April 2010

Chinese Uighur Muslims plead in court for US release

Thu, 04/22/2010 - 12:00

Lawyers for the five remaining Uighur Chinese Muslims at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp argued in court Thursday that the men should be set free on US soil after more than eight years in detention.

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Call To Open Up Online

Thu, 04/22/2010 - 12:00

A retired physics professor and prominent rights activist from the eastern province of Shandong has called on the Chinese government to stop limiting the Internet access of people in the troubled region of Xinjiang.

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Finally, PM to break his long silence

Thu, 04/22/2010 - 12:00

THIS evening, Kevin Rudd will deliver a long-awaited address over which he will have agonised in the early hours, following his arm-wrestling with the premiers over health.

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China: Risk of torture for 17-year old in China

Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:00

18-year-old Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz was sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 April 2010, following demonstrations and subsequent violence in western China in July 2009. His trial was unfair and his confession may have been extracted under torture.

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Australian firms fear Beijing's cyber tentacles

Tue, 04/20/2010 - 12:00

Australian corporations are increasingly being targeted by cyber attacks from unknown parties in China, and as yet there is no effective defence.

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China Eyes Kyrgyz Unrest

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 12:00

China is wary of Russia's efforts to regain influence in Central Asia following the government overthrow in Kyrgyzstan, analysts say.

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Uyghur Barred from Travel

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 12:00

Chinese authorities have barred a leading ethnic Uyghur economist based, in Beijing, from attending an academic conference in Turkey, along with four other Uyghur academics from the Xinjiang regional capital, Urumqi, organizers say

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The Geography of Chinese Power

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 12:00

China’s blessed geography is so obvious a point that it tends to get overlooked in discussions of the country’s economic dynamism and national assertiveness.

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New film questions China's effect on world

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 12:00

Veverka Bros Productions LLC has completed the company’s first feature-length film, “China: The Rebirth of an Empire.” The documentary examines the global implications of China’s unprecedented growth, which has placed it on the verge of overtaking the United States as the world’s preeminent power.

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Implications of Kyrgyzstan Revolt on China's Xinjiang Policy

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 12:00

As the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan reaches a turning point, after opposition forces seized the capital Bishkek in a bloody clash and ousted the president and his allies, Chinese leaders from regions across China have reportedly descended upon Xinjiang en masse in a rare spectacle that carried with it a heavy political undertone.

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