July 2010

American Anti-Torture Activists Visit Former Guantánamo Prisoners in Bermuda

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

Three Christian activists from Witness Against Torture traveled to Bermuda on Friday, July 16, 2010 to meet with four Uyghur men who were detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for more than seven years.

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Kyrgyz deal a Silk Road turning point

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

Central Asia arrived at a turning point last weekend far removed from the history of Genghis Khan riding out to conquer the world, as it sought peacekeepers from Europe.

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Strangers at Home

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

Chinese living abroad have played a huge role in the country's economic miracle. But back in China, they are both welcome and vulnerable.

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INTERVIEW: Rebiya Kadeer's daughter in Taiwan for film show

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

Raela Tosh warned that Taiwan could become the next Tibet or East Turkestan in the next few decades if the nation continues to trust China too much.

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Ma is blind to roots of terror in Taiwan

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

President and ruling rightist Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou displayed Thursday a dangerous blindness to the historical roots of the "White Terror" inflicted by the KMT on Taiwan during the nearly four decades of martial law rule that threatens to pave the way for a future tragedy.

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How will China's tech-savvy, post-90s generation shape the nation?

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

Lazy, promiscuous, confused, selfish, brain damaged and overall hopeless are all labels that have been given to China's so-called post-90s generation, or those who were born after 1990 who are now mostly in their teens today.

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The New Republic: Dominating The China Market

Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:00

James Mann has written three books on America's relationship with China. He is an author-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

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Anniversary Of Ethnic Riots China

Fri, 07/16/2010 - 12:00

In Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region security is tight ahead of the first anniversary of deadly ethnic riots.

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Chinese Ethnic Riots Anniversary

Fri, 07/16/2010 - 12:00

Everything is locked down, as people remember the ethnic riots in China, twelve months ago.

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Uighur dissident's daughter to visit Taiwan Sunday

Fri, 07/16/2010 - 12:00

The daughter of Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, will visit Taiwan July 18-20, a local group said on its website Friday.

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