May 2011

Red Ghost Over China

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

Despite a huge police presence, protests continue in Inner Mongolia's provincial capital of Hohhot as ethnic Mongolians vent their anger with Party cadres over environmental problems and other issues.

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Uyghur in Chinese Custody?

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

Kazakhstan is believed to have handed over to Chinese custody an ethnic Uyghur fighting deportation to Beijing after he spoke up about torture and death in Chinese jails.

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Ethnic Eating Adventures: Cafe Kashkar

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

Welcome back to another installment of Ethnic Eating Adventures, in which we travel far and wide to discover the hidden culinary delights of New York City. Inspired by the warm weather, today we're traveling to Brighton Beach to sample some Uighur food at Cafe Kashkar.

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Xinjiang to recruit 9,200 bilingual teachers

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will recruit around 9,200 bilingual primary and middle school teachers this year to promote bilingual education, local education authorities said Tuesday.

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Activists: Inner Mongolia protests continue

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

Chinese authorities Monday arrested dozens of demonstrators in Hohhot as protests spread to the provincial capital and other cities in Inner Mongolia despite tightened security and reports of martial law, activists told CNN.

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Amnesty International's role just as important after 50 years

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

A candle wrapped in barbed wire has become a powerful symbol over the last 50 years.

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Did the tanks of Tiananmen bring stability to China, or store up trouble for the future?

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

This coming weekend it will be 22 years since the tanks were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush the student protests, creating scenes that still define China's ruling Communist Party in the imaginations of many living in the West.

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China's Worldview Imperative: Don't Rock Our Boat

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

Everything that registers on China's international -- and, for that matter, domestic -- radar does so because it, directly or indirectly, impacts stability. Pragmatic to the core, the PRC cherishes one thing above all else: order. Stability has always been, and remains today, the platform on which progress is constructed.

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When Can the Chinese Expect Their Arab Spring?: Jeffrey Goldberg

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

Hillary Clinton doesn't make mistakes. Let's place to the side her unhappy 2008 run for the Democratic presidential nomination, during which, as they say, mistakes were made.

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Martial Law in Southern (Inner) Mongolia, but Protests Continue

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 12:00

On the morning of May 30, 2011, around 11:00 AM, despite the Chinese authorities’ declaration of martial law and deployment of riot police and paramilitary forces in major cities of Southern (Inner) Mongolia, hundreds of Mongolians took to the streets of Hohhot, regional capital, to demand the rights of Mongolians and the release of detainees.

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