Foreign Citizens, Residents Caught In Xinjiang Camps
While locally resident Uyghurs account for the majority of the estimated million or more held in...
Kyrgyzstan
U.N. Calls for Release of Xinjiang Detainees
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued a report that...
Details Emerge About Xinjiang Reeducation Camp System
New reports, based on interviews with former detainees and data collected from official sources,...
Beijing Vows to Strike Back After Kyrgyzstan Attack
The Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan was attacked on August 30, when a car armed with explosives...
Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan Attacked
The Chinese embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan was attacked on Tuesday when a car armed with an...
Has the U.S. Noticed China’s Pivot to Central Asia?
Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Central Asia marked a watershed moment in China’s pivot to...
China’s $50bn Spending Spree on New Silk Road
In the past three months alone, China has spent over US$50 billion on energy and infrastructure...
China, Central Asia, and the New Silk Road
After voicing opposition to a proposed U.S. attack on Syria at the G20 summit in Russia last week,...
Xi Boosting China’s Influence in Central Asia
Chinese president Xi Jinping has inked several large energy deals in Central Asia this week to...
China Quietly Extends Its Footprints Deep Into Central Asia
The New York Time explores China’s expanding influence in the former Soviet nations of Central Asia: Chinese officials see Central Asia as a critical frontier for their nation’s energy security, trade expansion, ethnic...
As China Finds Bigger Place in World Affairs, Its Wealth Breeds Hostility
The Washington Post reports on a backlash against China’s growing presence in Central Asia: As China pushes beyond its borders in search of markets, jobs and a bigger voice in world affairs, a nation that once boasted of...
Kyrgyzstan Crisis a Threat to China’s Influence
The Associated Press reports: Bustling trade between China and Kyrgyzstan has slowed to a trickle since deadly violence broke out in Kyrgyzstan, and experts say the crisis could diminish Beijing’s economic clout in the...
Kyrgyzstan Unrest Adds New Edge to Global Powers’ Regional Rivalry
From Deutsche Welle: The violence that erupted on Friday between Kyrgyz and Uzbek clans may have been ignited by the escalating tensions between the country’s two dominant ethnic groups but the conditions for the fighting...
Implications of Kyrgyzstan Revolt on China’s Xinjiang Policy
An article in Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief looks at the relationship between events in Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang: There is little doubt that the turmoil transpiring in the neighboring Central Asian republic is on the...
Strong Tibet Quake Kills at Least 30 – Xinhua
From Reuters: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed at least 30 people in Tibet on Monday with a number of people buried in debris, Xinhua news agency said. The victims were found near the epicentre in Gedar township of Damxung...
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