July 2009

Why Urumqi Has Frightened the CCP

Fri, 07/10/2009 - 12:00

In all my years watching the Chinese Communist Party and its ever-growing list of victims, I don’t think I have seen a single incident more telling about the weaknesses of the mainstream media (and, by reflection, the immense value of the Epoch Times—and I’d say that even if they didn’t run my columns) than what happened in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province, this week. 

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The discovery of the Uyghurs

Fri, 07/10/2009 - 00:00

By Henryk Szadziewski
10 July 2009

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Clampdown on Uyghur Cities

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

Chinese security forces imposed an uneasy peace on several major cities in the restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Thursday, with residents reporting a heavy security presence in Kashgar and Ili prefectures.

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Canada's Uyghurs 'awakened' by Chinese crackdown

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

Uyghur-Canadians are banding together to protest the recent crackdown by Chinese authorities on demonstrations in their homeland, and some say last weekend's riots have been an “awakening” for the tiny community.

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Central Asia's Uyghur Problems Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

The violence in Xinjiang has highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs living under often brutal Chinese rule and called attention to the broader Uyghur problem across Central Asia, where many Uyghurs live and whose regimes must now find ways to maintain clos

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Why China's ethnic riots help the Communist Party

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

Official media depicted the country's dominant Han as victims, a useful unifier in a down economy.

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Behind the Violence in Xinjiang

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

The eruption of ethnic violence in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, the most deadly recorded in decades, seems to have taken both Beijing and the world by surprise. It should not have.

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Tensions Remain High in China Following Deadly Riots

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

Protests continued in Western China Tuesday following deadly clashes on Sunday between the region's Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese. Analysts examine the roots of the unrest with Judy Woodruff.

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Ethnic Tensions in China - The Diane Rehm Show

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

More than one hundred fifty people have died as ethnic tensions rise in western China. A panel joins Diane to discuss what's behind the violence and the challenge it presents to China's leadership.

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Exiled Leader Blames China

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:00

China’s government is stirring up ethnic tensions that have led to Chinese violence against the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in the country’s northwest, according to Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer.

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