Agence France-Presse Sunday, September 11th, 2011 — 10:24 am BEIJING— Over the past decadeChinahas used the global “war on terror” to jail thousands of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the far-western and restive Xinjiang region, according to a minority rights group. Beijinghas attributed any social unrest in Xinjiang to the forces of “terrorism, separatism [...]
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China Supports Palestinian UN Bid
by Alaa Ashkar IMEMC & Agencies Thursday September 08, 2011 07:51 Chinadeclared Wednesday that it supports the Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations, considered the move as “unalienable legitimate Palestinian right”, and that the move will boost peace in the region. We are aware, respect and support the Palestinian statehood bid [...]
The Deadly Labor Behind Our Phones, Laptops and Consumer Gadgets
by Sophia Cheng Published on Thursday, September 1, 2011 by ColorLines.com The world’s largest electronics manufacturer, Foxconn Technology Group, has a plan for ending the grisly run of worker suicides that have drawn it unwanted attention over the past two years: replace human workers with one million robots. It seems the best way [...]
Celebrating Id al-Fitr Under Watchful Eyes of China
By EDWARD WONG The New York Times - September 12, 2010 KASHGAR, China — Barbershop floors were littered with the remains of men’s haircuts and beard-trims. Women in head scarves walked the dusty streets carrying plastic bags stuffed with food from the bazaars: melons, grapes, fried sweets, Frisbee-shaped bread, chunks of freshly butchered sheep. Children with [...]
Uighur Intellectual Who Won’t Back Down in China
By ANDREW JACOBS The New York Times - August 20, 2010 Ilham Tohti rarely worries about his personal safety here — at least not at the hands of would-be thieves. That is because Mr. Tohti, an economics professor and unofficial spokesman for this country’s embattled Uighur minority, frequently has a police escort. Whether they are looking [...]
This is no smoking gun, nor Iranian bomb
Nothing in the published ‘intelligence documents’ shows Iran is close to having nuclear weapons Norman Dombey guardian.co.uk – 22 December 2009 Seven years ago Condoleezza Rice said “there will always be some uncertainty” in determining how close Iraq may be to obtaining a nuclear weapon, but “we don’t want the smoking gun to be a [...]
China ramps up anti-terror fight in Muslim region
Police in China’s far west ratchet up anti-terrorism drive, hunt alleged riot suspects AP News – 03 November 2009 Police in China’s far west have launched a crackdown on terrorism and stepped up a hunt for suspects who took part in deadly ethnic riots there four months ago, the regional public security ministry said Tuesday.
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