijing needs to address exceeds any amount of spontaneous violence and deplorable calls for retaliation on the part of Uighur activists. Innocent Han Chinese are suffering from the consequences of bad policies, too. For most Uighurs, Xinjiang increasingly became a police state, where they lived in fear of arrest for the slightest sign of disloyalty toward Beijing. Even prison officials started to complain to Beijing that prison and labor camps across the region had become jam-packed. Isolated acts of anti-state violence, such as the assassination of Uighur “collaborators,” attacks against police stations and the explosion of two bombs in Urumqi buses in February 1998 only reinforced the determination of the state to increase its repression. After the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., the Chinese began to justify its campaigns in Xinjiang as a contribution to the global war on terror. China also used its growing international influence to secure cooperation from neighboring states to arrest and deport Uighurs who had fled persecution. Although there is no dispute that clandestine Uighur groups have from time to time carried out violent attacks — most recently in a series of bombings and attacks on Chinese soldiers just before the Olympic Games — the massive propaganda offensive about the threat of “East Turkestan” terrorism drove Chinese public opinion toward an even more negative perception of the Uighur people, who in turn felt increasingly ostracized and discriminated against. Beijing’s accelerated attempt over the past few years to forcibly refashion Uighur identity has also fueled growing resentment. Following Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan’s declaration in 2002 that the Uighur language was “out of step with the 21st century,” the government started to shift the entire education system to Mandarin, replacing Uighur teachers with newly arrived Han Chinese. The authorities also organized public burnings of Uighur books. Control over religion was extended last year to prohibit traditional customs such as religious weddings, burials or pilgrimages to the tombs of local saints. Earlier this year, the government suddenly announced plans to raze the city of Kashgar, the centuries-old cultural center of the Uighur civilization and one of the only remaining examples of traditional central Asian architecture. In a few weeks, the old city will have almost entirely disappeared, forcing out 50,000 families to newly constructed, soulless modern buildings. [...] [...] Han-Uighur violence in PRC’s Xinjiang province highlight the core theme of this blog – whether it’s in Sri Lanka, Iran, or Xinjiang – disagreement is integral to humanity. Human Rights Watch’s Nicolas Bequelin argues that “…[u]nless the government addresses the root causes of ethnic tensions and ends its systemic human rights violations, the chances of more violence will remain high.” What Beijing needs to address exceeds any amount of spontaneous violence and deplorable calls for retaliation on the part of Uighur activists. Innocent Han Chinese are suffering from the consequences of bad policies, too. For most Uighurs, Xinjiang increasingly became a police state, where they lived in fear of arrest for the slightest sign of disloyalty toward Beijing. Even prison officials started to complain to Beijing that prison and labor camps across the region had become jam-packed. Isolated acts of anti-state violence, such as the assassination of Uighur “collaborators,” attacks against police stations and the explosion of two bombs in Urumqi buses in February 1998 only reinforced the determination of the state to increase its repression. After the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., the Chinese began to justify its campaigns in Xinjiang as a contribution to the global war on terror. China also used its growing international influence to secure cooperation from neighboring states to arrest and deport Uighurs who had fled persecution. Although there is no dispute that clandestine Uighur groups have from time to time carried out violent attacks — most recently in a series of bombings and attacks on Chinese soldiers just before the Olympic Games — the massive propaganda offensive about the threat of “East Turkestan” terrorism drove Chinese public opinion toward an even more negative perception of the Uighur people, who in turn felt increasingly ostracized and discriminated against. Beijing’s accelerated attempt over the past few years to forcibly refashion Uighur identity has also fueled growing resentment. Following Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan’s declaration in 2002 that the Uighur language was “out of step with the 21st century,” the government started to shift the entire education system to Mandarin, replacing Uighur teachers with newly arrived Han Chinese. The authorities also organized public burnings of Uighur books. Control over religion was extended last year to prohibit traditional customs such as religious weddings, burials or pilgrimages to the tombs of local saints. Earlier this year, the government suddenly announced plans to raze the city of Kashgar, the centuries-old cultural center of the Uighur civilization and one of the only remaining examples of traditional central Asian architecture. In a few weeks, the old city will have almost entirely disappeared, forcing out 50,000 families to newly constructed, soulless modern buildings. [...]

]]> By: Blogger Arrested in Beijing for Writing About Urumqi Riot « Under the Jacaranda Treehttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/bbs-posts-the-current-situation-in-urumqi/#comment-11558 Blogger Arrested in Beijing for Writing About Urumqi Riot « Under the Jacaranda Tree Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:50:46 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=41902#comment-11558 [...] The best blog post for today is published by Xiao Qiang at China Digital Times.  CDT has translated an astonishing entry from the mitbbs.com, an American-based Chinese language online forum frequented by Chinese students studying abroad.  The entry contains an usually sober and objective assessment of the situation made by an ethnic Chinese with strong family ties in Urumqi.  I particularly appreciate the fact that this young person who posts under the name “ulmqman” is showing great concerns for the predicament of a forgotten group of people in Urumqi, the Kazakhs.  He wrote and I quote: [...] [...] The best blog post for today is published by Xiao Qiang at China Digital Times.  CDT has translated an astonishing entry from the mitbbs.com, an American-based Chinese language online forum frequented by Chinese students studying abroad.  The entry contains an usually sober and objective assessment of the situation made by an ethnic Chinese with strong family ties in Urumqi.  I particularly appreciate the fact that this young person who posts under the name “ulmqman” is showing great concerns for the predicament of a forgotten group of people in Urumqi, the Kazakhs.  He wrote and I quote: [...]

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