Archive for the 'Xinjiang' Category

China’s Uighur-Han tensions still high

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

A PHALANX of paramilitary police armed with shields and long steel pipes sharpened into spears stands guard on the border zone dividing the neighbourhoods of Urumqi’s Muslim Uighurs from those of the Han Chinese majority in the city.
The situation remains very tense, with tales of horror on both sides of the ethnic divide, and you [...]

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Chinese authorities put death toll from ethnic clashes at 184

Monday, July 13th, 2009

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The grandmother of all protesters

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

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Warning of more deaths from Chinese ethnic riots

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

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Tension over Chinese migrants mirrors Tibet riots

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

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Great Leap Forward in time is hours too fast for China’s Uighurs

Monday, June 15th, 2009

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Reduced to rubble in the name of progress

Monday, June 8th, 2009

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Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.