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China’s Web 2.0 Nightmare

Forbes interviews Michael Anti about the ongoing crackdown on Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook and Twitter: Forbes: Facebook and Twitter have been blocked here in China since the unrest this year in Xinjiang, and some Chinese...

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BBS Posts: The Current Situation in Urumqi

Following the weekend’s unrest in Xinjiang, the current censorship and blocking of websites appears to be the most severe in history. Nevertheless, many Chinese netizens are still managing to access outside information and...

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China Names 7 New Revolutionary Martyrs

From AP: China has bestowed the “revolutionary martyr” honor on seven people killed in a wave of violence in the western Muslim region of Xinjiang during a period of tight security for the Beijing Olympics, officials...

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China 2008: Human Rights

This next installment in the CDT series on important issues facing China in 2008 concerns the state of human rights in China.  See also these previous China 2008 articles: China and the Developing World, Nationalism, Internet...

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Ramadan Lunches for China’s Muslims

In addition to earlier accounts of fasting restrictions on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang during Ramadan, Radio Free Asia reports that ethnic Uyghur government officials are being tested with offers of food at the workplace: Chinese...

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The Home Team

In the New Yorker, Peter Hessler reports on the Olympics as viewed from the village of Sancha, 90 minutes outside Beijing, where he has rented a house for several years: For China, 2008 had been the most traumatic year since...

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