From Reuters: Ten years after a government crackdown drove it underground in China, Falun Gong is trying to position itself to get U.S. government funds to help defeat Internet censors worldwide. The spiritual group’s...
Read MoreThis post is from Li Puman’s blog (李普曼), translated by CDT. Fanfou is a Chinese site similar to Twitter: Fanfou, Fanfou, can we see Fanfou? 07/11/2009 Right now, Fanfou.com still cannot be accessed。 On that morning that...
Read MoreAs the government raises the official death toll in last week’s violence in Urumqi to 192, the Washington Post reports that the origins of the unrest lie in labor policies that pressure young Uighurs to work on factories...
Read MoreAn article in the New York Times and an editorial in the Washington Post look at accusations that Beijing acts as a colonizer in Xinjiang, and resentment of that role led to last weekend’s riots. From the Times’...
Read MoreFrom an introduction to an article on Yale Global Online by Dru Gladney, President of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College: Recent clashes between indigenous Uighurs and Han Chinese in Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang...
Read MoreFrom Newsweek: Another tried-and-true technique follows the script used in Tibet: Beijing has blamed exiled businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer for the violence. Kadeer, who heads a Washington-based confederation of exile organizations...
Read MoreAs Hu Jintao flew home from Italy where he planned to attend the G8 summit, security forces swarmed Urumqi in an effort to keep the peace. From The Times: Thousands of Chinese troops poured into the restive city of Urumqi early...
Read MoreFrom the AP: The brawl between Han Chinese and Uighurs in southern China was scarcely covered by state media, but accounts and photos spread quickly via the Internet and became a spark that helped ignite deadly riots thousands...
Read MoreTwo days after riots left at least 156 people dead and over a thousand injured, tensions between Han Chinese and Uighurs are still running high in Urumqi and Tuesday saw another surge of violence. The Times reports: Thousands of...
Read MoreThe official death toll of the violence in Xinjiang in yesterday’s riots stands at 140, with more than 800 injured. From ABC.net.au: The streets of Urumqi now appear to be calm, but the evidence of a bitter day of struggle...
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