http://www.uyghuramerican.org en-us http://www.uyghuramerican.org N/A zerepshan@gmail.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:28:36 -0800 20 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6736/1/Russia-China-lose-credit-in-Arab-world-League-chief/index.html The Arab League chief said on Monday that Russia and China had lost diplomatic credit in the Arab world by vetoing a U.N. resolution on Syria and may have sent a message to Damascus that it had a free hand to crack down on protests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6719/1/China-Spotlight-Rights-in-US-Summit-with-Xi-Jinping/index.html United States President Barack Obama should publicly and privately challenge China's Vice President Xi Jinping on the deteriorating human rights environment in China during Xi's February 14 visit to Washington, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today. Xi is expected to assume leadership of the Chinese government later this year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6706/1/Kids-Dancing-in-the-Rain-for-Chinese-Officials-/index.html Photos of a group of second and third graders dancing for local communist party leaders in the rain with frigid temperatures during a New Year celebration drew critical comments from Chinese netizens. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6697/1/Afghanistan-signs-oil-contract-with-Chinese-giant/index.html China's state-owned National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a $700 million oil exploration contract with the Afghan government last week, the first foreign company to do so in many decades. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6684/1/China-backs-Russian-anti-terror-agreement/index.html Chinese lawmakers have ratified an agreement between Beijing and Moscow to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation between the two nations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6682/1/Crowd-fights-Chinese-police-at-mosque-demolition/index.html A crowd of Muslims fought with police who demolished a mosque in China's northwest, a police employee and a human rights group said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6681/1/China-dissident-lawyer-Gao-Zhisheng-in-Xinjiang-jail/index.html One of China’s best known dissidents, missing for 20 months, is now said to be in a Xinjiang prison. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6668/1/2011-A-Shameful-Year-for-Human-Rights-in-China/index.html Even by the Chinese government’s low standards on human rights, 2011 has been terrible.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6667/1/China-Hackers-Hit-US-Chamber/index.html Attacks Breached Computer System of Business-Lobbying Group; Emails Stolen zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6663/1/Chinese-Village-Plots-Taking-Protest-Wider-Protesters-Test-Chinese-Authorities-by-Plotting-March-to-Next-Town/index.html China—Residents from the embattled southern Chinese village of Wukan are planning a march to the nearby city of Lufeng on Wednesday, according to organizers, expanding the protest outside the village in a major test for how authorities will respond. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6661/1/China-party-official-warns-members-over-religion/index.html Religious practice among Chinese Communist Party members is increasing and threatens its unity and national leadership, a top party official said in remarks reported Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6656/1/Will-Chinas-rulers-listen-to-the-voices-of-its-downtrodden-masses/index.html The protests in Wukan are a nightmare for the Communist rulers of a divided country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6650/1/A-dozen-Chinese-hacker-gangs-behind-most-US-data-theft-report/index.html As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, commit the bulk of the China-based cyber attacks stealing critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S. cyber security analysts and experts. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6646/1/US-and-Nobel-winners-slam-Chinas-rights-record/index.html THE US has sharply admonished China over its human rights record as a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners issued a plea to the country's government to release last year's laureate Liu Xiaobo. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6645/1/US-ambassador-to-China-calls-on-Beijing-to-improve-its-human-rights-record/index.html The U.S. ambassador to China on Saturday urged Beijing to improve its human rights record, pointing to imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo as an example where China falls short. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6643/1/Nobel-Peace-Prize-winners-push-for-2010-laureates-release/index.html A group of Nobel Peace Prize winners and human rights activists have launched a campaign to urge Beijing authorities to release last year's laureate Liu Xiaobo who has been imprisoned in China since 2009 for advocating political reform there. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6637/1/Chinas-Hu-urges-navy-to-prepare-for-combat/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6636/1/Enforced-Disappearances-on-the-Rise/index.html China is experiencing the worst crackdown since 1989 with a rising number of enforced disappearances of activists, a prominent Chinese dissident now living in exile has stated. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6634/1/Top-Chinese-Security-Official-Sounds-Warning-about-Economic-Imbalances/index.html As labor unrest continues to bubble in China's export-oriented manufacturing regions, a top Chinese official has warned the country needs to improve its means of handling the harmful side-effects of its market economy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6633/1/China-braces-for-growing-unrest-as-economy-slows/index.html China’s security chief has told provincial officials they need to be more prepared for the “negative impact” of slowing growth, underscoring Beijing’s concern a slowdown could bring social unrest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6632/1/Chinese-journalists-must-be-mouthpieces-of-the-state/index.html Chinese journalists must remember they are first and foremost "mouthpieces" of the state, the new head of CCTV, the powerful state-run broadcaster, has said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6630/1/Ex-Chinese-spy-says-politicians-are-targets/index.html A flirtatious email exchange between a Tory MP and a Chinese journalist has to be taken seriously, because China views foreign politicians as top targets, a former Chinese spy said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6629/1/China-condemns-US-base-in-Darwin/index.html China has issued an official condemnation of Australia's decision to have 2500 troops from the US based in Darwin, branding the move as "Cold War thinking" and a threat to regional stability. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6628/1/US-envoy-criticizes-Chinas-controls-on-economy/index.html A U.S. trade envoy has accused China's government of increasing its role in the economy in violation of its free-trade pledges and he appealed to Beijing to reconsider its embrace of "state capitalism." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6627/1/China-Sees-Cold-War-in-USs-Australia-Plan/index.html China's Ministry of National Defense criticized U.S. plans to establish a permanent military presence in Australia, accusing Washington of acting antagonistically in the region and perpetuating a Cold War mentality. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6618/1/Republicans-and-Obama-Can-Agree-on-Criticizing-Chinas-Trade-Practices/index.html China’s swift economic rise, and a presidential election dominated by fears of a declining American economy, have produced a rare convergence: Republican contenders talking tough about China, and a president who is already getting tough on it. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6617/1/The-GOPs-China-syndrome/index.html Mitt Romney says America is at war with China — a “trade war” over its undervalued currency. “They’re stealing our jobs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6615/1/South-China-Sea-Tensions-Overshadow-New-US-Military-Engagement/index.html U.S. plans to send additional military personnel to Australia in the coming years have drawn mixed responses among Southeast Asian leaders who are wary of increasing the possibility of military confrontation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6612/1/China-spending-big-money-to-avoid-Arab-spring-fever/index.html China's ruling Communist Party is looking within for threats to its control over the country, spending more money on securing its population of over one billion than it did on its military last year, according to a new report to the U.S. Congress. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6610/1/Chinas-fury-building-over-Obamas-new-Asia-policy-/index.html Chinese scholars and commentators lashed out with barely repressed anger at President Obama's trip to Asia, complaining that his efforts to shore up U.S. influence in Asia were by implication aimed at containing China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6603/1/UNPO-And-Members-Lobby-Dutch-Government-On-Relationship-With-China/index.html UNPO and Members representing Tibet, East Turkestan and Inner Mongolia ask Dutch Parliamentarians and Foreign Minister to speak out against human rights abuses in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6600/1/Obama-stirs-up-Chinas-sea-of-troubles/index.html The past week has been a bit like watching a play in three acts. In three different locations President Barack Obama has been delivering his lines, reasserting America's role as an Asia-Pacific power, and clearly discomfiting China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6599/1/As-Myanmar-Eases-Controls-US-Sees-Diplomatic-Opening/index.html The long-isolated nation of Myanmar embarked on a potentially decisive shift in direction on Friday, as its main opposition leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, agreed to rejoin the country's political system and Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared to become the first secretary of state and highest-ranking American to visit the country in half a century. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6598/1/China-tells-US-to-avoid-politicizing-investment/index.html China appealed to Washington on Friday to avoid politicizing investment after a congressional panel said it would look into whether Chinese technology firms operating in the United States pose a security threat. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6596/1/Obamas-more-muscular-China-policy-sets-Beijing-on-edge/index.html President Barack Obama’s sudden moves to contest rising Chinese power are setting this capital on edge, even if in public the response has been muted. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6595/1/The-evolving-US-China-ties/index.html The head of Boeing chose his words carefully as he explained to President Barack Obama the "dilemma" that Corporate America faces in trying to do business in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6594/1/US-assures-Philippines-of-2nd-warship-amid-South-China-Sea-territorial-disputes/index.html The United States will provide a second warship to the ill-equipped Philippine military as it confronts China in increasingly tense territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a Philippine official said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6593/1/Ai-Weiwei-turns-tables-on-Chinas-Communist-regime/index.html  Artist and fierce government critic Ai Weiwei has turned the tables on China's Communist regime by transforming a crippling tax fine he says is designed to silence him into a huge wave of solidarity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6592/1/Navy-chief-flags-concerns-over-South-China-Sea/index.html India’s senior-most military commander on Thursday flagged concerns over the situation in the South China Sea, at a time when China's aggressive posturing in the resource-rich waters has shifted global attention to the Asia-Pacific region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6591/1/Police-Man-Set-Himself-on-Fire-in-Tiananmen/index.html Police in Beijing confirmed Thursday that a man set himself on fire last month over a court dispute in a rare case of such protest in Tiananmen Square, the politically sensitive center of China's capital. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6590/1/-China-welcomes-Zimbabwes-Robert-Mugabe-as-old-friend/index.html China's vice-president has held talks in Beijing with Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, whom he praised as an "old friend" of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6586/1/As-China-rises-America-responds/index.html "I have said repeatedly and I will say again today that we welcome a rising, peaceful China" - the words of America's president as he arrived in Australia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6585/1/Panel-urges-US-scrutiny-of-China-military-firms/index.html A congressional advisory panel urged the Obama administration and Congress on Wednesday to apply more scrutiny to China's military expansion and signs of aggressiveness.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6584/1/Only-moral-victory-possible-against-China-dissident-says/index.html Outspoken dissident artist Ai Weiwei said he believes only a moral victory is possible against the Chinese government in his tax evasion case. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6583/1/Tensions-rise-on-South-China-Sea-dispute/index.html TENSIONS over the oil-rich and strategically important South China Sea escalated yesterday, as Chinese state media accused the US and the Philippines of planning a 'grab' for its resources and a senior foreign ministry official said it did not want the issue discussed at this week's East Asia Summit in Bali. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6582/1/US-Secretary-of-State-Backs-Philippines-in-South-China-Sea-Dispute/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea should be settled using the international Law of the Seas treaty, a position that backs the Philippines in its dispute with China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6580/1/Sources-Mitt-Romney-plans-China-crackdown/index.html Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is dead serious about labeling China a currency manipulator and putting new tariffs on Chinese imports, sources close to Romney tell POLITICO. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6579/1/US-Asia-deepen-security-ties-amid-China-challenge/index.html When President Obama arrives in Australia on Wednesday to kick off a four-day Asia-Pacific visit, he should receive a warm reception from America's longtime allies in the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6578/1/For-Putin-a-Peace-Prize-for-a-Decision-to-Go-to-War/index.html The Chinese committee that awarded this year's Confucius Peace Prize minced no words in honoring the winner, Vladimir V. Putin, prime minister of Russia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6576/1/Obama-to-China-Behave-like-a-quotgrown-upquot/index.html President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the United States was fed up with China's trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6574/1/ANALYSIS-China-clouds-US-plan-for-quottrans-Pacific-systemquot--Join-our-daily-free-/index.html "Chinese Communist Party stop killing Falun Gong," read banners held by scores of yellow-clad members of the sect opposite the Hawaii Convention Center. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6571/1/Pakistan-and-China-hold-joint-military-exercises-celebrate-relationship/index.html Pakistan and China are staging joint military exercises, showcasing their relationship as Islamabad’s ties with Washington suffer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6570/1/Philippines-rejects-new-Chinese-territorial-claim/index.html China has claimed new territory less than 50 miles (80 kilometers) from a Philippine province, boosting tensions over potentially resource-rich areas of the South China Sea, but the Philippines has dismissed the claim, an official said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6567/1/China-tightens-reporting-rules-for-journalists/index.html China’s censors are trying to prevent critical postings and rumours on the Internet from reaching a broader audience, issuing new orders to prohibit news media from reporting online information before it is verified. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6563/1/Governor-of-Xinjiang-Uygur-Autonomous-Region-of-China-Nur-Bekri-Visits-India-/index.html From November 3 to 6, 2011, Mr. Nur Bekri, Governor of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China visited India. He was warmly received by the Indian side. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6561/1/US-Pacific-fleet-commander-warns-of-tactical-missteps/index.html The US Seventh Fleet commander said Wednesday he was not worried about a major conflict in Asia but about small incidents with unpredictable consequences in areas such as the South China Sea. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6560/1/India-to-counter-Chinese-missile-storage-near-Ladakh-border/index.html India had begun taking counter-measures against at least two missile storage facilities seen to have been built by China near the Line of actual control (LAC) across its Ladakh region, reported hindustantimes.com Nov 8. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6559/1/Googles-Schmidt-condemns-China/index.html The Google executive chairman said the firm’s business in China was ‘growing and profitable,’ and it would serve consumers according to government rules zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6558/1/Joint-War-Games-With-Pakistan-Not-Aimed-at-India-Says-China/index.html China and Pakistan are to hold joint military exercises on the outskirts of Islamabad with Beijing claiming that the war games were not aimed at putting pressure on India. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6557/1/China-creeping-up-in-Ladakh/index.html The dragon is breathing down the neck where India is most vulnerable - part of the ancient silk route that connects the Ladakh region in the northern most part of Jammu and Kashmir to the bordering Xinjiang region in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6556/1/China-Lashes-Out-at-Dalai-Lamas-Visit-to-Mongolia/index.html China says it has lodged a strong protest with neighboring Mongolia over a visit this week by the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6555/1/Chinese-counterfeit-parts-found-in-US-weapons/index.html U.S. officials say a problem that has long plagued luxury handbag makers such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton is now afflicting the Pentagon's high-end weapons systems: cheap Chinese counterfeits. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6554/1/China-military-cellphone-spy-trial-begins/index.html The trial began this week of a Chinese-born American woman accused of stealing secrets from a cellphone company knowing they would likely end up in the hands of China’s military. The case highlights persistent fears about Chinese espionage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6553/1/Chinese-style-democracy-ensures-Communists-prevail/index.html Between fashion shoots and shows across China, rising model Cheng Yuting tried on a new, political role this fall - running for office as a grass-roots legislator in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6552/1/End-repression-rights-groups-tell-China/index.html Human rights groups, in a letter to Chinese officials, said repressive policies prompting Tibetans to commit suicide as a form of protest must stop. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6545/1/Asylum-quest-A-Chinese-dissidents-journey/index.html The Chinese dissident stood in front of a map of Vietnam, looking for the best place to sneak across the border on his long quest for freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6544/1/Europe-will-ease-pressure-on-China-over-human-rights-in-exchange-for-bailout/index.html Human rights organisations warn European governments likely to tone down criticism of China's crackdown on dissidents zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6543/1/China-Singled-Out-for-Cyberspying/index.html U.S. Intelligence Report Labels Chinese 'Most Active' in Economic Espionage; Russia Also Named zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6541/1/US-Congressional-Report-Notes-Marked-Drop-in-China-Human-Rights/index.html As China prepares for its next leadership reshuffle in 2012, the country is facing growing social unrest and criticism over its tightening of Internet controls, and an ongoing clampdown on bloggers, lawyers and activists. A recently released annual congressional report shows how this broad decline in human rights comes despite China's notable economic progress and ascendance on the global stage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6538/1/Chinese-envoy-tells-scribe-to-shut-up/index.html Beijing's envoy to New Delhi, Zhang Yan, on Thursday asked an Indian journalist to shut up. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6537/1/US-report-blasts-China-Russia-for-cybercrime/index.html Cyberattacks by Chinese and Russian intelligence services, as well corporate hackers in those countries, have swallowed up large amounts of high-tech American research and development data, and that stolen info zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6535/1/Hu-Jintaos-State-Visit-to-Austria-Meets-with-Protests/index.html Chinese leader Hu Jintao wraps up a two-day state visit to Austria, ahead of a G20 meeting in France later this week. The visit, punctuated by human rights protests, comes as European leaders appeal to China to invest in European government bonds and the debt-stricken region’s financial stability fund. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6534/1/China-Says-No-Talking-Tibet-as-Confucius-Funds-US-Universities/index.html When a Beijing organization with close ties to China’s government offered Stanford University $4 million to host a Confucius Institute on Chinese language and culture and endow a professorship, it attached one caveat: The professor couldn’t discuss delicate issues like Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6532/1/China-reaches-out-to-Imran-Khan-amid-stability-fears/index.html Mr. Khan said Chinese officials voiced fears over stability in Pakistan and the security of investments in the country zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6531/1/China-to-Tighten-Controls-on-Internet-Social-Media/index.html Chinese leaders are announcing new plans to strengthen controls over the Internet and other social media, following a year where such technologies have played a key role in channeling public discontent, around the world.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6530/1/UK-says-governments-Internet-power-grab-will-fail/index.html Attempts by China, Russia and others to gain more control over the Internet are doomed to failure, Britain said on Wednesday, after hosting a major conference on cyberspace that it said sent a clear signal to authoritarian governments. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6529/1/Senators-US-promotion-of-democracy-in-Africa-challenged-by-Chinas-no-strings-investments/index.html Senators voiced concern Tuesday that the United States has lost influence with African governments as China has emerged as the continent’s main trading partner and a major source of investment for infrastructure development. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6525/1/Chinese-police-take-on-lost-generation-grandparents/index.html Three coach-loads of Chinese policemen dealt briskly and aggressively with a protest outside a court in downtown Shanghai on Tuesday, clearing a noisy crowd in minutes and setting up a security cordon. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6523/1/China-to-discuss-financial-crisis-with-Russia-Central-Asian-nations/index.html Premier Wen Jiabao will discuss the global economic crisis and his vision for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization when he meets next week with his counterparts from the regional grouping, seen by Beijing as a vehicle for extending Chinese influence in Central Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6522/1/Explosion-in-southwest-China-kills-at-least-7-people-injures-about-200/index.html A massive explosion near an expressway ramp in southwest China killed at least seven people and injured about 200 while also destroying several homes on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6521/1/China-orders-Ai-Weiwei-to-pay-24-million-for-quottax-evasionquot/index.html China has ordered dissident artist Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Tuesday, a case supporters said was part of Beijing's efforts to muzzle government critics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6520/1/Cyber-attacks-on-chemical-companies-traced-to-China/index.html Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets, a U.S. computer security company said Tuesday, adding to complaints about pervasive Internet crime linked to the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6518/1/Chinese-Regimes-Definition-of-Terrorism-Sparks-Concern/index.html The Chinese regime has, for the first time, defined terrorism this week. It appeared in a bill aimed at bolstering anti-terrorism efforts. But critics say the term “terrorist activity” has been defined too broadly, and may be used against dissidents. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6516/1/New-Delhi-alarmed-by-Sino-Pak-strategic-relationship/index.html As relations between Washington and Islamabad continue to slide down from bad to worse followed by a spat of suggestions, warnings and ultimatums by the high-ranking US officials, the supportive statements by China in favour of Pakistan's sovereignty gave some respite to the current dispensation in this country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6512/1/Chinese-military-suspected-of-hacking-US-satellites/index.html Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two US government satellites four times through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6511/1/Hundreds-of-migrants-protest-tax-dispute-in-east-China-blocking-roads-torching-vehicles/index.html Hundreds of migrant small business owners in an eastern Chinese town have protested over a tax dispute, some of them torching vehicles, in the latest unrest resulting from growing economic pressure and anger over the unfair treatment of migrants. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6509/1/The-activists-shining-light-on-Chinas-dark-corners/index.html China’s 'netizens’ skip censorship and brave beatings to expose the torment of a blind lawyer, Chen Guangcheng. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6505/1/US-Slams-China-At-UN-General-Assembly-For-Denial-Of-Rights/index.html The United States has criticized human rights violations in North Korea, China, Iran, Myanmar, Cuba, and Syria. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6503/1/China-Reins-In-Entertainment-and-Blogging/index.html Political censorship in this authoritarian state has long been heavy-handed. But for years, the Communist Party has tolerated a creeping liberalization in popular culture, tacitly allowing everything from popular knockoffs of “American Idol”-style talent shows to freewheeling microblogs that let media groups prosper and let people blow off steam. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6502/1/Report-US-Satellites-Attacked-by-Chinese-Hackers/index.html U.S. government satellites were compromised at least four times in 2007 and 2008, possibly at the hands of Chinese computer hackers with ties to the country's military, according to a new report. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6499/1/China-tightens-grip-on-social-media-with-detentions/index.html The Chinese government has started a systematic crackdown on unruly internet users with an announcement by the regulator that two people had been detained for spreading false information online and that three more cases were being investigated. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6497/1/China-rejects-US-praise-arms-sales-to-Taiwan/index.html China on Wednesday criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for praising Beijing's measured reaction to the latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, repaying his compliment by saying the deal was "unprofessional." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6494/1/China-May-Resort-to-Force-in-Sea-Disputes-Global-Times-Says/index.html China’s neighbors should prepare “for the sounds of cannons” if they don’t temper their positions in territorial disputes over the South China Sea, the state-run Global Times newspaper said in an editorial today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6491/1/China-draft-bill-defines-terrorism-amid-real-threat/index.html China is considering new legislation to define terrorism more precisely, in the face of what an official described as a "real threat". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6486/1/Truck-kills-herder-in-Inner-Mongolia-China/index.html An ethnic Mongolian herder has been killed in China in circumstances similar to an incident in May which led to protests in the region, reports say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6485/1/Panetta-talks-tough-about-China-North-Korea/index.html One day after praising China for the way it has responded to issues like the U.S. sale of arms to Taiwan, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's comments turned more serious and stern Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6482/1/Hit-and-Run-Toddler-Dies/index.html Thousands of Chinese netizens left messages of condolence on popular microblogging services Friday after a toddler hit twice in hit-and-run accidents died from her injuries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6480/1/China-keeps-quiet-about-Central-Committee-session/index.html The Communist Party leaders wrap up talks, but no one dares speculate on what exactly went on behind closed doors the year before the most important transition of power in a decade. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6479/1/In-Foshan-China-a-street-without-a-heart-/index.html The questions China needs to ask itself about the criminal indifference shown to a desperately injured little girl lying on a roadway are the most basic ones about the value and purpose of life. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6475/1/Chinese-Regime-Touts-Human-Rights-Record-Says-US-Report/index.html In a new twist, according to a newly released U.S. government report, this year China not only continues to disregard basic human rights and international law and standards, but audaciously claims to be a champion of human rights and the rule of law. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6471/1/Chinese-Succession-Highlights-Militarys-Role/index.html Maneuvering over China's leadership succession is providing an opportunity for the powerful military to exert greater influence over decision-making, potentially dragging the government into a more confrontational stance with its neighbors and the U.S. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6466/1/China-warns-India-over-pact-with-Vietnam/index.html A state-run Chinese daily has said the pact India recently signed with Vietnam to explore oil in the South China Sea is a "reckless attempt to confront China". It warned that Beijing may "consider taking action to show its stance". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6450/1/Pakistan-Pulls-Closer-to-a-Reluctant-China/index.html As relations with Washington plummeted in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden in May, Pakistan’s leaders turned to China, which is seen here as an enduring all-weather friend, an alternative to the troublesome and overbearing Americans. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6449/1/Chinas-economic-espionage-has-reached-an-intolerable-level-US/index.html Asserting that China’s economic espionage has reached an ‘intolerable level’ a top American lawmaker said it’s time that the US and its allies in Europe and Asia confront Beijing and demand to put an end to this piracy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6448/1/Russia-claims-China-spy-arrest/index.html Russia on Wednesday revealed holding a Chinese national for the past year on espionage charges linked to repair manuals for a missile system that Beijing had been buying from Moscow for years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6446/1/Chinese-Mark-National-Tragedy-Day-Worldwide/index.html Officially, Oct. 1 is China's National Day, the anniversary of the founding of communist China. But every year groups of Chinese outside China gather to mark the anniversary a different way, by commemorating Memorial Day, or National Tragedy Day to rebuff the Communist Party and its history of violence and atrocity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6441/1/Pakistan-flaunts-its-friendship-with-China-in-message-to-US/index.html The words the Pakistani prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, used to describe his country's ties with China earlier this week could not have been more gushing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6440/1/Masked-Protesters-Mark-62nd-Anniversary-of-the-PRC/index.html Today (1/10/2011) thirty protesters from Chinese, Uighur and Tibetan Solidarity UK gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6434/1/As-ties-with-US-sour-Pak-cosies-up-to-China-Saudi-Arabia/index.html Pakistan is pulling out all stops to offset rising tensions with the US and possible economic and military sanctions by reaching out to its closest allies, Saudi Arabia and China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6431/1/China-warns-US-over-58B-Taiwan-arms-deal/index.html China's military exchanges with the U.S. will suffer after Washington announced a $5.85 billion arms package for Taiwan, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, confirming expectations that Beijing would retaliate over the sale. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6419/1/China-backs-Palestinian-UN-bid/index.html China on Monday highlighted its support for the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United Nations but called for "prudent" international action on Syria. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6414/1/Hundreds-protest-in-south-China-over-land-grab/index.html Hundreds of villagers in southern China protested on Friday over a government seizure of land, the latest outbreak of trouble in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong province that illustrates growing public anger at the practice of land grabs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6413/1/Protesters-Call-on-China-to-Stop-Forced-Repatriation/index.html Activists concerned about the plight of North Koreans are holding demonstrations in front of Chinese embassies and consulates in several countries Thursday. They want Beijing to end what they term is a brutal policy of sending refugees back to North Korea. They say those repatriated face certain torture and imprisonment and, in some cases, execution. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6409/1/Human-Rights-Defenders-in-China-Under-Attack/index.html The new U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, has said he intends to make human rights a very visible part of his remit, which is crucial if the United States is to keep pressing the issue with the Chinese government. The latest crackdown in China has shocked activists in its depth and severity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6407/1/Religious-Freedom-Worsens-In-China/index.html China's government has "engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6393/1/New-Japan-PM-concerned-by-China-military-rise/index.html Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Wednesday he was concerned about China's military build-up, urging his giant neighbour to act as a "responsible member of the international community". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6383/1/China-recognizes-NTC-as-Libyas-ruling-authority/index.html China became the last major power Monday to recognize the National Transition Council as the ruling body of Libya in the wake of the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6373/1/China-paper-tells-US-not-to-play-with-fire-over-Taiwan/index.html China's top official newspaper warned on Friday that "madmen" on Capitol Hill who want the United States to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan were playing with fire and could pay a "disastrous price," as the Obama administration nears a decision on a sale. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6372/1/Clampdown-Around-Activists-Trial/index.html Authorities in the Chinese capital have handed a nine-month jail term to a veteran civil rights campaigner after holding her for six months. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6369/1/US-Presidential-Candidate-Romney-Pledges-Sanctions-on-China/index.html A leading U.S. presidential candidate says that, if elected, he will immediately order trade sanctions against China for currency manipulation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6364/1/US-says-it-wants-to-work-with-strategic-rival-China-to-help-Pacific-islanders/index.html The U.S. plans to increase development aid and coordinate with strategic rival China and other foreign donors to assist impoverished Pacific island nations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6363/1/China-Kazakhstan-Sign-Accord-to-Expand-Gas-Pipeline-Network/index.html China, the world’s biggest energy user, signed an accord with Kazakhstan to expand the capacity of a pipeline network delivering natural gas from Central Asia by more than 80 percent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6357/1/More-Chinese-Dissidents-Appear-to-Disappear/index.html Last Jan. 27, an Inner Mongolian rights activist, Govruud Huuchinhuu, suddenly vanished after leaving a hospital where she had undergone treatment for cancer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6351/1/Internet-can-destroy-Communist-control-over-China-party-supporters-fear/index.html China's Communist thinkers are warning the government to nail down the runaway growth of Internet as it could destroy the party's control over the giant nation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6350/1/China-Censors-Newsweek-Article-of-Prominent-Dissident/index.html Censors in China have attempted to purge an essay written by prominent artist and dissident Ai Weiwei by manually tearing the pages of the article from a weekly news magazine. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6347/1/China-Dont-Legalize-Secret-Detention/index.html Proposed legislation in China to empower the security apparatus to detain criminal suspects secretly for up to six months in undisclosed locations would be a major setback for basic human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Chinese human rights activists, lawyers, and legal experts have strongly opposed the measure, which would violate China's international legal obligations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6335/1/China-Warns-Japans-New-Leader-to-Respect-Core-Interests/index.html China is sending a warning to Japan's new leadership, saying the incoming prime minister must show greater respect for China's core interests, including a disputed island chain in the East China Sea. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6334/1/Chinas-Nuclear-Power-Chief-A-Spy/index.html When Kang Rixin, the head of China’s nuclear-power program, was sentenced to life in prison last November for taking bribes, it was a troubling enough piece of news. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6333/1/Chinas-plan-for-secret-detentions-alarms-rights-activists/index.html China proposes a change in the law that would allow the detention of suspects for up to six months in a secret location. The move would increase the risk of torture, activists say.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6332/1/Ai-Weiwei-attacks-China-over-justice-and-human-rights/index.html Recently freed artist breaks his silence after his release, attacking Beijing in Newsweek article zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6331/1/Chinese-Protest-Suspensions-of-Bloggers/index.html The operators of China’s most vibrant equivalent of Twitter notified each of its 200 million users Friday that several bloggers deemed to have spread unfounded rumors would have their accounts suspended for one month. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6327/1/China-lacks-will-to-resolve-Tibet-issue-Dalai-Lama/index.html “It seems that China lacks will to resolve the Tibetan issue,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Germany’s Hesse state, Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6309/1/China-Libyas-fair-weather-friend/index.html When the going gets rough, China gets going. After six months of attempted neutrality between Moammar Gadhafi loyalists and rebel forces, Beijing now appears to have chosen sides. This, as the end-game seemingly nears for Libya’s leader of 42 years, whose hold on power wanes by the day. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6294/1/ENI-leads-Libya-oil-race-Russia-China-may-lose-out/index.html Italian oil company Eni led the charge back into Libya on Monday as rebels hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's rule warned Russian and Chinese firms that they may lose out on lucrative oil contracts for failing to support the rebellion. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6293/1/China-to-lend-Cambodia-195m-to-buy-its-helicopters/index.html China has agreed to lend $US195 million to Cambodia so it can buy Chinese military helicopters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6286/1/China-makes-debut-jet-carrier-thanks-to-Turkey/index.html Turkey played a major role 10 years ago to help China take Ukraine’s Varyag, a giant ship that was recently turned into an aircraft carrier, to the homeland despite global reaction. The Asian country’s promises to convince Turkey to open up its straits include sending one million additional tourists to the latter zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6283/1/Beijing-greets-Biden-by-testing-first-aircraft-carrier/index.html China determined to project power in its own neighbourhood and ultimately around the world zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6280/1/Biden-in-China-Ties-are-key-to-global-economic-stability/index.html Vice President Biden on Thursday began a four-day get-to-know-you mission here as the guest of his Chinese counterpart, stressing the importance of the two countries working together to combat the global economic crisis. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6279/1/China-debate-over-US-envoys-coffee-run/index.html The low-key actions of two top US officials have sparked heated debate among China's netizens about the nature of public servants. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6262/1/Smith-Named-Chair-of-Commission-on-China/index.html Congressman Chris Smith, a long-time human rights advocate in Congress and senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has been named chairman of the "Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China," a congressionally-mandated, bipartisan panel made up of Members of the House and Senate and Presidential appointees serving in the Administration. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6259/1/China-Biden-Should-Keep-Up-Straightforward-Talk-on-Rights/index.html United States Vice President Joe Biden should directly address the Chinese government’s recent assault on human rights during his visit to Beijing beginning August 17, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6257/1/China-Warns-Backpacker-US-Ambassador-of-Heavy-Burden-Ahead/index.html Chinese state media warned Monday that the joyful reception given the new U.S. ambassador in Beijing should not be mistaken for a solution to the two countries’ problems. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6222/1/Report-on-Operation-Shady-RAT-identifies-widespread-cyber-spying/index.html A leading computer security firm has used logs produced by a single server to trace the hacking of more than 70 corporations and government organizations over many months, and experts familiar with the analysis say the snooping probably originated in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6195/1/China-defends-carrier-plans-neighbors-fret-over-buildup/index.html China's neighbors are worried its aircraft carrier program may in time intimidate regional rivals but its military on Thursday defended the plan as vital for maritime security. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6193/1/Chinese-riot-after-killing-of-fruit-vendor/index.html Hundreds of rioters in a southern Chinese city battled with police into the early hours of Wednesday morning after a disabled fruit vendor died while being beaten by Chinese officials on the street in broad daylight. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6192/1/Romney-accuses-Obama-of-not-standing-up-to-China/index.html Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is out today with a new web video offering a fresh angle on his criticism that President Obama has failed to sufficiently focus on job creation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6190/1/New-Controls-on-Public-Wi-Fi/index.html Business owners and netizens in China have hit out at new rules issued by Beijing police requiring surveillance of people browsing online using a public wireless connection. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6185/1/US-military-wont-halt-spy-flights-near-China/index.html The US military vowed on Monday to press ahead with surveillance flights near China despite opposition from Beijing, after reports Chinese jets crossed a boundary with Taiwan to pursue a US spy plane. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6183/1/Pope-lambasts-deplorable-China-for-imposing-bishops-on-faithful/index.html Deteriorating relations between Beijing and the Vatican look set to worsen after China's state-controlled Catholic church yesterday announced plans to ordain seven more bishops without papal approval. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6181/1/As-UK-sells-old-aircraft-carriers-China-buyers-circle/index.html As it sells off its flagship aircraft carriers over a government website, Britain is finding enthusiastic interest from an unexpected group -- Chinese businessmen potentially keen enough to outbid any other rivals. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6178/1/IMF-data-hacking-blamed-on-China-based-spies/index.html Investigators probing the recent ransacking of International Monetary Fund computers have concluded the attack was carried out by cyber spies connected to China, according to two people close to the investigation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6177/1/China-Shuts-Down-Top-Investigative-Reporting-Team/index.html An investigative reporting unit led by one of China's top investigative reporters has been shut down in what a member of the unit told ABC News was a "shocking" move partly caused by government pressure. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6176/1/Canadas-diplomatic-posts-in-China-struggling-/index.html Canada-China relations may be warming but Canada’s diplomatic missions in the country are already overheated. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6170/1/New-era-for-Canada-China-relations/index.html Visit to boost Economic Ties; Baird completes first trip to Beijing since becoming foreign affairs minister zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6151/1/Chinas-Religious-War-Cardinal-Zen-Talks-Beijing-and-the-Vatican/index.html For the third time in a year, China has declared war on the Vatican, according to one preeminent Cardinal. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6150/1/Taiwan-says-weapons-sale-would-be-in-US-interest/index.html Taiwan says it is in the United States' security and economic interests to support the self-governing island as it seeks to acquire new weaponry in the face of China's military buildup. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6149/1/UN-only-recourse-vs-Chinese-incursions---Noy/index.html President Aquino yesterday ruled out bilateral talks with China over the disputed Spratly Islands, insisting there is no other forum to settle the issue but the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6147/1/Clinton-to-end-Asia-trip-with-Shenzhen-China-visit/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will end a lengthy trip to Asia by meeting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in Shenzhen, China on July 25, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6146/1/US-military-leader-sees-stark-rifts-with-China/index.html China and the United States remain starkly different on military issues and have a long way to go toward building a trusting relationship, the top U.S. military officer said Friday after a bumpy visit to Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6140/1/Freed-Chinese-Artist-Accepts-Job-in-Berlin/index.html Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and recently imprisoned dissident, said Wednesday that he had agreed to become a visiting lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2012, but that he did not know whether China’s government would allow him to leave the country to work there. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6139/1/Ai-Weiweis-sister-gives-details-of-his-confinement/index.html Ai Weiwei, the dissident artist who was released last month after 81 days in a Beijing jail on tax evasion charges, spent his days of confinement in a tiny room with only a bed for furniture and two police officers who monitored his every movement, even standing next to him in the shower, his sister said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6135/1/Amid-growing-pressure-churches-in-China-are-at-a-critical-moment-pastor-says/index.html The congregants were seated in rows of folding chairs, clasping their hands in prayer or studying passages in their Bibles. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6130/1/China-Announces-New-Human-Rights-Plan/index.html China, facing ongoing Western pressure to improve its widely criticized human rights record, says it is drafting a new “action plan” aimed at expanding democracy and strengthening the rule of law. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6129/1/Clashing-values-could-trip-Facebook-as-it-tiptoes-toward-China/index.html As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ponders a strategy for China, the conditions imposed in the world’s largest Internet market were highlighted recently when executives of the country’s top Web companies gathered to sing revolutionary songs and wave red flags to commemorate the recent 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6128/1/China-Says-It-Closed-14-Million-Websites-In-2010/index.html The Internet, as you may have noticed, just seems to keep on growing. But not in China — in fact, Chinese officials said that the country had 41 percent fewer sites at the end of 2010 than existed one year earlier — mostly the result of government restrictions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6124/1/Chinese-bishops-missing-ahead-of-state-ordination/index.html Chinese Catholics said Tuesday that three bishops had gone missing or been detained in an apparent attempt to force them to take part in a state-sanctioned ordination. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6123/1/Dissident-Chinese-Writer-Flees-to-Germany/index.html After being denied an exit visa 17 times, yanked off planes and trains by the police and threatened with yet more prison time, one of China’s most persecuted writers, Liao Yiwu, slipped across the border into Vietnam last week and then made his way, via Poland, to Germany, where he promptly declared himself an exile. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6122/1/China-migrant-riots-Six-jailed-over-Guangdong-unrest/index.html A Chinese court has jailed six people for their involvement in riots last month in a southern industrial area. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6121/1/China-offers-rare-glimpse-of-military-HQ/index.html When it comes to China's military relationship with the United States, U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen is not one to mince his words. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6119/1/European-Council-of-Mongolia-Uyghur-Tibet-China-Launched-in-Brussels-/index.html On Wednesday, July 6, on the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 76th birthday, the Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Society Europe organized a celebration in Brussels. During the celebration, which over 175 attended, the European Council of Mongolia-Uyghur-Tibet-China was launched. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6117/1/Top-Chinese-general-takes-aim-at-US-military-policy/index.html One day after the top American military officer declared that China "has arrived as a world power," his Chinese counterpart Monday played down the capabilities of the 3 million strong People's Liberation Army while criticizing the role of U.S. armed forces in the Asia Pacific region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6116/1/Pak-Desperate-Seek-aid-from-China-to-blackmail-Obama-Admin/index.html Obama Administration is reported to have declined to supply military aid to Pakistan and that has disturbed them. GBA sources report that Pakistan has now tilted towards China for help to make up their military gap which they wish to pile up against India, their sworn dead enemy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6115/1/China-cheats-box-office-for-propaganda-epic/index.html When the Chinese Communist party released its latest propaganda blockbuster to celebrate its 90th birthday, the film duly went to the top of the box office. But now it appears that cinemas were secretly welshing their sales in order to save face. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6107/1/US-Joint-Chiefs-Chairman-Adm-Mullen-bound-for-China/index.html Amid continuing tensions between the U.S. and China, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen is heading to Beijing, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6105/1/Dead-or-alive-former-Chinese-leader-Zemin-subject-of-censorship-in-China/index.html Internet users in China are used to having their words censored. Those with a taste for politics have long ago gotten used to having posts with words like “Tibetan independence” or “Tiananmen Square massacre” go missing almost as soon as they appear online. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6104/1/Vatican-Condemnation-of-New-Chinese-Bishop-Worsens-Tensions/index.html The Vatican’s unusually public condemnation of a newly ordained Chinese bishop this week — in which he was effectively excommunicated and other top Chinese church officials were warned of “serious” consequences — has aggravated the already frayed relations between the Holy See and China’s governing Communist Party as officials here make plans to ordain dozens more bishops, many without the Vatican’s approval. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6102/1/China-Denies-Reports-Jiang-Zemin-is-Dead/index.html Chinese authorities are officially denying that Jiang Zemin is dead after days of speculation about the health of the former president. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6097/1/Chinas-hated-municipal-officers-seek-empathy/index.html The chengguan are known for thuggish crackdowns on street vendors, the latest of which set off a three-day riot involving thousands in Xintang. Now the chengguan are asking the public to look at things through their eyes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6096/1/Amid-Chinas-economic-transformation-many-farmers-struggle/index.html A cabbage grower's suicide draws attention to the plight of 200 million Chinese farming households, many of which struggle to earn a profit even as global food prices rise. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6092/1/Jiang-Zemin-death-rumours-spark-online-crackdown-in-China/index.html All internet searches for former leader – whose name means river – blocked, but savvy users find ways to get around it zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6090/1/Chinese-envoy-warns-on-trade-ties/index.html DARK times are ahead for the China-Australia relationship unless the Gillard government broadens the two-speed economy, reduces protectionism and eases infrastructure bottlenecks, a Chinese diplomat has warned. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6074/1/The-Communist-Party-at-90-a-mix-of-propaganda-and-paranoia/index.html It’s been a painful few months of build-up to today’s 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party and I imagine I’m not the only who will be heaving a sigh of relief tonight that it’s finally all over. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6073/1/Tens-of-thousands-march-in-Hong-Kong-pro-democracy-rally/index.html Protesters in the former British colony demand greater democracy from China, which has ruled out universal suffrage until 2020. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6072/1/By-the-Book-Celebration-for-Chinas-Communists-on-Partys-90th-Birthday/index.html The party for the Party turned out to be a doctrinaire affair, as President Hu Jintao expounded Friday on the benefits of 90 years of communism with Chinese characteristics while workplaces around the country held red-song singalongs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6066/1/UN-Criticizes-Chinas-Failure-to-Arrest-Sudans-Bashir-/index.html The United Nations has criticized China for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to Beijing this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6063/1/Chinas-Communist-Party-tries-to-reclaim-glory/index.html The Chinese Communist Party has been pulling out all the stops to celebrate the 90th anniversary of its founding. There have been concerts, commemorative coins, exhibitions of revolutionary paintings, saturation coverage in the state-controlled media and even a “red games” sporting competition. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6062/1/China-cant-let-go-of-Chairman-Mao/index.html As the ruling Chinese Communist Party marks its 90th birthday, Peter Foster reports from the megacity of Chongqing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6060/1/China-New-report---dark-times-for-lawyers-as-repression-intensifies/index.html The Chinese government has unleashed an uncompromising series of measures intended to rein in the legal profession and suppress lawyers pursuing human rights cases, Amnesty International said today (30 June) in a new report. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6058/1/As-China-Communist-Party-turns-90-a-debate-erupts/index.html China is marking the 90th birthday of the Communist Party with its typically over-the-top celebrations and an unusually rancorous debate about whether the government needs a major change in direction to sustain the country's resurgence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6057/1/Chinas-communist-princelings-tread-red-carpet-to-power/index.html In China, ancestor worship still matters. Only these days it's ambitious successors of Chairman Mao's comrades who hope to gain from a blaze of nostalgia for communist forebears. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6056/1/Chinas-bloated-party-debates-its-next-90-years/index.html "Long live the great, glorious, correct Chinese Communist Party!" said the slogan on a red banner hung across a bridge in the Chinese capital on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6052/1/Chinas-pledge-for-democracy-contradicted-by-internal-documents/index.html A pledge by Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, to bring "full" democracy to China has been undermined by the leak of internal Communist party documents ordering the party to tighten its control on the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6051/1/Wen-spreads-Chinas-billions-in-Europe-but-cant-buy-goodwill/index.html On tour through Europe, which ended today in Germany, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inked deals worth billions, but also faced questions on human rights abuses. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6050/1/China-says-Sudan-president-wanted-on-war-crimes-warrant-will-get-warm-welcome-on-state-visit/index.html China said Sudan’s president will be warmly welcomed on his delayed state visit Tuesday and it would reserve opinion on the international warrant that accuses him of war crimes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6049/1/Rep-Chris-Smith-Accuses-Obama-Administration-of-Giving-China-a-Pass-on-Human-Trafficking/index.html The New Jersey congressman behind a landmark anti-human trafficking law is accusing the Obama administration of giving China a pass in its latest report on the global trafficking epidemic that has been likened to slavery.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6048/1/China-rejects-US-involvement-in-South-China-Sea-disputes/index.html China soundly rejected a US Senate resolution criticizing its actions in the South China Sea and calling for multilateral negotiations, saying the regional dispute is not a matter for the US. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6047/1/Freed-critics-not-a-sign-China-is-soft-on-dissent/index.html Despite recent releases of high-profile critics, China's authoritarian government seems as determined as ever to silence dissidents and run roughshod over their thin legal protections, activists and academics said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6045/1/Power-and-popularity-of-Chinas-Communist-Party/index.html In the grounds of what used to be a church school in Beijing, the Chinese Communist Party has set up an altogether different educational institution. It is still a school, but its aim has changed. Here they worship the party, not God. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6042/1/China-will-be-a-democracy-says-premier-as-he-warns-against-finger-pointing-on-human-rights/index.html China's premier has warned Britain against "finger-pointing" on human rights, insisting his country will move towards democracy in its own time and in its own way. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6039/1/Delayed-Sudan-leader-Omar-al-Bashir-arrives-in-China/index.html Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in China a day after his plane turned back with no explanation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6030/1/In-China-a-Place-Where-Maoism-Still-Reigns/index.html Wang Hongbin, a 60-year-old man with deep creases lining his face, took a break from his duties as village chief this month to show me around Nanjiecun, in the wheat-heavy center of the country. It was unlike any place I'd seen in my years in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6029/1/Reel-China-Political-maneuvers-drive-Beginning-of-the-Great-Revivals-success/index.html The epic about the Chinese Communist Party stars China's most famous actors. Theaters have cleared room for it and companies are pushing employees to see it. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6028/1/Activists-feel-heat-of-upcoming-China-elections-/index.html CHINESE authorities are demanding public silence from their critics, including artist Ai Weiwei, who was freed from detention this week, as the country swings into election mode over the next 15 months. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6027/1/Washington-playing-with-fire-in-boundary-dispute-Beijing-says-/index.html New estimates on amount of oil and natural gas reserves in South China Sea area have helped reignite issue that had been dormant for years zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6026/1/Former-Premier-Zhu-Rongji-Stirs-China-Property-Policy-Debate-on-Price-Gain/index.html Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's recent criticism of the country's property policy underscores the debate over the extent to which rising real estate prices are benefiting the country as a whole. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6025/1/China-Defends-Engagement-with-Africa/index.html Chinese officials are defending their approach to engagement with Africa, saying embargoes and sanctions against Sudan and other brutal African governments do not work. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6024/1/China-sentences-jailed-journalist-to-8-more-years/index.html The lawyer for a Chinese journalist jailed after he wrote about suspected wrongdoing by local officials says the reporter has been sentenced to another eight years behind bars. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6023/1/China-looks-to-rebalance-ties-with-India-Pakistan/index.html China will look to strike a better balance in its relations with India and Pakistan and will focus on improving relations with its neighbours in the next Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), according to representatives of the country’s top foreign policy advisory body. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6020/1/Chinas-official-Catholic-church-headed-for-new-row-with-Vatican-over-appointment-of-bishops/index.html China’s state-controlled Catholic church says it will move swiftly to appoint new bishops in dioceses where there are none, in a step that is certain to worsen tensions with the Vatican. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6018/1/US-Navy-says-no-SChina-Sea-link-to-Vietnam-visit/index.html Vietnam and the United States are to hold joint naval activities next month but they were long-planned and are unconnected to regional tensions in the South China Sea, the US Navy said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6014/1/China-Ai-Weiwei-Case-Reflects-Disregard-for-Rule-of-Law/index.html The release of the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei on June 22 is a relief for his family, friends and supporters, but leaves troubling unanswered questions about his arrest, detention and conditions of release, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6010/1/In-China-Huntsman-Leaves-Them-Guessing/index.html In China, Jon Huntsman’s latest project has been greeted with far less excitement than his last one. The announcement of his candidacy on Tuesday drew scant attention from the state-backed media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6008/1/China-seeks-better-military-ties-with-India/index.html China said Tuesday it hopes to boost military cooperation with India as the two Asian powerhouses resume defense ties that were frozen for a year over a visa dispute. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6005/1/A-Rebel-From-Libya-Is-Greeted-in-Beijing/index.html The leader of Libya's rebel opposition arrived here for talks on Tuesday as a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman for the first time described the opposition as "an important political power in Libya." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6000/1/China-yet-to-fully-explain-defence-plan-/index.html CHINA continues to spend a very large amount of money to modernise and expand its defence forces but without explaining why it needs such a large military, a new study says. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5994/1/SCO-security-summit-Are-China-and-Russia-losing-patience-with-Ahmadinejad/index.html Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his usual denunciations of the US at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) meeting in Kazakhstan, but Russia and China seem less interested this year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5992/1/Richard-Clarke-Obama-Lags-vs-China-Cyber-War/index.html The Obama administration is failing in its duty to protect the country from the threat of a Chinese cyber attack, former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke warned in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5991/1/Residents-describe-scary-China-riots/index.html Residents of a southern Chinese town on Wednesday described frightening scenes of overturned cars engulfed in flames and armed police out in force after days of violent clashes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5990/1/China-in-lead-poisoning-cover-up---Human-Rights-Watch/index.html China has been accused of trying to cover up the extent of lead poisoning among children, and of blocking effective testing and treatment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5987/1/China-fumes-over-Hillary-Clinton-remark/index.html China fired back on Tuesday against Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's warning that its heavy investments in Africa could lead to a "new colonialism" there, Reuters reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5984/1/Unhappy-rural-migrants-threaten-China-stabilitystate-think-tank/index.html China's millions of rural workers will become a serious threat to stability unless they are better treated in their new urban homes, a top state think-tank warned in a report published in the wake of fresh rioting in one factory city in the south. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5983/1/Vietnam-holds-live-fire-exercises-as-territorial-dispute-with-China-escalates/index.html Beijing warns other regional powers not to become involved in row over South China Sea islands and surrounding waters zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5981/1/US-warns-Africa-of-new-colonialism/index.html US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Saturday warned of a creeping “new colonialism” in Africa from foreign investors and governments interested only in extracting natural resources to enrich themselves. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5977/1/China-tries-to-restore-order-after-migrants-riot/index.html Migrant workers from China's Sichuan province erupted in violent protests over the manhandling of a pregnant vendor, exposing the fragility of social order. China censored film footage of the protests, which follow unrelated rioting in other parts of the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5976/1/China-migrant-workers-clash-with-police-for-third-night/index.html Chinese migrant workers have clashed with police for a third consecutive night outside the southern city of Guangzhou. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5974/1/Ethnic-Protests-in-China-Have-Lengthy-Roots/index.html The Mongol nomads who have ranged across these blustery grasslands for millenniums have long had a tempestuous relationship with their Han Chinese neighbors to the south. Genghis Khan’s horseback conquerors overran Beijing in 1215, and Qing dynasty armies returned the favor four centuries later. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5973/1/China-Kazakhstan-eye-doubling-of-trade/index.html China and Kazakhstan on Monday signed a strategic partnership deal and vowed to double trade as President Hu Jintao visited the energy-rich Central Asian state to tighten already close ties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5972/1/Chinese-delegation-meets-Iranian-culture-minister/index.html Iran will boost cultural ties with Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, according to what was discussed in a meeting on Monday in Tehran that took place between Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini and the Chinese delegation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5969/1/Dispute-Between-Vietnam-and-China-Escalates-Over-Competing-Claims-in-South-China-Sea/index.html Vietnam said on Friday that it would conduct live-fire naval exercises off its coast next week, a step that escalated a long-running dispute with China over territory in the South China Sea that both nations claim. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5968/1/Clinton-warns-Africa-of-Chinas-economic-embrace/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday warned Africa that China does not always have its interests at heart as economic ties expand, and offered the United States as an alternative. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5967/1/Dalai-Lama-optimistic-on-spread-of-democracy/index.html CHINA'S authoritarian system could not remain forever impervious to democracy, the Dalai Lama has predicted. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5966/1/Chinas-repression-cant-last-Dalai-Lama/index.html THE Dalai Lama, after a lifetime of struggles against China's government, sees hopeful signs of change in the world's biggest dictatorship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5961/1/Chinas-rulers-shaken-by-youthful-protests-in-Inner-Mongolia/index.html Thousands of farmers and students join protest marches in at least six cities zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5953/1/China-Building-Capability-to-Counter-US-Defense-of-Taiwan-Panetta-Says/index.html CIA director Leon Panetta, who has been nominated to succeed Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said China appears to be building the capability “to fight and win short-duration, high-intensity conflicts” along its borders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5952/1/China-admits-secret-aircraft-carrier-is-nearly-ready-for-launch/index.html Officials suggest refurbished former Soviet vessel will operate in disputed waters including Taiwan Straits zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5951/1/Is-China-going-back-to-the-era-of-name-calling/index.html “I solemnly declare that here comes a name-calling era, and we would curse the enemy softly to death.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5950/1/Double-game-China-hosts-Libyan-envoy-meets-rebels/index.html Libya's foreign minister Abdelati Obeidi arrived in Beijing on Tuesday giving Chinese leaders a major opportunity to counter American influence in the international arena, and enhance its image as a friend of the Muslim world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5949/1/Wife-of-Jailed-China-Activist-Tells-of-Eviction-Effort/index.html The wife of the internationally known human rights activist Hu Jia said Wednesday that she and her daughter could be forced out of their apartment in Shenzhen only weeks before he is scheduled to complete a 42-month prison sentence for state subversion. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5948/1/Chinas-new-independents-tap-social-media-to-challenge-Communist-party/index.html As local government elections get underway nationwide in China, a new breed of independent would-be politician is emerging to challenge the ruling Communist party’s near total stranglehold on political power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5947/1/Einstein-show-cancelled-after-Confucius-merge-move/index.html The Historical Museum of Bern, Switzerland, has cancelled plans to put on an exhibition about the scientist Albert Einstein in Shanghai, China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5937/1/Stand-up-to-China-today-or-pay-dearly-tomorrow-/index.html There’s an ugly dust up going on between Brussels and Beijing over the implementation of a scheme that would force all airlines flying into Europe to pay fees to offset their carbon emissions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5935/1/Tibetans-Uyghurs-and-Supporters-Show-Solidarity-with-Tiananmen-Survivors-/index.html Chinese human rights activists, former Tiananmen students and survivors of the massacre, Tibetans, Uyghurs and westerner supporters on Saturday 4th June joined hands together at the University of Brussels, Belgium to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre in Beijing, all paid tribute to all the victims of the CCP regime. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5934/1/Nearly-100-held-in-Inner-Mongolia/index.html At least 90 students, herders and ordinary residents have been arrested in Inner Mongolia, a rights group said, amid serious ethnic unrest fuelled by resentment over Chinese rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5929/1/Inner-Mongolia-in-War-Like-State/index.html Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have described the situation there as "war-like" following a huge influx of troops into the region and a security lock-in at schools, universities, and government institutions, according to a leaked official document. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5925/1/US-to-expand-military-presence-in-Asia/index.html The US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates says America will expand its military presense across Asia and the Pacific and strengthen ties with its traditional allies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5923/1/China-Irritates-Neighbors-as-Tensions-Rise-in-South-China-Sea/index.html Tensions in the South China Sea over territorial disputes are rising once again with China clashing with Vietnam and the Philippines recently. The disputes come as the United States and ASEAN try to help those with claims in the resource rich waters resolve their differences through dialogue and avoid the use of force or threats. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5916/1/China-responds-to-ethnic-riots-in-Inner-Mongolia/index.html China is promising to quell ethnic tensions by improving living standards again. This time not in Tibet or Xinjiang, but relatively quiet Inner-Mongolia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5915/1/Inner-Mongolia-beset-by-ethnic-conflict/index.html There is high tension in Inner Mongolia, China's strategic frontier region, where the death of a Mongolian has triggered rare street protests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5914/1/Internet-is-collateral-victim-of-crackdown-on-Inner-Mongolia-protests/index.html Reporters Without Borders condemns the Chinese government's decision to rein in Internet service in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, which has been experiencing a growing wave of protests since 10 May. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5912/1/US-urges-China-rights-on-Tiananmen-anniversary/index.html The United States on Friday urged China to free opponents and respect the basic rights of its citizens, 22 years after the communist state crushed a democracy uprising in Tiananmen Square. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5911/1/Why-the-South-China-Sea-is-turning-more-turbulent/index.html A US-China military rivalry may be behind China's recent aggressiveness in the South China Sea. On Sunday, Vietnam claims China cut the underwater cables of one of its survey ships. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5907/1/China-Extends-Hand-and-Fist-to-Protesters/index.html As riot police officers pounced on ethnic Mongolian protesters on Monday, hauling at least a dozen into waiting vehicles, a young college student took refuge at a nearby cafe, shivering with fear.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5906/1/Gates-Chinese-military-expanding-not-threat-to-US/index.html China is building up its military capabilities, but does not intend to compete with the United States like the Soviet Union did, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday ahead of a summit in Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5905/1/Gmail-hit-by-cyberattacks-from-China/index.html Google on Wednesday disclosed that a cyberattack originating in China resulted in the breach of the Gmail accounts of hundreds of high-profile individuals in several nations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5904/1/Cybersecurity-becoming-US-diplomatic-priority/index.html Cyber security is now a diplomatic priority for the United States with Washington looking to build relationships to tackle information theft and reduce the risk of conflict, a senior official said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5903/1/US-probes-Googles-serious-China-hacking-allegation/index.html Google Inc's (GOOG.O) allegations that hackers, probably from China, sought to access the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. officials are very serious and the U.S. government is investigating them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5902/1/China-crackdown-recalls-Tiananmen-rights-groups/index.html China's current crackdown on dissent mirrors its crushing of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests in 1989, rights groups said on Thursday, calling on Beijing to account for its past and present actions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5898/1/China-response-to-Inner-Mongolia-unrest-follows-pattern-mixing-firmness-and-efforts-to-placate/index.html China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5897/1/Restive-China-region-orders-mining-crackdown/index.html China's Inner Mongolia began an overhaul of its mining sector Wednesday, state media said, in an effort to quell ethnic Mongol anger over charges of resource exploitation and environmental damage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5896/1/Rep-West-Warns-US-Needs-Bigger-Navy-to-Deal-With-Chinas-Military-Threat/index.html U.S. officials should realize China is an economic and military threat to America, and take steps - like building a bigger Navy - to combat Beijing's moves, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5895/1/Relax-Chinas-First-Aircraft-Carrier-is-a-Piece-of-Junk/index.html Her new guns are installed. Her light-gray paint job has dried. Her airplanes are flying and her engines are turning. Thirteen years after she was purchased from Ukraine half-complete and lacking engines, the Chinese navy's very first aircraft carrier is ready to set sail from Dalian shipyard in northeast China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5893/1/Vietnam-accuses-China-of-sabotage/index.html AN INCIDENT involving Chinese patrol boats and a Vietnamese oil exploration ship has drawn an angry response from Vietnamese officials as a growing territorial dispute engulfs the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5885/1/Activists-Inner-Mongolia-protests-continue/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5884/1/Amnesty-Internationals-role-just-as-important-after-50-years/index.html A candle wrapped in barbed wire has become a powerful symbol over the last 50 years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5880/1/Martial-Law-in-Southern-Inner-Mongolia-but-Protests-Continue/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5879/1/Protests-Spread-in-Chinas-Mongolian-Region-More-Cities-Under-Martial-Law/index.html Chinese authorities have declared martial law in major cities of the Mongolian region including Hohhot, Tongliao, Ulaanhad (Chifing in Chinese), and Dongsheng in the face of mass protests by students and herders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5876/1/US-Ambassador-Says-China-Must-Do-More-on-N-Korea-Human-Rights/index.html U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the next ambassador to China, says Beijing must do more to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear program.   zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5875/1/China-explosions-expose-raw-nerve-of-forced-demolitions/index.html Chinese media on Friday played down deadly explosions blamed on a protester whose home was demolished under government orders, an incident that triggered a fresh public outcry about arbitrary power and reveals raw nerves about social instability. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5874/1/China-donates-uniforms-to-army/index.html China donated 50,000 new uniforms to the Cambodian military yesterday in a move representatives of both countries said was indicative of the two countries’ strong bilateral relationship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5872/1/Parts-of-Chinas-Inner-Mongolia-quotunder-martial-lawquot-as-protests-spread/index.html Chinese authorities sealed off parts of the northern region of Inner Mongolia on Friday in what residents described as martial law, to try to quell a fifth day of protests by ethnic Mongolians over the death of a herder in a hit-and-run accident. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5871/1/Chinas-Inner-Mongolia-set-for-more-unrest-group/index.html  Unprecedented demonstrations by ethnic Mongols upset with Chinese rule show no signs of abating and plans for further protests are circulating on social media sites, an overseas rights group said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5868/1/Chinese-bomber-receives-outpouring-of-sympathy-online/index.html The day after a Chinese man set off bombs in local government buildings and killed himself, Chinese internet users said they understand his frustration – and his actions.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5866/1/Series-of-Blasts-Leaves-at-Least-2-Dead-in-Southern-Chinese-City/index.html At least two people were killed and six wounded by three explosions within an hour on Thursday at government office buildings in a city in southern China, according to state news media and a provincial government Web site. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5865/1/Locke-vows-to-raise-rights-concerns-with-China/index.html Gary Locke, the nominee to be the next US ambassador to China, promised Thursday he would be a forceful advocate for human rights while still seeking broad cooperation with Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5864/1/Chinese-Mongolians-protest-after-herders-death--group/index.html Groups of ethnic Mongolians protested in northern China on Thursday, angered by inaction over the death of a herder and demanding greater respect for their culture and way of life, a rights group said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5860/1/Hit-and-run-sparks-Mongolian-protest-against-China/index.html Thousands of ethnic Mongolians have protested this week outside government offices in the northern Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, in a rare show of defiance in the normally peaceful region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5859/1/Bay-Area-native-Jon-Huntsman-Jr-may-run-in-2012/index.html Republican Jon Huntsman Jr., the former U.S. ambassador to China, has a political profile that sets him apart from the pack of possible 2012 GOP presidential candidates.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5858/1/China-Mongols-protest-in-Xilinhot-over-shepherds-death/index.html Ethnic Mongolians in northern China have held a rare protest in front of a government building over the death of a shepherd. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5857/1/Imprisoned-Chinese-Provocateur-Ai-Weiwei-Makes-Pottery-Political/index.html It’s not often that Knoxville hosts work by an artist who’s currently imprisoned. Yet that is the unfortunate status of the brilliant and feisty 53-year-old activist behind Ai Weiwei zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5856/1/Kim-Jong-il-in-Beijing-to-meet-Chinas-leaders/index.html After visit from Wen, Kim left for Great Hall to presumably meet Hu zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5855/1/China-treats-foreign-firms-unfairly/index.html A growing number of European companies operating in China believe they are being treated unfairly by the government and expect discrimination to increase, a survey suggests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5853/1/Security-Tight-Ahead-of-June-4/index.html Authorities in the Chinese capital have boosted security ahead of the anniversary of a 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5852/1/Chinese-Christianity-will-not-be-crushed/index.html Underground Christians are starting to defy a government that fears allegiance to anything other than China zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5851/1/China-fears-soaring-inflation-could-bring-street-protests/index.html Standing behind a vast round hotplate, Sun Lanying does a brisk afternoon trade selling pancakes mixed with vegetables. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5850/1/China-keeps-mum-on-North-Korean-leaders-visit/index.html Grainy photos of the reclusive North Korean leader in China appeared on local websites but the Chinese government Tuesday declined to confirm Kim Jong Il's visit to his nation's closest ally. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5849/1/China-Admits-Its-Technicians-Were-Held-in-Pakistan-Base-Attack/index.html A day after denying that any of its citizens had been involved, China confirmed Tuesday that Chinese technicians were taken hostage during a militant attack on a Pakistani naval base. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5847/1/China-revives-attacks-on-pro-democracy-advocates/index.html So now the Chinese authorities are reportedly paying people to spy on their own neighbours. In recent months, the government has allegedly revived the practice of having people inform on anyone regarded as a critic of the government or endangering stability. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5844/1/Lawsuit-accuses-Cisco-of-aiding-Chinese-repression/index.html Cisco Systems designed a surveillance system to help the Chinese government track and ultimately suppress members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, according to a lawsuit the group filed against the network equipment maker. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5843/1/Suit-Claims-Cisco-Helped-China-Pursue-Falun-Gong/index.html Cisco, the maker of Internet routing gear, customized its technology to help China track members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by members of the movement zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5842/1/China-Juggles-Diplomacy-with-Both-Koreas/index.html China is busy balancing high-level diplomacy with both Koreas in the same week.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5839/1/Using-the-internet-in-the-Peoples-Republic-of-China/index.html China makes no secret of its desire, and ability, to control internet access, but even at a glance it's clear that the Great Firewall Of China leaks like the proverbial sieve. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5838/1/China-to-expedite-delivery-of-50-fighter-jets-to-Pakistan---WSJ/index.html China has agreed to expedite the delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan, a newspaper reported on Friday, as Islamabad tries to deepen ties with Beijing as an alternative to increasingly fragile relations with the United States. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5837/1/Pakistan-China-reach-broad-agreement-to-promote-Pakistan-China-startegic-relationship-/index.html The Pakistani PM Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who paid an official visit to the People’s Republic of China and President Hu Jintao, reached broad agreement on continuing to work to promote China-Pakistan strategic partnership of cooperation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5835/1/Chinas-navy-to-assert-might-with-bigger-flags/index.html China's navy is to fly bigger and brighter flags on its ships in an attempt to assert its might on the ocean, the People's Liberation Army has decided. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5831/1/China-Gives-Pakistan-50-Fighter-Jets/index.html China has agreed to immediately provide 50 JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, a major outcome of a visit by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to Beijing this week, Pakistani officials said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5830/1/Chinese-military-visit-questioned/index.html House GOP leader seeks limit to allowing delegations on sensitive sites zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5829/1/PLA-chief-lying-through-his-teeth-legislator-says/index.html Taiwanese military and intelligence officers yesterday rejected claims by People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde (陳炳德) that China did not have ballistic missiles targeting Taiwan in areas along the coast, adding that the missile threat facing Taiwan was increasing rather than decreasing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5828/1/China-to-address-pollution-disasters-relocation-problems-in-Three-Gorges-region/index.html China has admitted that its showcase Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, has caused a slew of urgent environmental, geologic and economic problems. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5827/1/Chinas-Great-Firewall-designer-hit-by-shoe/index.html Police in China say they are seeking a man who allegedly threw an egg and shoes at the designer of the country's Great Firewall of web controls. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5825/1/Weekly-Standard-The-Chinese-Crackdown-Continues/index.html Communist China has earned praise in the past few years for a perceived thaw in its strict opposition to religious observance - particularly Christianity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5824/1/Foreign-media-in-China-face-worsening-conditions--survey/index.html A big majority of foreign journalists in China believe reporting conditions have worsened in the past year, and 70 percent who answered a survey said they have been harassed, according to initial findings from the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5823/1/Japan-Raise-Rights-as-China-Crackdown-Escalates/index.html Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan should call on China to release the large number of peaceful critics it has rounded up in recent months during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan, Human Rights Watch said today. Wen will visit Japan from May 21-22 to attend the fourth China-Japan-ROK (Republic of Korea) Leaders Meeting. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5820/1/China-never-intends-to-challenge-US-top-general/index.html China "never intends to challenge the US" and welcomes its role maintaining peace in the Asia-Pacific region, People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde told US military officers Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5819/1/US-China-Strategy-and-Economic-Dialogue/index.html "China and the United States face a wide range of common regional and global challenges." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5818/1/Video-Game-Backed-by-Chinese-Army-Features-US-Soldiers-as-Enemies/index.html Here in the United States, we have America's Army, a free first-person shooter-style video game produced by the U.S. Army that, aside from being a popular and polished game, doubles as a recruitment tool. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5817/1/China-denies-role-in-North-Korea-Iran-missile-trade/index.html Leaked UN report says China was used as trans-shipment point to help Pyongyang breach weapons sanctions zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5816/1/Pope-laments-China-state-pressure-on-Catholics/index.html Pope Benedict said China's communist authorities were putting pressure on faithful who want to remain loyal to the Vatican and he hoped the Chinese church could survive attempts to divide it from Rome. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5815/1/China-Facing-Worst-Energy-Crisis-in-Years/index.html China is currently facing its worst energy crisis in years. It's so bad that their central planners must be having sleepless nights in Beijing worrying if the lights are about to go out and the factories will stop pumping out goods. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5812/1/Pakistans-Gilani-visits-ally-Beijing-amid-US-rift/index.html Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani began a visit to China on Tuesday with his country's old ally looking more attractive after the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden further strained Islamabad's ties with Washington. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5809/1/US-to-Counter-Internet-Blocks/index.html As Beijing and Washington disagree publicly on human rights, the State Department has said it will pour U.S. $19 million into helping dissidents in China and Iran bypass Internet censorship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5808/1/US-Navy-drones-Coming-to-a-carrier-near-China/index.html The U.S. is developing aircraft carrier-based drones that could provide a crucial edge as it tries to counter China's military rise. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5804/1/Delay-in-border-pass-issuance-hamper-trade/index.html The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government has not yet issued border passes to traders and tourists intending to visit China, sources said on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5794/1/China-downplays-Clinton-comments-on-human-rights/index.html China's foreign ministry on Thursday downplayed comments by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the country was on a "fool's errand" to try to halt the march of freedom, suggesting the remarks were taken out of context. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5793/1/US-Launches-New-Effort-to-Evade-Chinas-Internet-Firewalls/index.html The U.S. State Department plans to spend $19 million to help dissidents bypass Iranian and Chinese Internet censorship, including distribution of new technology dubbed “slingshot” that circumvents firewalls in those countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5792/1/China-official-calls-the-US-simple-Clinton-calls-out-China-How-honest-is-too-honest/index.html Comments that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a top Chinese official made this week suggest that candor is not always going to lead to sweetness and light. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5791/1/China-quotunhappyquot-with-support-for-detained-artist/index.html The Chinese government said on Tuesday it was "unhappy" with foreign support for detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei, after Ai's detention last week sparked an outcry from Washington and other Western governments. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5788/1/To-Suppress-a-Jasmine-Revolution-China-Cracks-Down-on--Jasmine/index.html After the success of Tunisian protesters' revolt against their government earlier this year, anonymous Chinese counterparts began taking to the Internet to call for their own "Jasmine Revolution," organizing weekly pro-democracy demonstrations around the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5787/1/Detained-Chinese-Artist-Exhibits-in-Britain/index.html Two exhibitions of works by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are opening in London this week, just a month after he was detained while at a Beijing airport. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5782/1/Hillary-Clinton-China-reaction-a-fools-errand-/index.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an interview published on Tuesday denounced China's reaction to dissent as a "fool's errand," saying Beijing was trying to stop the course of history. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5781/1/US-China-Conclude-Talks-on-Currency-Rights-Trade/index.html U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says there have been encouraging changes in Beijing's economic policies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5780/1/A-Revolutions-Namesake-Is-Contraband-in-China/index.html Do not be lulled by its intoxicating fragrance or the dainty, starlike blossoms whose whiteness suggests innocence and purity. Jasmine, a stalwart of Chinese tea and the subject of a celebrated folk song often heard while on hold with provincial bureaucrats, is not what it seems. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5779/1/Chinese-author-banned-from-visiting-Sydney-/index.html THE Chinese government has cited 'security reasons' for banning the dissident author and poet Liao Yiwu from travelling to Australia to attend the Sydney Writers' Festival next week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5776/1/Beijing-Blames-Foreigners-for-Its-Fears-of-Unrest/index.html Chinese and American officials are polishing off scripts for a ritual that is set to unfold in Washington on Monday and Tuesday. During a meeting known as the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, they will smile across conference tables and talk about cooperating on a range of issues: trade, currency, North Korea. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5774/1/US-tells-China-Reform-in-its-own-interest/index.html The United States told China on Monday that improvements in human rights and economic reforms would serve Beijing's own interests and promised it was not seeking to contain the Asian power's rise. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5773/1/US-Republicans-press-for-results-from-US-China-talks/index.html Congressional Republicans on Monday urged the Obama administration to hold China's feet to the fire over currency and industrial policies they said are hurting American companies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5767/1/US-to-raise-currency-rights-with-China/index.html The United States said it will raise concerns with China from currency values to human rights during talks next week but acknowledged progress by Beijing in the economic sphere. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5756/1/China-Releases-Human-Rights-Activist/index.html  Chinese authorities released a leading human rights activist and lawyer from confinement on Friday, one day after American officials raised public concerns about his detention at the conclusion of a two-day human-rights dialogue with Chinese representatives. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5755/1/US-rights-message-falls-on-deaf-ears-in-China/index.html As predicted by CPJ and many other commentators, results of the U.S.-China human rights dialogue this week are less than satisfactory. The U.S. side was more critical than it has been, but China remained defiantly deaf to foreign pressure.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5754/1/Ambassador-Jon-Huntsman-Returns-from-China-to-Possible-2012-White-House-Bid-/index.html U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman officially leaves his post Saturday as the country's top diplomat in China -- a move that clears the way for a likely bid to unseat his former boss, President Obama, during the presidential election in 2012. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5753/1/Trying-to-Stir-Up-a-Popular-Protest-in-China-From-a-Bedroom-in-Manhattan/index.html From a pair of computer screens in a lime green bedroom in Upper Manhattan, a 27-year-old man from China is working to bring about a popular uprising. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5750/1/US-Envoy-Sees-Backsliding-Of-Human-Rights-in-China/index.html The chief United States representative to human rights discussions with China offered a cheerless portrait of those talks after their conclusion on Thursday, saying the United States was worried by "a serious backsliding" of freedoms in China and at loggerheads with Beijing officials over many aspects of the issue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5749/1/US-Says-China-Backsliding-on-Human-Rights/index.html A senior U.S. official says Washington is concerned about new human rights problems in China. His comments came at the end of two days of human rights talks with Chinese officials in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5748/1/China-and-Russia-halt-UN-moves-on-Syria-/index.html CHINA and Russia have helped to block an initiative by the US and its European allies for the United Nations Security Council to condemn the Syrian government's attacks on peaceful protesters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5747/1/Government-church-face-off-in-China/index.html The detention of more than two dozen Chinese Christians and new restrictions placed on one of Beijing's biggest Protestant churches this past week have underscored the growing tensions between the government and the country's fast-growing underground Christian movement. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5743/1/Chinas-trucker-strike-highlights-worries-for-government/index.html Fan is unskilled, uneducated and unhappy. He also frightens the Chinese government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5741/1/Donald-Trump-China-Is-Raping-This-Country/index.html Donald Trump came to a defense contracting firm condemning in the sharpest possible words President Obama’s fiscal policies and the country’s economic competitiveness with China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5738/1/Tensions-High-as-US-China-Open-Talks-on-Human-Rights/index.html The United States and China have begun two days of talks on human rights in Beijing amid differing opinions about China’s ongoing crackdown on dissent.   zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5737/1/US-China-human-rights-talks-start-amid-clampdown/index.html US and Chinese officials met in Beijing on Wednesday for sensitive human rights talks, with the Americans expected to press China to ease a severe government crackdown on dissent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5736/1/China-Warns-US-Against-Interference-Ahead-Of-Rights-Talks/index.html The Chinese government warned on Tuesday against using human rights disputes as what it called a tool to meddle, ahead of talks with the United States that will focus on complaints about Beijing's crackdown on dissent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5735/1/US-China-Set-to-Meet-on-Human-Rights/index.html Despite differences in opinion on a host of individual issues, China and the United States are going ahead with various meetings as the two countries work to emphasize the importance of maintaining stability in the overall Sino-American relationship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5734/1/Australian-prime-minister-visits-crucial-trading-partner-China-as-the-2-sign-co-operation-deals/index.html Australia and China signed a series of co-operation agreements on Tuesday at the start of a visit by Prime Minister Julia Gillard intended to strengthen ties and smooth over recent spats with her country's top export market. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5733/1/China-executes-man-who-shot-dead-4-police-officers-in-rare-case-of-gun-violence/index.html A Chinese state news agency says a man who killed four policemen in a shootout in eastern China has been executed. It was a rare case of gun violence in a country where private firearms ownership is illegal. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5729/1/China-Detains-Church-Members-at-Easter-Services/index.html The authorities stepped up a three-week campaign against an underground Christian church on Sunday, detaining hundreds of congregants in their homes and taking at least 36 others into custody after they tried to hold Easter services in a public square, church members and officials said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5728/1/Julia-Gillards-US-China-balancing-act/index.html JULIA Gillard has declared Australia can maintain a close strategic alliance with the US while also enhancing its friendship with China, despite Beijing's growing military and economic clout in the Asia-Pacific. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5727/1/China-cracks-down-on-bloggers/index.html The desk where Ran Yunfei wrote books and a daily blog stands idle, his computer confiscated by police. His dog Dickens, a white Samoyed, barks on the outdoor patio. Inside the book-crammed study, his wife Wang Wei speaks quietly, fighting back tears. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5726/1/Australia-Gillard-Should-Spotlight-Rights-Regression-in-China/index.html Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard should publicly raise key human rights concerns on her first official visit to China, Human Rights Watch said today. Gillard will visit China from April 25 to 28, 2011. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5724/1/Chinas-Premier-Wen-Speak-the-truth/index.html In a round-table meeting with government advisers and researchers of a government-run think tank on April 14, Premier Wen Jiabao enjoined them to listen to people's voices and relay these truthfully to top leaders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5723/1/Tension-Precedes-US-China-Meeting-on-Human-Rights/index.html The United States and China will have their annual meeting on human rights next week, but there are signs that the session may be more tense than usual. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5722/1/US-China-to-hold-human-rights-talks-next-week/index.html The United States and China will hold talks on human rights in Beijing next week, including discussions on detentions, arrests and freedom of religion, the State Department said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5721/1/US-to-hold-human-rights-dialogue-with-China-during-major-crackdown-on-dissent/index.html U.S. diplomats will discuss recent disappearances and detentions of Chinese dissidents during human rights talks in Beijing next week, the U.S. State Department said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5719/1/Chinese-Christians-face-tense-Easter-in-Beijing/index.html Choir members gathered to rehearse for the Easter service at the Fengtai Christian church in south Beijing on Thursday, while other visitors brought colored eggs decorated with crosses and the Chinese characters for Jesus. “We will have over 2,000 worshipers on Sunday, come and join us,” church worker Duan Xiuping said, smiling. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5714/1/China-risks-civil-strife-with-support-for-foreign-dams-activists/index.html Chinese support for controversial dam-building schemes around the world risks a backlash from affected communities and even violence due to a lack of transparency and the ignoring of residents' wishes, activists said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5712/1/Police-Clamp-Down-On-Truckers-Protesting-In-China/index.html Police clamped down Thursday on a protest by hundreds of truck drivers upset over rising fees and fuel prices in China's busiest port city, the latest display of public resentment over surging inflation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5709/1/Rich-Chinese-consider-leaving-China/index.html More than half of Chinese "new rich" said they want to leave the country and are considering buying citizenship elsewhere, according to a new report. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5705/1/Ai-Weiwei-campaign-website-victim-of-Chinese-hackers/index.html Change.org founder says staff have stabilised website after it became completely inaccessible following denial-of-service zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5704/1/US-Senate-delegation-in-China-amid-major-crackdown-on-embattled-dissident-community/index.html An unusually large group of 10 U.S. senators visited China on Wednesday amid a major crackdown by authorities on the country's embattled dissident community. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5703/1/PM-may-trump-Rudd-in-managing-China/index.html JULIA Gillard's trip to Asia will call in on three of our four biggest trading partners. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5702/1/Chinas-ambassador-warns-of-human-rights-differences/index.html After visiting Japan and Korea the Prime Minister Julia Gillard will make her first official stop-over in China, as Sabra mentioned. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5696/1/China-praises-Communist-led-ally-Cuba-for-embarking-on-major-economic-reforms/index.html China has praised Cuba's ruling Communist Party for approving sweeping economic and social reforms. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5695/1/What-in-the-world-China-calls-out-the-US-on-human-rights/index.html Earlier this month the U.S. State Department released a report on the state of human rights around the world as it has done annually for the past 35 years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5689/1/Reid-leading-Senate-delegation-on-weeklong-trip-through-China/index.html Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) arrived in Hong Kong on Monday for a weeklong trip through China that will touch on issues ranging from "clean" energy and currency to human rights and trade. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5688/1/Growing-Global-Threat-From-Chinese-Cyber-Hackers/index.html Western governments and corporations were facing a growing threat from hackers based in China, who remain strong despite a crackdown by the authorities, Sky News reported Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5683/1/Worldwide-rallies-to-support-Ai-Weiwei-/index.html ARTISTS and activists have planned worldwide rallies in support of the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who has been detained by the Chinese government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5681/1/Ai-Weiwei-isnt-on-trial-China-is/index.html Ai Weiwei's work to defend human rights would stand even if he were guilty - but it's safe to assume these charges are fabricated zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5680/1/Whos-afraid-of-Ai-Weiwei-Certainly-not-Hong-Kong-artists/index.html Hong Kong artists respond to dissident artist Ai Weiwei's detention with growing passion zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5674/1/IMF-warns-China-of-credit-and-asset-bubbles-in-economy/index.html Projecting a 9.6 per cent growth for China in 2011, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the country's economy faces increasing pressure from credit and asset bubbles. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5671/1/Chinas-Carrier-Poses-Mostly-Symbolic-Threat-US-Admiral-Says/index.html China’s reconstruction of a Soviet- era aircraft carrier, while not a concern to the U.S., is raising alarms in the region as a symbol of the Asian nation’s military expansion, U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Willard said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5666/1/Exclusive-China-crackdown-driven-by-fears-of-a-broad-conspiracy/index.html Days of interrogation in a cold, secluded room taught Liu Anjun that China's security forces see dissidents and protesters like him as players in a plot to topple the Communist Party, a fear that is magnifying Beijing's hard crackdown on dissent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5665/1/EU-official-urges-China-to-halt-arbitrary-arrests/index.html The EU's foreign policy chief expressed alarm at the "deterioration of human rights" in China and called Tuesday for a halt to arbitrary arrests and disappearances, joining a growing international outcry against the crackdown. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5664/1/India-China-move-towards-holding-joint-military-exercises/index.html Months after suspending the high-level defence exchanges, India appears to be moving to resume military manoeuvres with China as indications emerged on Tuesday that the two countries could be holding joint exercises in the near future. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5659/1/Rudd-raises-human-rights-with-Chinese/index.html Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has raised the delicate topic of human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang with one of China's most powerful leaders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5658/1/China-Stop-preaching-human-rights-to-us/index.html China heavily criticized a U.S. State Department annual report for interfering in Chinese internal affairs and said Washington should stop preaching on human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5657/1/China-accuses-US-of-human-rights-double-standards/index.html Beijing report says Washington demands internet freedom overseas while imposing harsh restrictions at home. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5655/1/Chinas-Crackdown-Signals-Shift/index.html China's detention of government critics, including artist-activist Ai Weiwei, suggests that the country's security services have convinced Communist Party leaders to redefine the limits of political dissent in potentially lasting ways to preserve the Party's grip on power in the Internet age, analysts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5654/1/Liberty-Times-Show-more-concern-for-Chinas-human-rights/index.html The Beijing government's arrest of well-known Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has drawn worldwide concern. The U.S. State Department has called for Ai's immediate release and outgoing U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman has also criticized China's human rights suppression in his recent farewell speeches. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5651/1/Huntsman-Going-Out-with-a-Bang/index.html U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. has less than a month before leaving his high profile post abroad.  This critical foreign policy experience could be a springboard for the outgoing ambassador to possibly seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and run against his soon to be former boss. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5649/1/Clinton-urges-China-to-free-activists/index.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged China to free dozens of government critics rounded up this year including a prominent artist and said Beijing's rights record was worsening. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5648/1/Donors-Asked-to-Withhold-Aid-Over-Proposed-Law-in-Cambodia/index.html A proposed law to control nongovernmental groups in Cambodia threatens to silence some of the last independent voices in an increasingly repressed nation, a group of leading international human rights agencies said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5647/1/The-smell-of-jasmine-strikes-fear-in-Chinas-leadership/index.html Seasoned watchers say this is the most intense drive against dissent by the authorities over the past 15 years zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5642/1/Chinese-Warship-May-Be-Nearly-Ready/index.html The Chinese state news agency has posted photographs of an aircraft carrier under reconstruction that appears to show the warship near completion. Captions with the photos said that the work would end soon and that the carrier was expected to sail later this year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5641/1/China-Russia-have-lost-oil-race-in-Libya-ex-minister/index.html A former top minister in Moamer Kadhafi's regime who has fled to Europe in a fishing trawler told AFP in an interview that he believes China and Russia have "lost" the race for oil in Libya. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5639/1/Huntsman-Suggests-Change-Needed-in-Beijing-Not-Washington/index.html In his what he billed as his final speech as Washington's ambassador to Beijing before returning to the U.S. for a possible presidential bid, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. sounded more like he was urging change in Zhongnanhai than in the White House. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5637/1/China-Ai-Weiwei-held-for-economic-crimes/index.html The Chinese government on Thursday confirmed it is holding the missing artist Ai Weiwei, who has been incommunicado since police seized him Sunday at Beijing’s airport while other officers raided his art studio. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5634/1/US-Diplomat-Sharply-Criticizes-China-on-Rights/index.html The departing American ambassador, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., criticized China’s human rights record on Wednesday in some of the sharpest public comments here yet by a United States official since the Chinese government began a crackdown on dissent this year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5629/1/International-Calls-Increase-for-China-to-Release-Artist/index.html The U.S., Britain, France, Germany and the European Union called for the release of Ai Weiwei, one of China's most famous artists, as his detention by Chinese authorities raised fears among his supporters that he could be charged with subversion or held indefinitely in extra-judicial custody as dozens of other activists have been over a six-week crackdown on dissent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5627/1/France-Germany-Seek-Release-of-Chinese-Artist-/index.html France and Germany have called for the release of Ai Weiwei, one of China's most famous artists, as his detention by Chinese authorities raises fears among his supporters that he could be charged with subversion or held indefinitely in extra-judicial custody as dozens of other activists have been over a six-week crackdown on dissent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5620/1/China-Hedges-Over-Whether-South-China-Sea-Is-a-Core-Interest-Worth-War/index.html When President Hu Jintao of China dropped in on Washington this winter, one hot-button topic was notably absent from the agenda: the South China Sea. Nor will Chinese officials be keen to discuss it during a summit meeting between the countries planned for May in Washington. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5619/1/China-military-policy-paper-lays-out-worries-about-US/index.html China said on Thursday it faced an increasingly "volatile" Asian region where the United States has expanded its strategic footprint, maintaining that better military ties between Beijing and Washington rested on respect for each other's interests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5616/1/China-Government-Tells-UN-Agency-Not-to-Interfere/index.html A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday that human rights monitors at the United Nations should respect China’s sovereignty, in effect rebuffing a demand that a prominent dissident lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, be released immediately from secret detention. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5615/1/China-Government-Tells-UN-Agency-Not-to-Interfere.html A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday that human rights monitors at the United Nations should respect China's sovereignty, in effect rebuffing a demand that a prominent dissident lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, be released immediately from secret detention. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5614/1/China-Executions-Still-Lead-Those-of-All-Other-Countries-Combined-Rights-Group-Says/index.html China is believed to have put to death thousands of people in 2010, the human rights group Amnesty International said Monday. The estimate dwarfs the number of recorded executions in other countries, which the group says dropped from 714 in 2009 to at least 527 last year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5612/1/UN-asks-China-to-release-of-missing-rights-lawyer-/index.html A U.N. committee is asking China to release a prominent human rights lawyer who has been missing for nearly a year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5596/1/China-needs-to-learn-from-Indias-democracy-Dalai/index.html Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that China needs to learn from India about democracy which brings in harmony among people of different languages and ethnic backgrounds. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5595/1/Chinas-new-missiles-pose-serious-threat-to-Taiwan-official/index.html China's new Dongfeng-16 ballistic missiles pose a serious threat to Taiwan, National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai De-sheng said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5593/1/France-publishes-jailed-China-dissidents-first-anthology-/index.html CHINESE Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo thought before he was jailed for 11 years for 'inciting subversion' that he had no enemies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5589/1/Ruling-out-quotJasminequot-unrest-Chinese-Premier-calls-for-quotgradualquot-reforms/index.html Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday China would pursue political reforms only in a “gradual” manner and within the umbrella of one-party rule, even as he ruled out the likelihood of the recent West Asian uprisings having any impact on China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5588/1/China-arrests-more-activists-for-urging-protests/index.html Police in China have arrested and charged more activists with subversion, rights groups say, as online calls Sunday urged Chinese to join anti-government rallies for the fourth week running. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5585/1/World-Renowned-Tiananmen-Square-Dissident-at-Geneva-Summit/index.html Yang Jianli, the world-renowned Chinese dissident and survivor of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, will join other former prisoners of conscience tomorrow for the third annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5581/1/China-cyber-warfare-capability-a-formidable-concern/index.html China's growing capabilities in cyber-warfare and intelligence gathering have been described as a "formidable concern" to the United States. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5580/1/Chinese-leader-rules-out-democracy/index.html A senior Chinese leader says his country will not become a multi-party democracy or adopt other Western-style political reforms. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5578/1/Is-autocracy-the-secret-of-Chinas-success-or-the-origin-of-its-undoing-Or-both/index.html China cannot embrace any kind of Western-style of democracy or it would risk throwing away 30 years of progress, the head of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament Wu Bangguo warned today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5577/1/China-welcomes-newly-nominated-US-ambassador/index.html China said Thursday it welcomes the nomination of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next U.S. ambassador here. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5566/1/Julia-Gillard-backs-US-concerns-over-China/index.html UNITED States senator John McCain has warned that Australia and the US must collaborate to counter the rise of China as a military power in the Asia-Pacific region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5565/1/US-urges-China-to-stop-lawyer-and-activist-abductions/index.html The United States government has called on China to stop what it calls the "extralegal" abductions and detentions of lawyers and human rights activists. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5558/1/Stability-Not-Reform-at-NPC/index.html China's leaders are boosting national spending on domestic security to ensure social stability in major cities and troubled ethnic minority regions, amid a spate of calls for protests against the ruling Communist Party. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5552/1/Chinas-fear-of-Middle-East-style-unrest/index.html China's government has, in recent days, responded to calls on the internet for Middle East-style popular protests in Chinese cities by rounding up dozens of human rights defenders, lawyers and others. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5549/1/Rep-Chris-Smith-upbraids-Clinton-Obama-for-silence-on-Chinas-female-gendercide/index.html Drawing attention to the Obama administration’s relative silence on human rights abuses in China, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) on Tuesday demanded Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explain why she had not taken the Chinese leaders to task over the oppressive “One Child Policy” and the resulting “gendercide” of Chinese girls. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5547/1/Report-China-to-raise-defense-budget-in-2011/index.html The government of China announced Friday that it plans to increase its defense budget by 12.7%, according to Xinhua news agency. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5546/1/China-plans-to-track-Beijing-citizens-through-their-mobiles/index.html Government claims technology will ease transport congestion, but experts warn it could be used to control dissent zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5545/1/Chinas-deepening-Arab-ties-the-dragon-in-the-desert/index.html A behemoth dragon-shaped shopping mall in the desert near Dubai has become a symbol of the deepening links between East Asia and the Middle East. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5544/1/Chinas-future-in-Africa-after-Libya/index.html By 2015, China will be investing an eye-popping $50bn per year in Africa and bilateral trade with the continent will be $300bn annually, according to research from Standard Chartered. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5542/1/China-Adds-New-Limits-on-Foreigners/index.html Apparently unnerved by an anonymous Internet campaign urging Chinese citizens to emulate protests that have rocked the Middle East, the authorities this week have begun a forceful and carefully targeted clampdown on activities by foreigners that the government deems threatening to political stability. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5541/1/Beijing-chooses-regime-survival-over-national-interests/index.html Beijing's massive and finely tuned machinery for imposing civil order has clicked smoothly into gear to try to ensure there is no infection in China from the pro-reform "Jasmine Revolutions" sweeping the Middle East. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5540/1/The-Links-Between-Jobs-and-Revolts/index.html There’s nothing like a few revolutions to focus the mind. The lesson the world’s smartest authoritarians are drawing from Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and its neighborhood copycats is simple: It is all about jobs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5538/1/China-rights-group-slams-repression-web-curbs/index.html Rights campaigners in China are facing a "new wave of frenzied repression" after an anonymous online call for anti-government rallies echoing those in the Arab world, a Hong Kong-based group said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5536/1/China-Threatens-to-Expel-Foreign-Journalists/index.html China is changing how foreign journalist can work in the country and reporters are being warned they risk expulsion if they try to cover pro-democracy rallies.  Some tourist areas of the capital and Shanghai now have the same off-limits rules governing sensitive areas such as Tibet.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5535/1/Online-calls-for-protests-put-China-on-the-defensive/index.html Recent online calls for mass protests have sent the Chinese government on the defensive, and while experts say the online activity probably won't lead to outright revolution, it could force China's leadership to be more responsive to social problems ailing the country.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5529/1/Revamped-China-history-museum-skips-taboo-subjects/index.html China reopened its main history museum on Tuesday after a three-year facelift, but exhibits in the sprawling facility skip over some of the country's most momentous -- and sensitive -- events. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5526/1/Cracking-down-on-the-foreign-press-in-China/index.html After the beating and assaults dished out to foreign journalists on Sunday, Beijing's security authorities summoned at least a dozen of us to meetings with the police today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5525/1/China-toughens-stance-on-media/index.html CHINESE authorities are increasing pressure on international media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5520/1/China-to-stay-a-low-key-gambler-in-Middle-East/index.html Even with Middle Eastern tumult tearing down governments and pushing up oil prices, China will stay a restrained regional player, reluctant to gamble a growing pile of economic chips for uncertain political gains. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5519/1/Unchecked-Abuses-Drive-China-Protests/index.html China’s rising tide of social protest is fueled by inadequate government attention to everyday public concerns rather than unequal distribution of wealth, according to experts at a Washington forum. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5512/1/Getting-harassed-by-the-Chinese-police/index.html  I had thought China's situation was significantly different from the Middle East because the government has been successful in bringing better living standards to the people here zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5511/1/China-tamps-down-Middle-East-inspired-protests-before-they-can-gain-momentum/index.html Police and security officials displayed a show of force here and in other Chinese cities Sunday, trying to snuff out any hint of protests modeled on the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5507/1/US-envoy-condemns-China-attacks-on-media/index.html Jon Huntsman, the US ambassador to China, personally condemned on Monday the violence used by Chinese security officers against foreign journalists reporting a planned anti-government protest at the weekend. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5503/1/Organizers-call-for-second-round-of-demonstrations-across-China/index.html Nearly a week after calls for widespread pro-democracy protests fell flat in China, organizers are making another attempt at rallying support for the so-called "jasmine" demonstrations for this weekend. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5502/1/Chinese-Activists-Continue-Calls-for-Protests/index.html Calls for China to emulate the "Jasmine Revolution" sweeping the Middle East and North Africa continue to reverberate in the country's blogosphere, causing another popular Web site to be blocked temporarily and ensnaring the American ambassador, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5500/1/Film-digs-out-of-poverty/index.html In the middle of the night, when the police are avoiding unpaved roads, a group of miners transports petrified wood to Shanghai and Beijing. For a group of Uighur miners, this transport of petrified wood is their first stepping stone out of poverty: one piece may earn them over half a million Chinese yuan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5497/1/As-protests-spread-across-the-Middle-East-China-keeps-a-firm-hand-on-protests-at-home/index.html A small Internet posting in China triggered a massive response from the state this week, highlighting just how concerned the government is that citizens might be inspired by protesters in Egypt, Libya, or at home. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5496/1/China-clamping-down-to-prevent-Mideast-style-protests/index.html A previously unknown group has urged Chinese citizens to replicate the popular protests in the Middle East and North Africa by staging peaceful "jasmine rallies" in cities across China every Sunday afternoon to demand greater accountability, an independent judiciary and an end to corruption. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5491/1/Nervous-China-puts-security-apparatus-into-overdrive/index.html Sitting last week in his cramped Beijing flat just beyond the city’s fifth ring road, Teng Biao talked about a joke he used to share with Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned activist who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5488/1/Kazakh-President-Energized-After-China-Trip-/index.html Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has wrapped up a visit to China and is heading home with lucrative contracts to supply China with energy resources and promises of some $7 billion in Chinese loans for projects in Kazakhstan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5487/1/Calls-for-a-Jasmine-Revolution-in-China-Persist/index.html A small but stubborn protest movement is continuing calls for demonstrations despite a campaign of arrests and censorship that underscores China’s concern over unrest and revolts in authoritarian countries in the Middle East and North Africa. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5486/1/Why-Chinas-tiny-protests-actually-matter/index.html Is China’s version of the Middle East’s jasmine revolution just a feeble joke? That’s certainly the view of scoffing editorial writers in the Chinese state media and a good many independent commentators. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5485/1/China-clamps-down-on-jasmine-rallies/index.html A previously unknown group has called on the Chinese to replicate the popular protests in the Middle East by staging their own peaceful "jasmine rallies" in cities across China every Sunday afternoon, to demand an end to corruption, greater accountability and an independent judiciary. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5484/1/The-Jasmine-Revolution-Strolls-into-China/index.html The anonymous, online organizers of China’s version of the Jasmine Revolution are circulating an open letter calling on people to gather every Sunday in thirteen Chinese cities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5473/1/US-Navy-Commander-Addresses-Chinas-Rise-/index.html The top U.S. naval commander for the Asian-Pacific region called on China to be "responsible and constructive" as it prepares to deploy its first aircraft carrier, while stressing that America retains substantial firepower and surveillance capacity in the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5472/1/US-military-to-boost-naval-fleet-in-Asia/index.html A top US naval commander said Monday that Washington plans to boost its military presence in Asia, while warning that China should expand its own forces in a "responsible and constructive" way. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5468/1/Dragons-eyes-are-open/index.html Not of question of if China is spying on us, but how much it already knows zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5467/1/China-with-Iran-was-worlds-top-jailor-of-journalists-in-2010/index.html  China had the dubious distinction of being the jailor of most number of journalists, along with Iran, in 2010 due mainly to a spate of jail terms for ethnic minority writers, said New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its annual report released 15. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5466/1/China-to-block-UN-report-on-North-Korean-nuclear-capability/index.html Report says uranium enrichment programme and development of a light-water reactor are serious violations of UN sanctions zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5464/1/Chinas-Great-Firewall-not-secure-enough-says-creator/index.html Father of internet censorship system says people are using virtual private networks to look at banned websites zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5461/1/Envoy-who-may-aim-for-White-House-presses-China-on-rights/index.html The U.S. ambassador to Beijing, who is sizing up a run for the White House, stood outside a Chinese court on Friday and criticized it for rejecting the appeal of an American jailed on industrial spying charges. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5459/1/CAMBODIA-Refugees-Face-New-Risks/index.html Cambodia must ensure it offers a safe haven to asylum seekers, rights groups say, following the government’s closure this week of a United Nations-run refugee centre, home to dozens of Montagnards from Vietnam. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5458/1/China-faces-Internet-quotdictators-dilemma-Clinton/index.html China, Syria and others face a "dictator's dilemma" over Internet control and risk being left behind as the rest of the world embraces new technologies, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5457/1/Clinton-warns-governments-that-limiting-Internet-will-backfire/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned governments from China to Syria on Tuesday that blocking the Internet ultimately would backfire, damaging their economies and creating pent-up demands that would boil over in demonstrations like those that have swept the Middle East and North Africa. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5456/1/China-Warns-US-About-Push-for-Internet-Freedom/index.html China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned the United States not to use Internet access issues as a "pretext" to interfere in China's internal affairs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5455/1/China-quashes-Twitter-style-democracy/index.html A DAY after Hillary Clinton's pledge to promote internet freedom, Chinese censors cracked down on US diplomats' moves to create debate about it online zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5451/1/VOA-radio-broadcasts-to-China-signing-off-while-Beijing-boosts-propaganda/index.html The Obama administration will cancel shortwave radio broadcasts by Voice of America into China this year, as Beijing is expanding its propaganda operations in the United States and around the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5446/1/China-Likely-to-Ignore-Clintons-Internet-Freedom-Speech/index.html Chinese authorities have brushed off U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech urging governments to end Internet censorship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5444/1/China-Tops-Media-Crackdown/index.html There has been a sharp rise in the number of Chinese journalists in jail in the past year, fueled by a series of convictions of ethnic minority writers, according to a New York-based media watchdog. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5442/1/US-must-ramp-up-fight-on-Internet-censorship/index.html Faced with aggressive public outreach by China, the United States must ramp up its own efforts and do a better job fighting Internet censorship, a Senate committee report says. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5441/1/Trump-Considers-Presidential-Bid-Says-China-Is-The-Enemy/index.html Real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump has stated that he is "seriously thinking" about running for President in 2012 because the United States has become a "laughingstock throughout the world." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5440/1/Bishops-errors-of-judgment-compound-the-Coalitions-woes/index.html JULIE Bishop made a bad week for the opposition much, much worse through a combination of policy misjudgment, paranoia, and self-serving and inaccurate leaking. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5439/1/China-steps-up-action-on-activists/index.html CHINESE HIV/AIDS activist Tian Xi has been sentenced to a year in prison for breaking equipment at the hospital where he was infected as a child, as authorities in the country continued to step up security action again dissidents. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5438/1/Artist-Ai-Weiwei-cancels-Beijing-show-after-quotpoliticalquot-request/index.html Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei said Monday that he had cancelled a solo exhibition planned for a leading Beijing gallery after the organizers requested a delay because of the 'political sensitivity' of his work. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5430/1/China-says-it-respects-Southern-Sudans-vote-for-independence-wants-peace-in-oil-rich-region/index.html A longtime supporter of Sudan's northern leaders, China said it respects Southern Sudan's vote for independence and wants peace and stability in the oil-rich region that feeds much of China's energy appetite. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5428/1/Taiwan-General-Charged-in-Spy-Case/index.html The government of Taiwan has arrested a general on accusations of spying for China in what could be the most prominent espionage case in Taiwan in decades. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5427/1/China-police-stop-spread-of-Egypt-news-activist/index.html Police in southwest China have barred activists from distributing leaflets about anti-government protests in Egypt and Tunisia, deeming the news too sensitive, one dissident said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5426/1/US-Gets-Tough-on-China-Industrial-Spying/index.html As intellectual property becomes an ever-sharper point of contention in U.S.-Chinese relations, federal authorities are ramping up their efforts to combat economic espionage and trade-secret theft by Chinese nationals. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5419/1/Ex-Dow-Scientist-Is-Convicted-of-Selling-Secrets-in-China/index.html A jury in Baton Rouge, La., on Monday found a former Dow Chemical scientist guilty of conspiring to steal company secrets and sell them to firms in China, the Justice Department said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5418/1/China-respects-south-Sudan-referendum-results-FM-spokesman/index.html China respects the results of south Sudan referendum, which was announced Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5410/1/Egypt-Type-Revolt-Unlikely-in-China/index.html As a mass popular uprising in the Egyptian capital enters its third week, Chinese commentators said such a movement was unlikely to happen in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5409/1/US-Unveils-Space-Strategy-Noting-China-Threat/index.html Emerging Chinese defense technologies could enable the nation to block communications or destroy orbiting satellites, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday as it rolled out a decade-long space security plan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5398/1/In-China-Egypt-and-Cairo-have-vanished/index.html Imagine typing "Egypt" or "Cairo" into a Web portal's search engine and seeing no stories about the massive protests in Egypt over the past week.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5395/1/Chinese-regime-fears-Egyptization/index.html The words “Egypt” and “Tunisia” have been added to the list of censored items on the internet in China zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5394/1/Chinese-Leaders-Are-Alarmed-by-Drought/index.html A severe drought in northern China has badly damaged the winter wheat crop and left the ground very dry for the spring planting, fueling inflation and alarming China’s leaders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5393/1/America-threatened-China-over-star-wars/index.html The United States threatened to take military action against China during a secret 'star wars' arms race within the past few years, leaked documents show. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5389/1/In-China-a-New-Years-cartoon-tests-boundaries-of-free-speech/index.html Wang Bo, the manager of a Beijing cartoon company, had a daring idea for a video greeting card to mark the Year of the Rabbit, which begins Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5385/1/Why-a-nervous-China-aims-to-shield-citizens-from-Egypt-news/index.html China has limited coverage of the Egypt protest to its Xinhua news service and warned last week that websites that did not censor comments about Egypt would be 'shut down by force.' zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5384/1/What-Uprising-China-Censors-News-From-Egypt/index.html Everybody's talking about a revolution. Except, that is, in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5383/1/China-says-Sudan-referendum-a-step-towards-peace/index.html China said Tuesday that a referendum in southern Sudan, in which voters overwhelmingly chose to secede from the north, was an "important step" towards a lasting peace in the oil-rich country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5378/1/39-Aussies-held-in-Chinese-prisons/index.html THE federal government revealed yesterday 39 Australians were incarcerated in China, as Taiwan denied Australian citizen James Sun was a spy for it. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5375/1/Chinas-censorship-of-the-Egypt-protests-isnt-fooling-everyone/index.html Media censorship is part of life in China and – though it may go against the Western belief that everyone is yearning for equal freedoms – many in China do, to a certain degree, acquiesce in the necessary evil of a system that has delivered untold prosperity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5374/1/China-Blocks-Some-Internet-Reports-on-Egypt-Protests/index.html The Chinese government is blocking access to searches for the word “Egypt” on social networking Internet sites in China. Experts say the move reflects the government’s fears that the protests in Egypt could whip up unrest in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5372/1/Anger-in-Arab-World-Creates-Risks-in-Asia/index.html Turmoil in the Arab world equals an inflationary spike in oil prices equals the risk of social unrest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5369/1/On-religious-liberty-Obama-administration-still-falling-short-leading-authority-says/index.html Last week’s state visit by China’s President Hu Jintao again underscored the Obama Administration’s reluctance to defend human rights and religious freedom, according to a leading authority. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5367/1/US-China-Diplomats-Meet-in-Beijing/index.html A team of U.S. officials including Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg met Friday with China's top foreign policy-maker, Dai Bingguo, for talks on a wide range of issues concerning the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5366/1/China-tightens-grip-on-press-freedom/index.html Leading journalist Zhang Ping was this week forced out of his job at Southern Media Group zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5365/1/Barack-Obamas-Sputnik-moment-signals-strategic-shift-to-Asia/index.html A G'Day USA conference focused on China's -- and Australia's -- pivotal role in world affairs zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5364/1/Good-for-the-Goose-good-for-propaganda-China-steals-Top-Gun-clip/index.html Proud bulletin on state TV news about air force training contains dogfight scene stolen from Tom Cruise movie zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5363/1/Facing-more-assertive-China-US-and-Japan-push-back-in-Pacific-power-tussle/index.html Here's the scenario: A southern Japanese island is under attack and American forces are coming to the rescue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5359/1/-Investors-warn-of-China-crisis/index.html GLOBAL investors are bracing for the end of China's relentless economic growth, with 45 per cent saying they expect a financial crisis there within five years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5357/1/Tajikistan-Agrees-To-Allow-Chinese-Farmers-To-Till-Land-/index.html New guestworkers are coming to the cotton and rice fields of southern Tajikistan, and they are already sowing seeds of discontent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5355/1/China-Leader-Encourages-Criticism-of-Government/index.html Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is known for his populist approach and near constant presence in Chinese headlines. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5347/1/China-Denies-Stealth-Fighter-Copied-From-Wrecked-US-Plane/index.html China's state media is refuting reports that technology used in the country's new stealth aircraft may be based on parts from a U.S. fighter shot down over Serbia, quoting officials who reject the idea as a "smear" by foreign media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5345/1/In-China-Kristofs-blogs-are-shut-down/index.html Nicholas Kristof's Sunday column in The New York Times documents the latest in a series of tests the journalist has performed in Chinese cyberspace.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5344/1/How-the-US-Media-Cover-China/index.html On Jan. 18, President Hu Jintao of China arrived in the U.S. for a four-day visit -- the highlight being a lavish black-tie dinner at the White House zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5338/1/US-Warning-to-China-Sends-Ripples-to-the-Koreas/index.html President Obama warned President Hu Jintao that if China did not step up its pressure on North Korea, the United States would have to redeploy its forces in Asia to protect itself from a potential North Korean strike on American soil, a senior administration official said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5337/1/Hu-denies-forced-abortions-US-lawmaker/index.html President Hu Jintao denied Thursday that China was forcing women to submit to abortions under its controversial one-child policy, a US lawmaker said after meeting him on his state visit. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5335/1/Obama-hosts-Hu-Jintao-on-state-visit-presses-China-on-human-rights/index.html President Obama used his summit Wednesday with Chinese President Hu Jintao to place the issue of human rights front and center in the U.S. relationship with the world's preeminent ascending power. And Hu, in a rare concession, acknowledged that China needs to make more progress. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5326/1/Protesters-Advocates-Press-Human-Rights-Concerns-During-Hus-US-Visit-/index.html Arriving in Washington for what observers called the most significant China-U.S. summit in decades, Chinese President Hu Jintao was greeted on January 19 at the White House with red carpets, a 21-gun salute, and a lavish state dinner. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5325/1/Obama-and-Hu-spar-over-human-rights-during-White-House-meeting-/index.html PRESIDENT Hu Jintao has used a White House press conference to concede for the first time on such a prominent stage that “a lot still needs to be done in terms of human rights” in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5324/1/China-rights-activists-hope-Obama-wont-disappoint-/index.html The wife of missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng fought back tears Wednesday as she spoke of her children’s pain living without their father, who disappeared in April 2010. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5334/1/Congressional-Leaders-Pass-On-China-State-Dinner/index.html  Three of the four top U.S. congressional leaders skipped a state dinner tonight with Chinese President Hu Jintao, highlighting tension between Congress and the world’s second-largest economic power when President Barack Obama is trying to strengthen ties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5332/1/Hu-Jintaos-Dismal-Human-Rights-Record-Brought-to-Light/index.html Gao Zhisheng’s wife, Tibetan Buddhist, ex-prisoners speak zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5323/1/US-Lawmakers-Activists-Press-China-to-Improve-Human-Rights-/index.html U.S. lawmakers and activists called on China Wednesday to dramatically improve its human rights record as Chinese President Hu Jintao had his first state visit with President Barack Obama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5322/1/Obama-publicly-raises-human-rights-with-Chinas-Hu-/index.html President Barack Obama issued a finely tuned call for greater respect for human rights on Wednesday in his speech to welcome his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5319/1/Chinese-Government-Needs-to-Demonstrate-Concrete-Human-Rights-Progress-Not-Launch-Publicity-Campaigns/index.html Human Rights in China (HRIC) welcomes the clear and detailed articulation of the Obama Administration’s approach to U.S.-China relations delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States, including the affirmation of the fundamental importance of human rights issues in U.S.-China relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5317/1/Human-rights-protesters-ready-for-Hu/index.html Lawmakers and activists plan to draw attention to China's human-rights record when President Hu Jintao is feted at a state dinner in Washington this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5311/1/Chinese-leader-Hu-Jintao-to-visit-US-during-tense-times/index.html As Chinese President Hu Jintao visits the U.S. this week, the big screen in New York's Times Square and news media outlets nationwide will feature several Chinese celebrities in a Beijing-backed commercial.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5310/1/The-US-finds-its-voice-on-China-and-human-rights/index.html The Obama administration's policy toward China shows signs of a significant adjustment on the eve of a state visit to Washington by President Hu Jintao.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5309/1/Multiple-protests-planned-for-Chinese-presidents-state-visit/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States may not go as smoothly as the Obama administration may have hoped. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5306/1/Expectations-Ahead-of-US-China-Summit/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to press his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on a variety of bilateral issues ranging from human rights to currency valuation, and from denuclearization to trade imbalance during their talks in Washington next week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5301/1/With-Gates-in-the-country-China-stealth-fighter-takes-first-flight/index.html China took its latest powerful toy, a new stealth fighter jet, out for its first test spin Tuesday, leading U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to wonder whether the flight was scheduled to coincide with his visit. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5302/1/AP-Exclusive-Missing-Chinese-lawyer-told-of-abuse/index.html The police stripped Gao Zhisheng bare and pummeled him with handguns in holsters. For two days and nights, they took turns beating him and did things he refused to describe. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5300/1/China-denies-armed-soldiers-crossed-into-India/index.html China on Tuesday denied a media report that its soldiers intruded into Indian territory in the Kashmir region last fall and threatened Indian construction workers. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5294/1/Beijing-to-Push-Ideology-Online/index.html China has launched a new website dedicated to ideological work on behalf of the ruling Communist Party and boosting its leadership in local government and major state-owned enterprises, official media reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5291/1/China-An-alleged-list-of-banned-SMS-terms/index.html Elaine Chow from Shanghaiist reports on an alleged list of banned SMS by major mobile companies in China in 2010. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5290/1/Chinas-military-head-games/index.html China's rapid military advances throw a wrench in the works for US strategists. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5284/1/Chinese-more-concerned-about-corrupt-officials-than-democracy/index.html More than 240,000 cases of embezzlement, bribery, dereliction of duty, and rights abuses were investigated from 2003 to 2009 zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5283/1/China-preparing-for-armed-conflict-in-every-direction/index.html China is preparing for conflict 'in every direction', the defence minister said on Wednesday in remarks that threaten to overshadow a visit to Beijing by his US counterpart next month. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5279/1/China-attacks-Popes-Christmas-message/index.html China has hit back at the Pope for using his Christmas message to criticise the lack of religious freedoms in the country, warning that the Vatican must "face the facts" about religion in China if it wants improve relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5277/1/Suspicious-Death-Ignites-Fury-in-China/index.html A man lies on a road with his eyes closed, blood streaming from his half-open mouth, his torso completely crushed under the large tire of a red truck. One arm reaches out from beneath the tire. His shoulder is a bloody pile of flesh. His head is no longer attached to the flattened spinal cord. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5268/1/Religious-Freedom-In-China/index.html The Chinese government has banned certain religious and spiritual groups. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5264/1/In-China-democracy-is-only-in-politburo-WikiLeaks/index.html In an authoritarian one-party rule, the Chinese government finds democracy in its politburo, the highest decision-making body, where issues are resolved through consensus rather than decrees, US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks suggest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5248/1/Replica-of-Liu-Xiaobos-Nobel-Peace-Prize-medal-delivered-to-Chinese-Embassy-in-London/index.html Today, on the eve of Human Rights Day, a giant Nobel Peace Prize medal was delivered to the Chinese Embassy in London, to highlight the continued imprisonment of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Liu Xiaobo, and thousands of other prisoners of conscience across China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5247/1/Beazley-pledged-troops-to-help-US-in-a-war-with-China/index.html AUSTRALIA's ambassador to the US and former opposition leader, Kim Beazley, assured American officials that Australia would always side with the US in the event of a war with China, a confidential diplomatic cable reveals. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5245/1/Chinese-protests-began-before-Nobel-Peace-Prize-was-announced/index.html Chinese authorities started warning Norwegian officials against a Nobel Peace Prize to any Chinese dissident several years ago. In the case of Liu Xiaobo, China’s ambassador showed up at Norway’s foreign ministry to protest on October 7, the day before the prize was even announced. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5236/1/Chinas-Nobel-Winner-No-Show-Speaking-Volumes/index.html As China's human-rights activists prepare for their moment on the world stage, they have gone noticeably silent at home. On Dec. 3, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will honor Liu Xiaobo, the winner of this year's Peace Prize, for his work promoting human rights in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5233/1/China-anti-Nobel-campaign-winning-it-no-friends/index.html  China's campaign to vilify this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and sabotage the award ceremony showed signs of backfiring Thursday, as criticism of Beijing rose and the imprisoned Chinese dissident seemed to be turning into a celebrity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5229/1/Committee-sees-sharp-rise-in-jailed-journalists/index.html China's crackdown on ethnic reporters and Iran's sustained suppression of critics has helped push the number of journalists jailed worldwide to 145 - the highest level in 14 years, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5228/1/China-must-end-human-rights-crackdown-in-advance-of-Nobel-award/index.html Hundreds of activists have been being detained, interrogated, or arrested in advance of the event honouring jailed Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5223/1/Rare-blast-kills-7-in-Chinas-minority-populated-area/index.html In a rare development, a blast killed seven persons and injured 37 others at an Internet cafe in southwest China's Guizhou Province, which has a vast population of the minority tribe of Miaos on Saturday night. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5220/1/Pelosi-to-be-most-prominent-American-at-Nobel-ceremony-for-Chinese-dissident/index.html China issued a stern warning to other nations that they would "take responsibility for the consequences" if they attend the ceremony. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5216/1/India-hopes-China-shows-more-sensitivity-on-key-issues/index.html Ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit in New Delhi, India on Friday hoped that China realises the need to show more sensitivity on core issues that impinge on the country's "sovereignty and territorial integrity" as raised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5215/1/Norway-says-China-to-blame-if-Nobel-Peace-Prize-strains-relations/index.html NORWAY said China only has itself to blame for a deterioration in relations after this year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a jailed Chinese dissident. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5214/1/China-Reasserts-Displeasure-about-Nobel-Peace-Prize/index.html China is again lashing out at the international community for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo - with just a little more than one week to go before the ceremony in Norway. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5213/1/Chinas-Culture-of-Secrecy-Brands-Research-as-Spying-/index.html As a "scout" for IHS Inc., a U.S. petroleum industry research firm, geologist Xue Feng won plaudits from his managers for obtaining a trove of rare data on 30,000 Chinese oil wells. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5205/1/China-Stood-Aside-on-Iran/index.html Beijing Chided Pyongyang, Declined U.S. Call to Stop Tehran Missile Sales, Cables Show zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5200/1/WikiLeaks-row-China-wants-Korean-reunification-officials-confirm/index.html Chinese officials speak after Guardian US embassy cables reveal Beijing is leaning towards acceptance of reunification under Seoul's control zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5198/1/China-AIDS-death-toll-up-nearly-20000-in-a-year/index.html The total number of reported AIDS deaths in China has jumped by nearly 20,000 since an official estimate last year, state media said Monday as Beijing vowed to step up efforts to curb its spread. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5197/1/Factbox-Key-political-risks-to-watch-in-China/index.html China has pulled through the global economic downturn with robust growth and enhanced international sway, but that is now creating strains of its own at home and abroad. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5196/1/China-directed-Google-hacking-leaked-US-documents/index.html The United States believes that China's leadership has directed a hacking campaign into computers of Google and Western governments, according to US diplomatic files leaked by WikiLeaks. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5195/1/US-suspected-China-pressing-Kyrgyzstan/index.html The US confronted China on information it tried to pressure Kyrgyzstan to pull the plug on a US base, possibly due to a dispute over Guantanamo detainees, a leaked document said Sunday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5191/1/India-China-hold-border-talks-amidst-uncertainty-over-WikiLeaks/index.html he 14th round of India-China border talks took place on Monday amidst the uncertainty about what WikiLeaks might reveal about possible Internet hacking by Chinese official agencies, and other tricky relationship issues. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5190/1/China-learns-to-deploy-its-soft-power/index.html A Beijing insider insists it has no grand strategy for regional dominance zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5186/1/Vatican-threatens-new-China-bishop-with-excommunication/index.html The Vatican has threatened a bishop with excommunication after he was ordained by China's state-backed Catholic Church without papal approval. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5184/1/-Liu-Xiabos-Nobel-Prize-Big-Issue-or-Small/index.html The award of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace to Chinese dissident and pro-democracy activist, Liu Xiaobo has created a new debate for the international community. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5181/1/US-vows-unified-response-to-N-Korea/index.html The United States urged restraint on Tuesday following a North Korean artillery attack on South Korea and vowed to forge a "measured and unified" response with major powers, including China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5175/1/Factbox-Language-and-politics-in-the-Chinese-world/index.html China has been promoting Mandarin as the national language for decades to boost unity in a country with thousands of dialects and minority tongues. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5174/1/MPs-slam-China-over-jailed-Nobel-activist/index.html GOVERNMENT and opposition backbenchers last night slammed the Chinese government as thuggish and authoritarian over its jailing of the human rights activist Liu Xiaobo who was awarded the Nobel peace prize last month. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5172/1/Japan-abandons-bid-to-make-China-a-key-pillar-of-its-foreign-policy/index.html Shaken by China’s ferocious behavior during a recent territorial dispute over a string of uninhabited islets, Japan has abandoned its earlier plans to make ties with Beijing a key pillar of a bold new foreign policy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5160/1/Nobel-ceremony-to-go-ahead-Beijings-miscalculated-belligerence-backfires/index.html This year’s Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony will proceed after all even though the winner, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo remains in jail. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5158/1/US-body-attacks-China-on-economic-policies/index.html An official US commission into Washington’s relationship with Beijing on Wednesday attacked China for its economic and defence policies while signalling fears that recent cyberattacks were backed by the Chinese state. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5157/1/China-hijacked-UK-internet-traffic-says-McAfee/index.html China redirected internet traffic from UK and US public sector bodies through its own servers in April, according to security company McAfee. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5156/1/US-religious-freedom-report-faults-China-among-others/index.html Religious freedom remains under threat in China, especially for followers of the Dalai Lama and Muslims in the west of the country, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday in a major report. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5155/1/Religious-Freedom-Setback/index.html There is no let-up in religious persecution in East Asia, a new study shows, as Vietnam uses excessive force on religious groups, North Korea executes Christians of an underground church, and China forces the return home of citizens involved in religious activism and punishes them. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5153/1/Victim-of-New-Brainwashing-Campaign-Dies-at-Labor-Camp-within-Days-of-Arrival/index.html Elderly Falun Gong practitioner had been detained and tortured multiple times zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5151/1/Vatican-warning-on-China-bishop/index.html The Vatican says it is alarmed by reports from China that Roman Catholic bishops there are to be forced to attend what it calls the illegal ordination of a new Catholic bishop. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5148/1/US-State-Dept-Religious-Freedom-Threatened-Around-the-Globe-/index.html New Report Cites Struggles for Religious Freedom zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5147/1/China-manipulates-currency-US-panel-says/index.html China continues to manipulate its currency and the nation's "exclusionary" trade policies have contributed to a massive deficit with the United States, a special commission said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5146/1/US-Government-and-Military-Websites-Redirected-to-Chinese-Servers/index.html April Incident Lasted Only 18 Minutes but Could Have Security Impact zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5139/1/Chinas-gift-to-Mecca-/index.html It was promoted as a commercial construction deal, but an 18-kilometre railway has cost Chinese taxpayers $605 million.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5138/1/Protesters-March-During-APEC-Summit/index.html Thousands of protesters joined voices Saturday in Yokohama, Japan, as leaders meet for the APEC summit to discuss deeper regional economic ties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5135/1/Language-opens-another-rift-between-Tibetans-Chinese/index.html Billboards for a planned business and entertainment complex in Tongren show sketches of ethnic Tibetans in traditional clothes happily walking among fancy new buildings. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5134/1/Obama-Calls-on-China-to-Respect-International-Law-as-Power-in-Asia-Grows/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama called on China to respect “international norms” as it gains power and economic clout in Asia, according to the transcript of an interview with Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5131/1/Chinas-Muslims-join-the-Haj-at-a-high-cost/index.html When dozens of flights recently took off from China carrying Muslims on the Haj pilgrimage, Zhang Kebao remained at home in Ningxia province, reflecting on the financial impossibility of travelling himself. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5129/1/India-rattles-sabre-ahead-of-Chinese-talks/index.html India has formed a military battalion named after the state of Arunachal Pradesh, also claimed by China, only days before talks between the two countries aimed at settling border disputes.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5127/1/China-The-Dragon-in-the-Room-on-Obamas-Asian-Tour/index.html It's a timeworn tactic for politicians. When you fail at home, go abroad. Four days after the Democrats' defeat in the U.S. midterm elections, Barack Obama headed on his longest overseas journey as President: a 10-day tour of Asia, where his foreign fans far outstrip his domestic ones. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5122/1/The-US-Loses-Out-to-China-in-Cambodia/index.html Hillary Clinton's two-day visit to Cambodia Oct 30-Nov 1 could be seen as touching base with an old ally and building links with a future partner. But under the surface a battle for influence is being waged between the US and China in Cambodia, a fight Uncle Sam is unlikely to win. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5120/1/Anti-China-rally-held-in-Japan-after-video-leak-of-collision/index.html About 4,000 anti-China protesters rallied in Tokyo on Saturday, with their anger fuelled by a video capturing a collision between Chinese and Japanese vessels which sparked a diplomatic spat. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5118/1/That-Nobel-invite-Mr-Malware-sent-it/index.html This weekend, staff at CPJ received a personal invitation to attend the Oslo awards ceremony for Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5115/1/China-actions-meant-as-test-Hillary-Clinton-says/index.html A SERIES of recent aggressive actions by China were designed to test other nations, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declared. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5114/1/Deeper-US-alliance-in-response-to-strident-China/index.html GILLARD Labor has sensibly decided to support a bigger American presence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5112/1/Rudd-returns-preaching-third-way-on-China/index.html THE Foreign Minister delivers a subtle but still worthwhile message. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5111/1/Canadas-Ties-to-China-Make-a-Tangled-Web/index.html Diplomacy grows beside questionable business deals and ‘paranoid’ crackdown zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5109/1/EU-envoys-to-attend-Nobel-rite-despite-Chinese-ire/index.html European Union envoys in Oslo are likely to rebuff growing Chinese pressure to shun next month's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honouring Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, diplomats said on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5108/1/Beijing-denounces-Nobel-prize-as-a-Western-tool/index.html China stepped up its criticism of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a jailed democracy activist Friday, saying the prize is a Western political tool used to attack a rising China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5107/1/China-puts-Ai-Weiwei-co-designer-of-Olympic-Birds-Nest-stadium-under-house-arrest/index.html Ai Weiwei, one of China's best-known artists who has become an increasingly vocal critic of the Chinese government, was about to leave for his Shanghai studio. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5105/1/Google-CEO-Chinas-Internet-censorship-will-fail-in-time/index.html China's strict controls on its Internet usage will eventually fail as more of the country's people go online and express themselves, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5103/1/Beijing-warns-Europe-over-Nobel-prize-ceremony/index.html China warned European governments on Friday they would have to “bear the consequences” if they showed support for Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident who has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5102/1/Asia-Pacific-governments-chip-away-at-Internet-freedom/index.html The tentacles of government censors are creeping ever further across the web in the Asia-Pacific region as officials from Thailand to Australia try to control what people say and do online. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5101/1/Chinas-Hu-heads-to-Riviera-with-Sarkozy/index.html China's President Hu Jintao is heading to the French Riviera for private talks with France's Nicolas Sarkozy about his ambitious plans to reform the global monetary system. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5100/1/Fate-of-Liu-Xiaobo-raised-by-Foreign-Minister-on-visit-to-China/index.html KEVIN Rudd yesterday used his first visit to China in more than two years to call for the release of this year's Nobel Peace laureate, Liu Xiaobo. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5094/1/Clinton-urges-Cambodia-to-strike-balance-with-China/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday called on Cambodia to maintain an independent foreign policy and avoid relying too much on China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5093/1/Chinas-dissident-dilemma/index.html This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is serving an 11-year prison sentence at a jail in north-eastern China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5092/1/UN-chief-under-fire-for-avoiding-human-rights-in-China-meeting/index.html The United Nations secretary-general has come under fierce attack from human rights groups after he failed to take up the case of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a meeting with China's president this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5089/1/Hundreds-Gather-in-San-Francisco-to-Tackle-Pressing-Human-Rights-Concerns/index.html Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring together hundreds of activists from 13 Western states November 5-7 for the organization’s annual regional conference. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5086/1/Boost-for-China-visionaries/index.html LIU Xiabo's Nobel Prize is bringing attention to the contradiction between China's 21st-century economy and its medieval political environment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5085/1/Europes-Plagues-Came-From-China-Study-Finds/index.html The great waves of plague that twice devastated Europe and changed the course of history had their origins in China, a team of medical geneticists reported Sunday, as did a third plague outbreak that struck less harmfully in the 19th century. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5082/1/Australia-to-Prod-China-on-Defense/index.html Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd will use his visit to China beginning Sunday to press for greater military transparency in the region, even as he seeks to soothe tensions with his country's biggest trading partner. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5075/1/Breaching-the-great-firewall/index.html CHINA’S military mouthpiece, the Liberation Army Daily, is not a fan of microblogging. On October 19th it said Twitter had caused chaos during Iran’s political turmoil last year, and gave warning that such instant information-sharing tools posed “hidden dangers” to national security. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5074/1/Chinas-Communist-Party-newspaper-blasts-Western-democratic-system-amid-calls-for-reform/index.html China's Communist Party newspaper issued a scathing attack on Western-style democracy Thursday amid growing calls for reform of the country's political system and a resulting push-back by party conservatives. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5070/1/Film-Fest-the-Latest-Japan-China-Feud-Victim/index.html First it was a fishing boat, then a panda. Now it's film festival name tags. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5066/1/Tiananmen-Square-protest-leader-to-represent-Liu-Xiaobo-at-Nobel-laureate-meeting/index.html Wuer Kaixi, the former Chinese student leader, will represent Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned dissident, at a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Hiroshima next month. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5057/1/Nonviolent-Radical-Party-Delivers-Intervention-Regarding-Linguistic-Discrimination-at-the-Eighth-Session-of-the-Intergovernmental-Working-Group-on-the-Effective-Implementation-of-the-Durban-Declaration-and-Programme-of-Action-in-Geneva-Switzerland/index.html On Monday, October 18, 2010, the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty, an NGO in consultative status to the United Nations, orally delivered an intervention concerning linguistic discrimination as a form of structural discrimination during the Eighth Session of the UN Human Rights Council's Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5056/1/China-US-Should-Adopt-Principled-China-Policy/index.html American policy toward China should reflect a more principled, high-profile approach to human rights in China, said a group of human rights advocates and China experts in a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5055/1/Chinas-One-Child-Policy-Forces-Woman-to-Have-Abortion-at-8-Months/index.html Al Jazeera recently reported that in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, a woman who was 8 months pregnant was forcibly given an abortion because her pregnancy was in violation of the country's one-child policy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5050/1/Congressional-Executive-Commission-on-China-Releases-2010-Annual-Report-on-Human-Rights-and-the-Rule-of-Law-in-China/index.html The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has released its 2010 Annual Report on human rights and the rule of law in China, along with a list of over 1,450 political prisoners currently detained or imprisoned in China, compiled from the Commission's Political Prisoner Database. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5046/1/Taiwan-city-may-bar-China-officials-over-rights/index.html The city council in Taiwan's second-largest city has demanded that the local government bar visits by Chinese officials with poor rights records, an official said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5045/1/Conservatives-Rally-to-Protect-the-Senkakus/index.html A large-scale anti-China protest occurred in Tokyo today, sparked by the recent ship collision incident in the Senkaku Islands. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5044/1/Nobel-ripples/index.html The impact of Liu Xiaobo's peace prize will be felt among China's leaders, scholars and perhaps its people zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5043/1/Congressional-Executive-Commission-on-China-Releases-2010-Annual-Report-on-Human-Rights-and-the-Rule-of-Law-in-China/index.html The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has released its 2010 Annual Report on human rights and the rule of law in China, along with a list of over 1,450 political prisoners currently detained or imprisoned in China, compiled from the Commission's Political Prisoner Database. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5034/1/Declaration-Concerning-the-Lausanne-Congress/index.html Over the past few months, the Chinese government has been suppressing the 200 house church representatives who have been invited to attend the 3rd Lausanne World Evangelization Congress. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5020/1/Chinas-Liu-leads-Kohl-and-EU-in-Peace-Nobel-race-report/index.html Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is the leading candidate to win the Nobel Peace Prize with the European Union and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl also among the contenders, Norway's main television networks said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5019/1/Chinas-Wen-in-Turkey-to-lure-rising-economic-star/index.html Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao geared up for talks with Turkish leaders Friday aimed at strengthening trade with a fast-growing emerging economy that has boosted its political influence in the Middle East. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5018/1/Embassy-Row/index.html Thirty members of Congress this week urged President Obama to press Chinese President Hu Jintaoto release two prominent human rights activists when he attends an economic summit in South Korea next month. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5014/1/HRIC-in-Joint-Appeal-Urges-EU-to-Push-for-Rights-Progress-in-China/index.html On the eve of the EU-China Summit in Brussels on October 6, 2010, Human Rights in China (HRIC), together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), calls upon the European Union to reassess its strategy on human rights in China in view of deteriorating conditions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5012/1/Chinese-Prime-Minister-calls-for-political-reform-in-China/index.html Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, has promised that China will carry out political reform and acknowledged that the need for democracy and freedom in China is "irresistible". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4995/1/China-seen-as-isolating-self-with-tough-diplomacy/index.html China's increasingly muscular diplomacy may be repelling its Asian neighbors and pushing them closer to the United States, helping fulfill Beijing's fears of being systematically encircled by Washington and its allies, analysts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4994/1/China-warns-Norway-against-peace-Nobel-for-dissident/index.html The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Monday that a senior Chinese official told him that awarding the peace prize to a Chinese dissident would affect relations between Oslo and Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4992/1/China-police-investigate-black-jails-for-protesters/index.html Chinese police are investigating claims that a security firm colluded with officials to detain protesters in secret prisons, known as "black jails". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4983/1/Risk-of-trade-war-rises-as-key-US-committee-backs-tariffs-on-China/index.html The risk of a trade war between the US and China has increased after a key Congressional committee backed a bill to allow US companies to seek tariffs on Chinese imports. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4982/1/US-and-Asian-allies-push-back-against-Chinas-rise/index.html United States President Barack Obama is due to meet leaders of the 10 southeast Asian countries today in the clearest demonstration so far of the failure of Beijing to convince its neighbours that China’s continuing economic and military development will be a “peaceful rise.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4981/1/Obama-meets-with-Southeast-Asian-leaders/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama and Southeast Asian leaders met Friday to discuss territorial disputes with China and a fast-growing trade relationship, with Obama pledging to take a strong role in regional affairs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4978/1/Microblogs-Blocked-in-China/index.html Chinese authorities have begun a massive clamp down on social media on the mainland, particularly microblogs, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4977/1/Chinese-Regime-Hires-Security-Company-to-Snuff-out-Dissent/index.html Petitioners that arrive in Beijing from around China have been through it for years. They are approached by men wearing security badges, bundled into a car, their cell phones and IDs confiscated, and then they wind up in a “black jail.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4976/1/EU-to-press-China-on-rights-at-summit-trade-chief/index.html Europe will press China to make progress on human rights and the need to open up its markets at a summit in Brussels next month, the European Union's trade chief said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4972/1/Boat-collision-sparks-anger-breakdown-in-China-Japan-talks/index.html It began with a minor fender bender on the Asian seas - a Chinese boat colliding with Japanese coast guard ships. But in just two weeks the dust-up has escalated to a full-scale diplomatic standoff, with the Chinese government now officially no longer speaking to the Japanese. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4971/1/Cambodian-PM-to-urge-Obama-to-cancel-quotdirtyquot-debt/index.html Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday he would appeal to U.S. President Barack Obama to cancel a "dirty debt" of more than $300 million he said helped fuel civil conflict three decades ago. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4969/1/Chinas-collusion-with-the-predator-elite-at-the-Marange-diamond-fields-/index.html There is one subject almost guaranteed not to be discussed at the National General Council meeting of the African National Congress in Durban City Hall, which begins today - the dictatorship of the "predator elite" in Zimbabwe, at South Africa's northern border. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4964/1/Why-some-economists-see-a-looming-US-China-trade-war/index.html From the halls of Congress to the World Trade Organization, US officials are increasingly criticizing China trade and currency policies – blaming them for America's huge trade deficit. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4962/1/Chinas-defence-budget-worries-Japan/index.html Japan's new Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has voiced concern over China's defence spending, speaking hours after he was appointed and amid a tense territorial row with Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4959/1/Global-Crisis-Adds-to-Surge-of-Labor-Disputes-in-Chinese-Courts/index.html Chinese court officials say they are struggling to handle a surging number of labor dispute cases that have arisen in part because of the global financial crisis, according to a report on Wednesday in China Daily, an official English-language newspaper. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4945/1/Challenges-ahead-but-China-much-happier/index.html JULIA Gillard faces a raft of challenges with China, with Australia's biggest trade and export partner most concerned about her plans for the Asia-Pacific. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4943/1/Microblogging-websites-to-recruit-censors-to-step-up-pressure-on-netizens/index.html The ranks of China’s censors are visibly growing along with measures aimed at monitoring the public’s communications and personal data. The authorities have just announced that China’s microblogging websites – sites offering Twitter-style services – will be told to appoint “self-discipline commissioners” to be responsible for censorship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4939/1/China-Strikes-Positive-Note-in-Talks-With-US/index.html Chinese leaders called for enhanced dialogue and cooperation with the U.S. in meetings with visiting White House officials, signaling Beijing's concern that tensions over currency and other issues are again threatening ties between the world's two key economies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4925/1/Scrutiny-for-Chinese-Telecom-Bid-/index.html Warning about a potential threat to national security, eight Republican lawmakers have asked the Obama administration to scrutinize a bid by one of the biggest corporations in China to supply telecommunications equipment to Sprint Nextel in the United States. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4906/1/Report-Says-Chinese-Military-Transparency-Still-Lacking/index.html China has made some progress, but not enough, in military transparency, and the Chinese decision to suspend military-to-military contacts with the United States is acting against the interests of both countries, according to the latest annual report in a congressionally mandated series. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4905/1/Pentagon-Cites-Concerns-in-China-Military-Growth/index.html China has increased spending on a military that is becoming larger and more effective even as Beijing has rebuffed exchanges with the Defense Department that could improve stability, according to a Pentagon study released Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4904/1/Book-by-Chinese-dissident-brands-Wen-Jiabao-a-fraud/index.html China's paternalist premier Wen Jiabao is a "puppet" and a "fraud" who has helped pull the wool over the eyes of the Chinese people, obscuring the failings of the ruling Communist Party, according to controversial new book published in Hong Kong this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4900/1/Big-Brother-widens-his-watchful-eye-in-China-/index.html Millions of cameras trained on cities, particularly on dissidents and politically sensitive spots zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4899/1/China-must-reform-or-die-/index.html A Chinese two-star general has warned his conservative Communist Party masters and firebrand People's Liberation Army colleagues that China must either embrace US-style democracy or accept Soviet-style collapse. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4897/1/China-scholars-warn-of-growing-national-arrogance-/index.html China's confidence in its economic development is turning into "national arrogance", according to a group of Chinese scholars. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4895/1/Top-Chinese-general-calls-for-democracy/index.html A a top general has made bold calls for the reform of China's political system, saying the country must move towards American-style democracy or risk collapse. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4890/1/Pattern-of-Harsh-Prison-Sentences-Emerging-in-China/index.html Hearing notes sharp increase in 2008 and 2009 in the number of Chinese citizens charged with 'endangering state security' zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4880/1/Big-Brother-Keeps-7-Million-Eyes-on-Chinese/index.html Millions of cameras have sprouted throughout China, creating an Orwellian situation in which the state monitors its people wherever they go. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4869/1/Washington-Rally-Celebrates-Millions-of-Chinese-Withdrawing-from-the-CCP/index.html Chinese Communist Party (CCP) criminal activities are being monitored for future trials zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4858/1/WikiLeaks-not-to-affect-China-Pakistan-ties/index.html The WikiLeaks expose showing Pakistani military as secret supporter of the Taliban has not caused much concern among Chinese officials, who have otherwise been anxious about Taliban's links with Uighur terrorists in western China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4851/1/Clash-Over-Mandarins-Ascent-in-Guangdong/index.html Many residents of Guangdong province, in southeastern China, are concerned the government is trying to phase out the Cantonese dialect following a proposal by the local leaders to switch the language spoken in a number of television programs to Mandarin. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4822/1/US-navy-chief-eyes-Chinas-opaque-sea-power/index.html The head of the US Navy warned Wednesday of China's "opaque" intentions behind its growing naval might as it seeks to use sea power to bolster its strength on the world stage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4821/1/Chinese-officials-wife-hospitalised-by-police-beating/index.html The wife of a senior Chinese government official was hospitalised after being beaten up by plain clothes policemen who mistook her for a protestor. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4820/1/China-may-boost-missiles-aimed-at-Taiwan-to-1900/index.html China could raise the number of missiles aimed at Taiwan to 1,900 by the end of the year despite warming ties between the former bitter rivals, according to the island's deputy defence minister. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4819/1/China-expresses-concern-over-US-SKorea-drill/index.html China on Wednesday expressed concern over plans by the United States and South Korea to conduct a major naval exercise from July 25, saying it could raise tensions in the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4818/1/Workers-strike-at-another-auto-parts-plant-in-China/index.html Workers at Japanese electronics maker Omron's (6645.OS) southern China factory have gone on strike, the latest disruption in the manufacturing hub over demands for better wages and working conditions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4817/1/US-Military-Chief-Voices-Concern-Over-Chinese-Buildup/index.html Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says China has made a 'fairly significant investment' in military equipment zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4816/1/Supreme-Peoples-Court-quotWork-Reportquot-Indicates-More-Trials-Heavier-Sentences-for-Endangering-State-Security-in-2009/index.html On July 13, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued its annual "work report" for 2009, the first time such a report has been presented to the public. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4795/1/Chinas-Twitters-targeted-by-internet-police/index.html Chinese micro-blogging sites have become the latest target of Beijing’s internet police, which have ordered companies providing Twitter-like services to step up monitoring and purge sites of politically “sensitive” words and expressions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4787/1/Analysis-Google-and-China-agree-on-a-fiction/index.html Google got its Chinese visa extended Friday, but that doesn't mean the company is having a good trip or that China's censorship has gone away. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4783/1/West-uses-e-networking-to-subvert-China-study/index.html Social networking sites like Facebook pose a security threat to China and are used as "tools of subversion" by Western nations including the US, a top Chinese think tank said in a report this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4743/1/Espionage-Probe-Casts-Shadow-on-Ties-with-China/index.html A new espionage case is putting pressure on ties between Germany and China. German prosecutors are investigating senior Chinese officials who they believe spied on Falun Gong supporters in Germany. The developments have seriously strained relations and brought back practices last used during the Cold War. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4742/1/US--China-play-chicken-in-the-Yellow-Sea/index.html A first rate crisis is brewing in and around the Korean Peninsula that may well come to a head this week. The escalation of military tensions in the Yellow Sea that separates the Korean Peninsula from the Chinese mainland is likely to take two pathways - one originating in Pyongyang and the other in Beijing - or both. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4741/1/Zardari-to-visit-China-during-joint-military-excercise-nuke-deal-likely/index.html Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is visiting Beijing during the joint military exercise between China and his country on the Muslim dominated border region of Ningxia early next month. During the visit, Zardari is likely to push Chinese leaders to take a final decision on the propose sale of nuclear power reactors. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4738/1/EU-must-press-China-over-human-rights-Amnesty-HRW/index.html Human rights groups Monday urged the European Union to use talks with China this week to demand Beijing release dissidents, withdraw curbs on freedom of expression and end arbitrary arrests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4731/1/Tape-Reveals-Embassy-Footing-Bill-for-Hu-Jintaos-Welcome-Rally/index.html Exclusive—Official tells students they must join; describes event as “political struggle” against human rights advocates zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4730/1/A-new-step-in-restoring-Sino-Canadian-relations/index.html Chinese president in ottawa Hu's visit expected to improve ties, but not entirely heal rift caused by Harper zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4729/1/PM-must-talk-human-rights-with-China-coalition/index.html A coalition of Canadian human rights groups is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to use the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao as an opportunity to urge China to improve its human rights record. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4720/1/Mental-Torture-Alleged/index.html China's prison system commonly subjects detainees to mental torment rather than physical abuse, according to a United Nations special rapporteur, although reforms are under way. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4719/1/As-China-Aids-Labor-Unrest-Is-Still-Rising/index.html On a hot morning in late May, while some 2,000 workers at a Honda parts factory were striking in China's south, 100 irate employees at a hotel in the heart of the capital staged their own protest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4717/1/Chinese-Order-Stops-Printing-of-Memoirs-by-Ex-Premier/index.html A Hong Kong publisher said Sunday that he was forced to halt the publication of memoirs ostensibly written by Li Peng, the former Chinese prime minister who was instrumental in bringing a violent end to student-led protests in Tiananmen Square 21 years ago. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4716/1/US-defies-China-on-Pakistan-reactors-/index.html CHINA and the US are on a collision course over Chinese plans to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4714/1/Domain-Holders-Shun-Chinas-Cn-/index.html Regulations requiring .cn domain owners to show business licenses and photo IDs to Chinese authorities prompted a drop-off in new and renewing registrations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4711/1/China-mission-to-repair-political-ties/index.html CHINA is closely watching the resource tax stoush in Australia, sensitive to any threat to the supply of minerals that underpin China's economic boom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4691/1/Wage-unrest-threatens-Beijings-power-/index.html A wave of labour unrest and worker suicides in China shows that the demand for higher wages is rising much faster than the government anticipated. That could put it under tremendous pressure as it tries to shift the economy away from its huge reliance on exports, experts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4690/1/Iran-blames-US-for-bullying-China-to-join-sanctions-/index.html Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday brushed off as "worthless paper" a new U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against his country, and he seemed to blame the United States for "bullying" his ally, China, into joining the sanctions push. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4688/1/In-China-unrest-spreads-as-more-workers-rally-/index.html A series of labor strikes continued to spread Friday across parts of China, as newly emboldened workers pressed for higher wages and better conditions, posing a fresh challenge to the government and the country's only officially sanctioned union. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4686/1/Police-in-Chinas-Xinjiang-hold-anti-riot-exercise-/index.html Police in China's restive Xinjiang region have held massive anti-riot exercises to prepare for the first anniversary of ethnic unrest that left nearly 200 people dead, state press reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4685/1/Unspoken-Russian-Chinese-Rivalry-Is-Subtext-Of-SCO-Summit-/index.html As the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathers in Tashkent for its annual summit on June 10-11, what isn’t discussed might be more telling than what is. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4673/1/Russia-and-China-leaders-to-meet-at-security-summit/index.html The leaders of Russia and China will discuss global financial markets and tensions on the Korean peninsula during the annual summit of a regional security grouping on Thursday, a Kremlin source said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4672/1/Premier-Hun-Sen-Profits-from-Suppression-and-Aid/index.html Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is savouring another victory. His latest triumph: a string of verdicts against an opposition lawmaker that has guaranteed him the liberty to insult women and get away with it. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4671/1/China-says-Great-Firewall-will-stay-/index.html China has indicated that censorship of the Internet will continue for Chinese web users, the world’s largest online population, to protect state security. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4662/1/Two-senior-China-judges-shot-dead-in-court-office/index.html A man wielding three guns shot dead two senior judges and another court official in the central Chinese province of Hunan and then killed himself, media reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4661/1/Deng-Is-Said-to-Have-Backed-Tiananmen-Violence/index.html The former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ordered the military to try to limit injuries when it moved against Tiananmen Square protesters 21 years ago, but told them to be ready to “shed some blood” if necessary, according to an unpublished diary said to document internal decisions that led to the violent crackdown. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4660/1/Chinas-political-and-military-leaders-split-over-ties-to-Washington-Gates-says/index.html Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates accused China's military on Thursday of impeding relations with the Pentagon, taking exception to its unwillingness to invite him to Beijing during his trip to Asia this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4648/1/Poll-Shows-Australians-Wary-of-Chinas-Military-But-Value-Economic-Ties/index.html A new study shows that Australians are nervous about China's military expansion, but they see its economic growth as a positive development. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4635/1/Pan-Islamic-Group-Head-To-Visit-China-In-June-/index.html Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)--the world's largest Muslim grouping--is to visit China next month, the it said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4611/1/Beijing-Olympics-beat-terror-threats-unsafe-sex-report/index.html Thorough planning enabled Beijing Olympics organizers to stave off threats to the 2008 Games ranging from bioterrorism to unsafe sex, a joint Chinese-United Nations report said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4607/1/China-wants-to-rid-the-Internet-of-hostile-foreign-forces/index.html The Chinese government, announced Monday, that a further strengthening of its control over the Internet will take place. The intn is to keep out the ‘hostile foreign forces’ who spread ‘dangerous information’ on the Web. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4606/1/US-Cites-AZ-Immigration-Law-During-Human-Rights-Talks-with-China-Conservatives-Call-It-An-Apology/index.html During two days of talks about human rights with China last week, the US raised examples of problems on its own soil and cited Arizona's controversial new immigration law as an example of "racial discrimination." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4600/1/US-Calls-China-Rights-Dialogue-Candid-Respectful/index.html Senior U.S. and Chinese officials Friday completed a two-day dialogue on human rights that the State Department described as candid, constructive and respectful. The sides agreed to hold a follow-on meeting next year in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4599/1/US-China-set-2011-rights-meeting-in-quotcandidquot-talks/index.html U.S. and Chinese officials agreed after two days of talks on human rights to start exchanges of legal experts and hold another rights dialogue in China next year, a State Department official said on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4593/1/No-breakthroughs-in-US-China-human-rights-talks/index.html The United States and China reported no major breakthroughs Friday after only their second round of talks about human rights since 2002. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4592/1/Shanghai-World-Expo-opens-doors-with-tens-of-thousands-visitors/index.html Tens of thousands of people crammed into the Shanghai World Expo at the start of the six-month mass display of culture and technology. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4588/1/Doubts-Greet-US-China-Human-Rights-Dialogue/index.html As U.S. officials prepare to welcome Chinese officials for a “Human Rights Dialogue,” human rights advocates are raising doubts about whether anything constructive will come out of the private meetings. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4584/1/Obama-Administration-Prepares-for-China-Human-Rights-Dialogue/index.html U.S. and Chinese officials convene in Washington later this week for a new round of what has been a sporadic bilateral human rights dialogue.  Some U.S. human rights advocates are skeptical about the dialogue process.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4575/1/China-journey-/index.html Author Xinran’s China Witness is a truly magnificent book straddling fine scholarship and great storytelling. China Witness is an account of people’s lives during China’s Red history zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4573/1/Shanghais-Expo-The-world-through-a-funhouse-mirror/index.html As news spread that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had entered China aboard his personal armoured train, one of his bureaucrats was nervously explaining why the country had decided to spend money building a pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, advertising the desperately impoverished state as a “Paradise for the People.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4565/1/US-Religious-Freedom-Commission-Cites-13-Countries-as-Violators/index.html Iran, Saudi Arabia and China are among 13 countries a U.S. government panel named on Thursday as serious violators of religious freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4562/1/China-Shanghai-Expo-Stifles-Media-Critics/index.html Chinese government has denied media accreditation to Hong Kong based newspaper Apple Daily for the Shanghai Expo which begins tomorrow in Shanghai. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4556/1/Secrets-Law-To-Apply-Online/index.html Chinese lawmakers are drafting a new state secrets law that will, if passed, require Internet service providers to release information about anyone who uses their networks to leak sensitive material. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4546/1/Finally-PM-to-break-his-long-silence/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4544/1/Australian-firms-fear-Beijings-cyber-tentacles/index.html Australian corporations are increasingly being targeted by cyber attacks from unknown parties in China, and as yet there is no effective defence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4540/1/New-film-questions-Chinas-effect-on-world/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4534/1/China-Issues-New-Wave-of-Censorship-Orders/index.html A new series of bans and orders forbidding independent coverage of events in China has been issued by China’s Central Propaganda Department. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4533/1/Dutch-Chinese-media-not-free-of-state-censorship/index.html The riots in Xinjiang or the Dalai Lama: topics that have been subject to severe censorship in the Chinese media. In the Netherlands, it's also difficult for Chinese-language media to handle such "sensitive" stories. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4529/1/Protests-flare-against-China-at-US-nuclear-summit/index.html Scores of chanting Tibetans and silently meditating Falungong practitioners staged a peaceful protest here Monday, using a gathering of world leaders at a nuclear security summit as a soapbox to protest against China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4528/1/China-Looks-to-Rails-to-Carry-Its-Next-Economic-Boom/index.html In southwestern Yunnan Province, giant concrete pillars bestride the fields, tracing the route of one of scores of new rail lines that China is building. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4519/1/Chinas-Censors-Tackle-and-Trip-Over-the-Internet/index.html Type the Chinese characters for “carrot” into Google’s search engine here in mainland China, and you will be rewarded not with a list of Internet links, but a blank screen. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4515/1/Spying-on-Computer-Spies-Traces-Data-Theft-to-China/index.html Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing while the intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defense Ministry. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4507/1/Journalists-E-Mails-Hacked-in-China/index.html In what appeared to be a coordinated assault, the e-mail accounts of more than a dozen rights advocates, academics and journalists who cover China have been compromised by unknown intruders. A Chinese human rights organization also said that hackers had disabled its Web site for five days in a row. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4506/1/Some-Yahoo-email-accounts-hacked-in-China-Taiwan/index.html Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and activists whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, according to rights groups and foreign correspondents, days after Google said it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China because of censorship concerns. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4505/1/Not-just-hacked-but-acted-upon/index.html Several news outlets reported today that Yahoo! e-mail accounts belonging to Western reporters and the World Uyghur Congress have been hacked. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4504/1/Chinese-Yahoo-Attack-Targets-Journalists-Activists/index.html Cyber hackers have targeted the Yahoo e-mail accounts of journalists and activists who have previously written about or been outspoken about China with a malicious attack this week, followingGoogle's announcement to move its search office out of the mainland. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4502/1/India-strengthens-borders-with-friendly-China/index.html  India said Mar 30 that it had initiated necessary steps to upgrade military infrastructure on its side of the northern borders in view of the rapid Chinese development and upgrade of facilities in occupied Tibet and East Turkestan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4501/1/Amnesty-says-China-Executed-Thousands-in-2009/index.html Amnesty International has released its annual death penalty report, which shows the number of countries that use capital punishment is declining. But the report estimates that China executed several thousand people in 2009. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4499/1/Development-in-Tibet-an-advantage-for-China-MoD/index.html India has said rapid development in Tibet and Xinjiang has given the Chinese military strategic operational flexibility in the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4497/1/China-bans-local-media-from-reporting-on-18-subjects/index.html China has banned the country's media from reporting on 18 subjects, including yuan revaluation, corruption and problems in Tibet and Xinjiang, according to a media report. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4496/1/Chinese-city-is-worlds-hacker-hub/index.html A CITY in eastern China has been identified as the world capital of cyber-espionage by an American internet security company. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4488/1/China-Cambodia-Ties-Grow-Tighter-/index.html In the past five years China and Cambodia have drawn ever closer, with Beijing investing billions of dollars in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation. Cambodians see both benefits and potential risks in the relationship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4481/1/Beijing-bound-Karzai-seeks-China-help-in-peace-push/index.html Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask China to use its diplomatic clout to help rein in a growing insurgency when he arrives for a state visit on Tuesday, putting security concerns ahead of his economic wishlist. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4478/1/US-Companies-Feel-Increasingly-Unwelcome-in-China/index.html A growing number of American businesspeople feel unwelcome in China because of what they see as discriminatory government policies and inconsistent legal treatment. The findings come in a survey released Monday by the American Chamber of Commerce in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4477/1/Senators-form-Internet-freedom-caucus/index.html Several senators have formed a caucus to promote online freedom in Iran, China and other countries as the Obama administration pushes for greater access to an unfettered Internet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4476/1/Google-quits-censoring-search-in-China/index.html Google on Monday announced it has stopped censoring search results in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4470/1/Basque-researchers-publish-book-on-diasporas-in-the-new-media-age/index.html Diasporas in the New Media Age looks at the role and transformation of such concepts as identity, nation, culture, and community in the era of information technology and economic globalization. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4467/1/Google-China-uncensors-verboten-tank-man/index.html Alert  Print Post commentSearch engine breaks law against Google will zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4466/1/UK-voices-serious-concern-on-Chinas-rights-record/index.html China's record on civil liberties is a "serious cause for concern", the government said Wednesday in its annual report on human rights as Foreign Secretary David Miliband flew in from Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4465/1/World-is-watching-Hu-trial-Rudd-warns/index.html Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned China that "the world will be watching" the trial of Australian mining executive Stern Hu. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4463/1/China-Fails-to-Dispel-Mystery-About-Missing-Dissident/index.html China’s foreign minister waded into the mystery over the disappearance more than a year ago of one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers, but his remarks on Tuesday shed little light on the lawyer’s fate. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4461/1/Dissidents-Urge-UN-Against-Cyber-Censorship/index.html Dissidents Urge UN To Endorse Declaration Against Cyber-Censorship zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4453/1/US-Criticizes-China-Burma-North-Korean-Rights-Records/index.html The United States criticized China's human rights record Thursday, raising concerns about restrictions that Beijing has imposed on citizens who question its policies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4451/1/FACTBOX-China-in-Central-Asia-latest-investments/index.html Energy-hungry China is stepping up its presence in former Soviet Central Asia by handing out billions of dollars in loans, snapping up energy assets and building a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4450/1/China-rights-record-worsening-in-areas-US/index.html China's human rights record worsened last year as authorities increased harassment of activists and repression in the Xinjiang region, the US State Department said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4436/1/Geneva-Summit-Will-Focus-on-Countries-Ignored-by-UN-Human-Rights-Council/index.html When the U.N. Human Rights Council continues its month-long session in Geneva on Monday, a coalition of human rights groups will hold a parallel event focusing on some of the items kept off the HRC agenda by its powerful members. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4435/1/Chinas-democratic-window-dressing/index.html University professor Xu Hui is a rare breed of politician in China - he is not a member of the Chinese Communist Party. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4434/1/China-plans-to-slow-expansion-of-defense-spending-in-2010/index.html China plans to boost defense spending by 7.5 percent this year, the slowest pace of expansion in a decade, as the government seeks to allay concerns about the country's growing military might. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4433/1/Wen-Jiabao-targets-8-growth-and-promises-more-rural-spending-for-China/index.html China congratulated itself today on its escape relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis but warned against complacency and vowed that the poor would not be forgotten in its economic advance. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4431/1/China-Increases-Military-Budget-75-Percent/index.html China has announced plans to boost its military budget by 7.5 percent this year - the smallest increase in more than two decades.  The figures were unveiled at a news conference, Thursday, to preview the annual session of China's legislature, which begins Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4418/1/Chinas-rise-in-crime-is-expected-to-continue/index.html China faces rising crime rates and increased social unrest this year, according to the country's top think tank. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4417/1/--China-insider-sees-revolution-brewing/index.html China's top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of 'revolutionary turmoil'. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4412/1/China-Vows-Sanctions-Against-US-Companies-Will-Go-Forward/index.html The rift between China and the United States looks far from healing as Beijing reiterates its plan to punish U.S. companies following disagreements between the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4411/1/Groups-ask-US-for-funds-to-break-China-firewall/index.html A coalition of human rights campaigners on Tuesday urged the US government to fund efforts led by the Falungong spiritual movement to circumvent Internet censorship in China and other nations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4408/1/Dissidents-Ex-Political-Prisoners-Organizing-Geneva-Rights-Summit/index.html On March 8-9, 2010, to enhance the annual session of the UN Human Rights Council, renowned dissidents, rights activists and experts will come together in Geneva, Switzerland, to urge action against rights abusers, boost democracy dissidents worldwide, and issue a call for internet freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4407/1/Chinese-censors-tormented-by-mythical-animal/index.html The Yake lizard is the latest creation of China’s nimble and imaginative netizens as a way to poke fun at the authorities and their bid to corral online debate and to block access to sites the censors deem inappropriate. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4405/1/China-Foreign-Ministers-agree-to-further-enhance-cooperation--/index.html Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Chinese Foreign Minister  Yang Jeichi Monoday expressed satisfaction at the current state of Pakistan-China strategic cooperation and agreed to further expand cooperation between the two friendly countries in all fields. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4396/1/Upbeat-Australia-launches-free-trade-push/index.html Australia will resume stalled talks with China within days as it pursues an ambitious free-trade push following its strong recovery from the global downturn, Trade Minister Simon Crean said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4378/1/China-to-Obama-Cancel-meeting-with-Dalai-Lama/index.html China has responded to the scheduling of Thursday's meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama -- and they want it canceled. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4377/1/Chief-quizzed-on-roughed-up-media/index.html The Democratic Party has expressed outrage at the latest case of mainland police manhandling Hong Kong reporters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4374/1/Reporters-without-Borders-calls-on-IOC-/index.html Reporters without Borders on Thursday demanded IOC president Jacques Rogge do more to secure the release of human rights activists, journalists and bloggers arrested during and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4365/1/Chinese-born-engineer-gets-15-years-in-spying-for-China/index.html Dongfan 'Greg' Chung, who worked with Boeing and Rockwell International, was accused of providing information on the space shuttle and Delta IV rocket. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4364/1/Chinese-police-admit-enormous-number-of-spies/index.html A Chinese police chief has said he uses more than 12,000 spies to inform on a remote county of just 400,000 people, an admission that lays bare the enormous scale of China's surveillance network. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4363/1/Stop-Already-with-the-China-Hysteria/index.html The news coverage of the U.S.-China relationship is getting more hysterical by the day. The Washington Post last week ran an editorial accusing the Obama administration of spending its first year “going out of its way” to “cater” to Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4362/1/China-PLA-officers-urge-economic-punch-against-US/index.html Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4361/1/Diggers-uniforms-made-in-China/index.html Australian soldiers will be sent to war wearing uniforms made from camouflage material made in China under a new round of Defence cost-cutting. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4345/1/Its-time-for-the-Obama-administration-to-burst-Beijings-bubble/index.html In its first year, the Obama administration went out of its way to cater to China's communist leadership. It publicly put human rights concerns on a back burner, delayed a presidential meeting with the Dalai Lama and did not press Beijing hard about its currency manipulation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4340/1/Press-Freedom-in-China-From-Bad-to-Worse/index.html Calling 2009 a “tough year for press freedom in China,” the International Federation of Journalists says what little progress was made during the Summer Olympics in Beijing evaporated after new restrictions were imposed by the government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4339/1/Obama-To-Meet-Dalai-Lama-Despite-Continued-Objections-From-China/index.html China on Wednesday again urged President Barack Obama not to hold a planned meeting with Dalai Lama, saying it would further hurt already strained bilateral relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4337/1/As-Chinas-Rulers-Confront-Generation-Gap-They-Grow-More-Flexible/index.html About halfway through the movie “Confucius,” the wispy-bearded sage is shown dispensing wisdom to the Duke of Wei, one of the numerous petty rulers in chaotic fifth-century B.C. China who sought his counsel. How best to ensure that he would govern well, the duke asks. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4331/1/US-slates-Chinas-Taiwan-response/index.html A senior US air force official has criticised China's decision to suspend bilateral military dialogue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4328/1/China-warns-against-Obama-Dalai-Lama-meeting/index.html China warned President Barack Obama on Wednesday that a meeting between him and the Dalai Lama would further erode ties between the two powers, already troubled by Washington's arms sales to Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4327/1/Chinas-strident-tone-raises-concerns-among-Western-governments-analysts/index.html China's indignant reaction to the announcement of U.S. plans to sell weapons to Taiwan appears to be in keeping with a new triumphalist attitude from Beijing that is worrying governments and analysts across the globe. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4324/1/China-Steps-Up-Criticism-of-US-Taiwan-Arms-Sale/index.html Beijing has suspended military exchanges and security talks with Washington, and threatened sanctions against U.S. companies that sell Taiwan weapons zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4323/1/Report-China-increases-media-controls-in-2009/index.html China tried to increase control over its domestic media in 2009, issuing orders not to cover several topics including ethnic rioting in Xinjiang and corruption by government officials, an international press freedom group said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4309/1/Clinton-Warns-China-on-Iran-Sanctions/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday that it would face economic insecurity and diplomatic isolation if it did not sign on to tough new sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, raising the pressure on Beijing to fall in line with an American-led campaign. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4304/1/UNPO-Welcomes-ALDE-Call-for-Freedom-of-Information-in-China-/index.html After China's imbroglio over Google, the President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) has spoken out against Beijing's censorship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4299/1/Hong-Kong-Five-pan-democrats-resign-in-push-for-universal-suffrage/index.html Which way forward for “referendum” campaign and struggle for democratic rights? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4287/1/Clinton-to-press-China-FM-on-Internet-issue/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will press China's foreign minister on the issue of Internet freedom, a growing irritant in ties between the two powers, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4286/1/Drop-demand-for-military-removal-from-Tibet-China-to-Dalai-envoys/index.html  Image conscious Chinese authorities are pushing envoys of the Dalai Lama to give up their demand for removal of visible military presence in heavily populated places that are far from border areas in Tibet, sources said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4277/1/China-says-Internet-censoring-matter-of-security/index.html The war-of-words over Google's threatened pullout of China continued unabated Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4275/1/Clifford-Coonan-Move-over-Avatar-Confucius-is-about-to-hit-the-screen/index.html Beijing Notebook: The decision to pull Avatar looks like a commercial, not a political decision zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4274/1/China-Rebukes-US-Calls-to-Investigate-Hacking/index.html China delivered a bristling response on Monday to the United States’ demand that it investigate recent attacks on American computers from Chinese soil, saying that any suggestion that it conducted or condoned the hackers’ intrusions was “groundless and aims to denigrate China.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4273/1/-China-US-are-Hypocrites-and-Subversives/index.html China has continued its attack on Google and the US following yesterday’s sharply worded denial of involvement in the Google hacking attacks. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4272/1/China-tightens-online-control-in-schools/index.html The Chinese government issued a new rule over the weekend, requiring primary and secondary schools in the country to install filters to prevent young people from accessing "obscene content" on the Internet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4266/1/Webb-US-Policies-Toward-Asian-Governments-Must-Be-Consistent-Predictable-and-Firm-Rights-and-Democracy-Must-be-a-Priority/index.html Senator Chairs Foreign Relations Subcommittee Hearing on U.S. Engagement in Asia zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4263/1/China-says-missing-lawyer-is-where-he-should-be/index.html A Chinese human rights lawyer missing for almost a year has been judged by legal authorities and "is where he should be," a Foreign Ministry official said in China's first public comment on the case. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4260/1/Google-builds-loyal-following-in-China/index.html Google launched its Chinese site only in 2006, but it has already attracted a loyal following of dedicated users in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4258/1/China-Maintains-Tight-Grip-on-Communications/index.html Google's threat last week to pull out of China following cyber attacks on its e-mail service is another reminder of the censorship and limits on Internet freedom in the country. Despite hopes that China would open up following the 2008 Olympics, Beijing continues to introduce new restrictions and monitoring systems on cell phones and Internet use. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4256/1/China-Teen-Seen-as-Hero-for-Killing-Local-Official/index.html China teen, sentenced to death, seen by many as hero for killing local official zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4254/1/Highlights-of-Clinton-speech-on-Internet-freedom/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday all companies should reject censorship and urged China to thoroughly investigate cyber attacks that led Google to threaten to pull out of the nation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4253/1/Clinton-Urges-Global-Response-to-Internet-Attacks/index.html Coupling a salute to Internet freedom with a carefully worded caution to countries like China and Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that countries that engaged in cyberattacks should face consequences and international condemnation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4250/1/-Chinas-All-Out-War-Against-Internet-Freedom/index.html Around midnight on Jan. 4, 2010, China’s web users found themselves able to indulge in a fleeting freedom: they could access previously banned websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4248/1/Top-10-Chinese-Christian-Persecution-Cases-of-2009-Report/index.html Chinese Christian churches continued to thrive in the midst of persecution. In a society where economic progress and innovation are in great demand, the Chinese government and the house churches continue wrestling with each other and drawing attention from all over the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4246/1/Sci-fi-epic-Avatar-tops-Chinas-movie-hit-list/index.html Records are broken thick and fast these days in China’s booming cinema landscape. US director James Cameron though has restored his position at the top of the biggest movie league tables after his sci-fi epic Avatar took nearly 550 million yuan (€56 million) in its first two weeks. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4244/1/China-Cracks-Down-On-Texting/index.html Send an improper message, and it might be your last. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4239/1/Playing-the-wall-game-in-China/index.html Google's experiences in China show that even the most powerful western companies have to accept its rules zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4234/1/Clifford-Coonan-Its-amazing-to-see-how-access-can-be-limited/index.html The highly public way in which Google threatened to quit China over the constant intervention of the net nannies who run the Great Firewall of China has been welcomed by China's webizens, but it has also highlighted just how difficult it can be to use the internet in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4228/1/Big-Brothers-snit/index.html As the impact of Google's decision to remove China's tether sinks in, Beijing responds in Orwellian style – limiting mention of dispute, leaving netizens lamenting web's future zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4227/1/Yahoo-welcomes-Googles-China-move/index.html Internet company insists it no longer has 'operational control' over Yahoo China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4224/1/Ethical-Conflicts-for-Firms-in-China-/index.html Google Inc.'s stunning announcement that it might withdraw from China follows its long struggle with the ethical implications of doing business here, an endeavor which has forced it to make painful concessions to its public embrace of freedom of information. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4223/1/Googles-Threat-Echoed-Everywhere-Except-China/index.html Google’s declaration that it would stop cooperating with Chinese Internet censorship and consider shutting down its operations in the country ricocheted around the world Wednesday. But in China itself, the news was heavily censored. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4222/1/Google-vs-China-Google-draws-line-at-censorship-in-prize-market/index.html Google challenged China censorship rules Tuesday – saying it would stop filtering its search engine results or leave the country – after it uncovered a vicious cyberattack on human rights activists. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4220/1/A-new-approach-to-China/index.html Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4219/1/Clinton-Pledges-Asia-Engagement-Urges-More-Political-Openness-in-China/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, discussing U.S. Asia-Pacific policy Tuesday in Hawaii, said an easing of political controls in China would be in that country's best interests. Clinton held critical talks on the future of U.S. military bases in Okinawa with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4218/1/Study-China-faces-24M-bride-shortage-by-2020/index.html Some 24 million Chinese men of marrying age will find themselves lacking wives in 2020, partly because of the country's one-child policy, which has led to the abortion of female fetuses, state media said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4212/1/China-Expands-Ties-to-ASEAN-and-Islamic-States/index.html The Obama administration and its Democratic allies in Congress are no friends of free trade. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4210/1/Clinton-Points-to-Possible-Tensions-With-China/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, embarking on her first diplomatic trip of 2010, will try to ease tensions with Japan, America’s most important Asian ally, over a stalled agreement to relocate a Marine base on the island of Okinawa. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4208/1/State-casts-shadow-over-Chinas-cinema-boom/index.html IT’S BEEN a bumper week for cinema in China, with figures showing a massive opening for James Cameron’s Avatar and that the movie business grew at a record rate last year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4204/1/China-pulls-festival-pix/index.html Gov't protests inclusion of Tibet doc in Palm Springs zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4198/1/CSW-urges-China-to-resume-human-rights-dialogue--/index.html Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today called for the immediate resumption of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4195/1/Another-bumpy-year-ahead-for-US-China-trade-/index.html U.S.-China trade relations will be tested again this year as imports bounce back from 2009 lows and American factories seek protection from lower-priced Chinese competition that they blame for lost sales and jobs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4193/1/China-reins-in-cyberspace--again/index.html China’s public security authorities have announced yet again that they will strengthen control over the Internet in 2010. Since last month individuals have been banned from registering domain names, and according to the China Internet Network Information Center, more than 13,000 websites have lost their registration. That means Internet users in China can no longer access those websites. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4182/1/Web-freedom-in-China-as-Great-Firewall-falls-briefly-/index.html Cautious excitement spread on some social-networking platforms as hope flared that Internet freedoms suddenly were being expanded after months of intensifying scrutiny. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4175/1/US-China-relations-to-face-strains-experts-say/index.html The United States and China are headed for a rough patch in the early months of the new year as the White House appears set to sell a package of weapons to Taiwan and as President Obama plans to meet the Dalai Lama, U.S. officials and analysts said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4167/1/Turkey-China-Relations-in-2009-/index.html Turkish President Abdullah Gul's visit to China between June 24 and 29 was the one of the most important developments in Turkey-China relations in 2009. Gul was the first Turkish president visiting China after 14 years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4164/1/Global-behemoth-arises-for-better-and-worse/index.html Politically, economically, at home and abroad, for better and for worse, 2009 saw the rise and rise of the Chinese state. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4162/1/Apple-blocking-Dalai-Lama-Kadeer-iPhone-apps-report/index.html Bowing to Chinese law, Apple is reportedly blocking iPhone users in China from downloading applications about two figures Beijing considers "separatists": the Dalai Lama and exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4160/1/2010-Crimes-Against-Humanity-Watchlist/index.html In addition to the Top Three Areas of Concern for 2010 -- Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) -- the country's below present a substantial risk for identity-based conflict on the scale of crimes against humanity in the coming year: zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4153/1/China-Respect-our-independence/index.html China told the West on Tuesday to respect its judicial independence after several countries, including the United States, condemned the sentencing of a leading dissident to 11 years in prison. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4148/1/China-shows-no-tolerance-for-dissidence/index.html China may have deservedly earned all the international accolades for its dazzling economic achievements, but two recent developments show its Communist regime is nowhere near winning similar praise for tolerating political dissidence or challenge to its authority in any form. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4143/1/China-targets-political-foes-after-dissident-trial-/index.html A senior Chinese police official has vowed "pre-emptive attacks" against threats to Communist Party control, in a speech published days after the nation's most prominent dissident was jailed for criticising the Party. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4142/1/Chinese-police-official-warns-of-threats-by-hostile-forces/index.html JUST DAYS after the jailing of top dissident Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s top police officers has promised “pre-emptive attacks” against threats to the Communist Party’s rule of the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4093/1/Beijing-responds-to-US-and-EU-Liu-Xiaobo-remains-in-jail/index.html The Chinese government rejects requests from United States and European Union for the release of the author of "Charter 08". Trial to begin next week, if convicted, the dissident risks 15 years in prison. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4079/1/US-takes-pragmatic-rights-approach-to-China-Russia/index.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday outlined a pragmatic stance toward human rights in China and Russia, countries she calls key to boosting the world economy and non-proliferation efforts. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4069/1/Chinese-rights-lawyers-say-theyre-persecuted-along-with-clients-/index.html One of the most hazardous jobs one can have in China is human rights lawyer. And it's getting worse, experts and the lawyers say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4067/1/Microblogs-Face-Uphill-Battle-With-Chinas-Censors/index.html Microblogging services are taking off in China, but regulation by an authoritarian government is challenging their growth. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4057/1/Chinese-migrants-flock-to-Australia-despite-rocky-ties/index.html China has for the first time surpassed New Zealand and Britain as Australia's biggest source of migrants as both countries try to ease diplomatic tensions over Chinese investment in Australia and separatist rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4050/1/Taiwans-pro-China-movement-suffers-blow/index.html Taiwan's drive to strengthen ties and speed up economic integration with mainland China is in danger of stalling after weekend elections showed the country's president was struggling to garner popular support for his policies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4049/1/China-activist-speaks-out-from-inside-black-jail/index.html A Chinese activist who has spoken out about the country's "black jails" said Saturday that he was being held against his will in one of the unofficial detention centers used to discourage people from complaining to the central government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4036/1/Coalition-urges-Prime-Minister-to-put-human-rights-on-his-agenda-in-China/index.html On the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first official visit to China, the Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China strongly urges him to publicly push for improvement in China's poor human rights record. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4034/1/China-police-chief-warns-of-unrest-Internet-testing-control/index.html China's top police officer has warned that the nation's security forces are struggling keep pace with an increasingly assertive society, and he demanded defter quelling of protests and stricter oversight of the Internet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4026/1/A-Rare-Chinese-Look-at-Secret-Detentions/index.html In a rare dose of candor that contradicts past official statements, a state-run magazine has published an article that details a secret network of detention centers used to prevent aggrieved citizens from lodging complaints against the Chinese government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4018/1/China-blogger-who-helped-quake-victims-jailed/index.html A Chinese blogger who helped victims of a devastating earthquake has been sentenced to three years in prison, his attorney said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4014/1/-When-A-Womans-Body-Becomes-the-Domain-of-the-State/index.html Most people have little knowledge of the details or scope of China’s one-child policy, which began with the “Population and Family Planning Policy” in 1978. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4011/1/Obamas-Beijing-balancing-act-points-to-the-new-challenge-for-the-west/index.html There needs to be a real conversation about competing values. But the firewalls mean it cannot properly begin zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4010/1/In-todays-space-race-watch-out-for-China/index.html When China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4009/1/Clash-of-faith/index.html IN CHINA, the knock on the door in the small hours of the morning followed by acquaintance with a police truncheon is not, unfortunately, a memory of an unlamented past. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4006/1/Chinese-Dialogue-on-Racism-Emerges-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama's first state visit to China comes as Chinese are, for the first time, engaging in unusual public dialogue about racism in a country where prejudice has long been seen as a foreign problem. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4005/1/Full-Video-and-Photos-The-Presidents-Town-Hall-in-Shanghai/index.html It was around midnight in Washington, D.C., and early afternoon in Shanghai when the President began an historic town hall in China.  Taking tough and straightforward questions from Chinese students, and solicted from across China via the internet, the President discussed everything from Taiwan to the role of women in society to open government.   zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4004/1/China-Focuses-on-Territorial-Issues-as-It-Equates-Tibet-to-US-Civil-War-South-/index.html The Chinese government had a special message for President Obama on Thursday: He is black, he admires Abraham Lincoln, so he, of all people, should sympathize with Beijing’s effort to prevent Tibet from seceding and sliding back into what it was before its liberation by Chinese troops: a feudalistic, slaveholding society headed by the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4003/1/70-percent-of-Americans-see-China-as-economic-threat-poll/index.html A clear majority of Americans see China as an economic threat, a poll showed Monday, as Barack Obama sought to bolster relations on his first trip to Beijing and Shanghai as president. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4002/1/In-China-Obama-presses-for-rights/index.html Meeting with a carefully screened group of students at the marquee event of his Asia trip, President Obama on Monday sought to advance what he called America's "core principles" during his first public appearance in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4001/1/Obama-backs-non-censorship-Beijing-apparently-does-not/index.html President Obama, taking questions Monday from government-selected students at a town hall-style meeting in Shanghai, called himself "a big supporter of non-censorship." But the Beijing government, apparently, is not, and most Chinese never got to hear or read what Obama said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4000/1/Obama-Has-Tough-Love-for-China/index.html President Obama’s remarks at a Shanghai town hall meeting Monday were unlikely to please either the power brokers in Beijing or the hawks on the home front. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3998/1/Chinese-censors-block-Obamas-call-to-free-the-Web/index.html President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3997/1/Chinese-Dialogue-on-Racism-Emerges-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama's first state visit to China comes as Chinese are, for the first time, engaging in unusual public dialogue about racism in a country where prejudice has long been seen as a foreign problem. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3990/1/China-uneasy-with-EU-condemnation-over-Uighur-executions/index.html The European Union condemned Thursday China's executions and expressed concern about the conditions in which they were tried. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3989/1/Obama-China-trip-human-rights-activists-face-detention-warnings/index.html As President Obama meets Chinese leaders and conducts youth forums, activists call on the US to take a tougher line with China on human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3988/1/Obama-China-trip-human-rights-activists-face-detention-warnings.html As President Obama meets Chinese leaders and conducts youth forums, activists call on the US to take a tougher line with China on human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3987/1/Obama-must-press-China-to-uphold-human-rights/index.html President Obama must use his first official visit to China to urge the authorities to reverse the sharp rise in human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3984/1/Ten-questions-for-Barack-Obama-to-put-to-Hu-Jintao/index.html Reporters Without Borders calls on US President Barack Obama to put 10 questions about freedom of expression to his counterpart, Hu Jintao, during his visit to China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3982/1/Tom-Lantos-Commission-on-Human-Rights-Hears-Testimony-on-Chinas-One-Child-Policy/index.html The House of Representatives, Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights,  held a hearing on China's One Child Policy on Tuesday, November 10, just days before President Obama's trips to Asia, including China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3980/1/Fighting-Editorial-Interference-in-China/index.html Magazine Staff Take Stand Against Editorial Interference in China zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3979/1/Activists-Urge-President-Obama-to-Question-Chinas-One-Child-Policy/index.html Human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers are urging President Obama to raise China's one-child policy during his coming visit to Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3972/1/Chinese-editor-quits-in-censorship-row/index.html LEADING Chinese editors say they remain optimistic about the development of the Chinese media, despite rising censorship triggering this week's implosion of China's most independent news publication, Caijing magazine. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3970/1/IN-CHINA-BATTLES-OVER-A-NEW-WALL-/index.html Twenty years after the toppling of the Berlin Wall, another "wall" is facing intense public scrutiny in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3968/1/USChina-Obama-Should-Raise-Human-Rights-in-China/index.html United States President Barack Obama should raise key human rights concerns publicly on his first official visit to China, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3967/1/Chinas-human-rights-defenders-pay-a-big-price/index.html FOUR years ago, a Hong Kong magazine displayed the photos of 14 Chinese human rights defenders on its cover. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3958/1/China-to-Tighten-Grip-on-Twitter-style-Sites/index.html A Chinese government watchdog plans to push Twitter-style Web sites to censor their content, the country's latest move to block Internet users from posting certain politically sensitive information online. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3957/1/Chinese-netizens-leap-Great-Firewall-of-China-to-mark-Berlin-Walls-20th/index.html Chinese netizens are marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a little anarchy of their own. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3951/1/United-States-Open-Letter-to-Barack-Obama/index.html On behalf of Amnesty International USA, I urge you to candidly address grave human rights concerns in the People’s Republic of China during your upcoming first official visit to China and press the President of China to make substantive improvements. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3943/1/China-police-chief-urges-harsher-Internet-controls/index.html China's police chief has called for a reinforced nationwide Internet security system, in the nation's latest effort to oversee the activities of the world's largest online population. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3937/1/Chinese-Leader-Urges-Australia-to-End-Mistrust/index.html One of China's most powerful politicians, Vice Premier Li Keqiang, has urged Australia to put aside differences with Beijing that have strained relations between the two Asia-Pacific trading partners. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3936/1/China-looks-to-export-censorship/index.html A few days before the start of this year's Melbourne International Film Festival its executive director received an "audacious" telephone call. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3920/1/Political-fictions/index.html Eric Abrahamsen reports from the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest publishing trade event, where China was this year’s guest of honour – and competing narratives of the nation were the order of the day. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3919/1/China-and-Australia-mend-ties/index.html China has sent a top-level official to Australia, in what is being seen as a move to end a period of sour relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3917/1/Chinese-vice-premier-visits-Australia/index.html Beijing is sending a top-level official to Australia this week for the first time since a series of rows sent relations plummeting between the Asian giant and one of its key suppliers of raw materials. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3913/1/Top-defector-to-Seoul-Call-China-to-account-for-its-alliance-with-North-Korea-/index.html Hwang Jang-Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean official ever to defect to the South, said China holds the key to the fate of ruling regime in Pyongyang. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3910/1/Democracy-Human-Rights-Refugees-Briefing-on-the-Release-of-the-2009-Annual-Report-on-International-Religious-Freedom-/index.html Briefing on the Release of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3906/1/Focus-on-Legal-Rights-Urged-/index.html China has a new means of taking aim at rights defenders, legal experts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3904/1/US-Religious-Freedom-Report-Hits-Speech-Curbs-/index.html The U.S. State Department's annual report on world-wide religious freedom, released Monday, was critical of what it says are international efforts to limit free speech in the name of combating defamation of religion. The Organization of the Islamic Conference, or OIC, has been pushing such anti-defamation measures in U.N. bodies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3899/1/Australia-Clear-Eyed-Not-Starry-Eyed-on-China/index.html Australia’s relationship with China is one of its most important and the two governments should work through any difficulties in a “calm and measured” way, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith said in a speech today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3892/1/Still-No-Internet-or-SMS-Allowed-in-Chinas-Muslim-Region/index.html Nearly four months after deadly ethnic riots in China's Muslim region led authorities to shut off the Internet there, local residents are still barred from sending text messages and getting online. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3890/1/Report-Says-China-Ready-for-Cyber-war-Espionage/index.html Looking to gain the upper hand in any future cyber conflicts, China is probably spying on U.S. companies and government, according to a report commissioned by a Congressional advisory panel monitoring the security implications of trade with China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3888/1/Scholar-proposes-quotone-China-two-constitutionsquot-formula/index.html A scholar on Friday proposed a "one China, two constitutions" formula for settling political disputes between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3887/1/China-using-elite-hacker-community-to-build-cyber-warfare-capability/index.html The Communist regime in China with the help of a elite hacker community is building its cyber warfare capabilities and appears to be using a long-term computer attack campaign to collect US intelligence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3884/1/Australias-Relations-With-China-Cool-Over-Espionage-Terrorism-Concerns-/index.html Business leaders are hopeful that Australia's fraught diplomatic ties with China, its second biggest trading partner, are stabilizing after months of trouble. Relations soured when Stern Hu, a senior Australian mining executive, was arrested by Chinese official in July. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3858/1/Subversive-Messages-Lead-to-Shut-Down-of-Chinese-Internet-Phone-Company-/index.html One of China’s largest internet phone service providers suspended its services and apparently shut its website down on Oct. 7, after being accused of harboring users who were spreading “Xinjiang independence” messages through its network. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3853/1/MAC-head-turns-on-China-over-tourism/index.html Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan accused a Taiwan Affairs Office official of having ‘little understanding’ of Taiwan’s democracy zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3844/1/Resource-hungry-China-heads-to-Afghanistan-/index.html Early on a recent morning we were driving to a shoot when an astonishing sight loomed up ahead of us. NBC News cameraman Steve O’Neill exclaimed, "It’s the Great Wall of China!" zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3838/1/China-Russia-agree-multi-billion-dollar-trade-deals/index.html Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing Tuesday, as the two countries agreed bilateral economic and trade deals worth $4 billion, Chinese state Media reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3837/1/Guinea-and-China-agree-big-deal/index.html Guinea's military rulers have agreed a huge mining and oil deal with China, officials have told the BBC, amid continuing criticism of the junta. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3811/1/Beijing-battles-online-disharmony/index.html China's emergence as a world superpower does little to help it on the World Wide Web zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3804/1/Artists-Express-60-Years-of-Chinese-Peoples-Suffering-/index.html In some ways, art can better express a people’s pain, suffering and aspirations than history books can. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3788/1/Protesters-want-human-rights-as-China-military-show-in-60th-anniversary/index.html China celebrated 60 years of communist rule with a military parade as around 200 protesters shoued for human rights in Hong Kong. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3786/1/US-Politicians-Coerced-to-Follow-Chinese-Red-Flag-Former-agent-exposes-Chinese-communist-regime/index.html Influencing politicians in the West is an important part of the Chinese regime’s overseas activities—the main purpose being that these politicians back Beijing's policies at critical times, said Li Fengzhi, a former intelligence officer of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Ministry of State Security. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3782/1/Chinas-Online-Censors-Work-Overtime/index.html To maintain "social stability" during the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic, China is working hard to limit access to the Internet . zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3778/1/China-takes-extreme-security-measures-for-parade/index.html Apartments on the route are evacuated, businesses are forced to close early and transit lines are suspended as China prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary. 'Are we having fun?' one critic asks. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3774/1/Censorship-and-attacks-on-journalists-in-run-up-to-1-October-anniversary/index.html “Government security paranoia in the run-up to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October has led to a reinforcement of online censorship and abusive behaviour towards foreign journalists,” Reporters Without Borders said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3763/1/60-years-on-China-faces-major-social-struggles/index.html China will tout the successes of 60 years of communist rule on Thursday, but the world's most populous nation faces an array of serious challenges as it seeks to sustain fast-paced economic growth. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3755/1/Chinas-fifth-generation/index.html There's an intriguing story in this month's edition of the staunchly anti-Communist, Hong Kong-based magazine Kaifang claiming that Xi Jinping has asked to resign his current position as heir apparent to the presidency and party leadership in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3754/1/China-Ex---Official-Urges-Party-to-Own-Up-to-Mistakes-/index.html The most senior Chinese official jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen protests called on the Communist Party to use next week's national day celebrations to own up to past mistakes and say how many people died due to its misrule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3741/1/Forum-Gathers-to-Remember-Six-Decades-of-Violence-/index.html On Sept. 16, two weeks prior to China’s National Day celebration, a group of prominent dissidents gathered to condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3736/1/China-Says-Australia-Relations-Not-Hurt-By-Arrest-of-Rios-Hu-/index.html Relations between Australia and China, the world’s biggest buyer of metals, haven’t been harmed by the detention of Stern Hu, a Rio Tinto Group employee and Australian citizen, China’s ambassador said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3732/1/China-extends-olive-branch-to-Taiwan-after-disputes/index.html China has said it wants to proceed with plans for closer economic cooperation with Taiwan, signalling it is willing to move past recent disputes with the island and resume a historic thaw in relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3731/1/US-criticizes-rights-abuses-in-Iran-Russia-China/index.html The United States has sharply criticized Iran for its crackdown on opposition groups while gently chiding Russia and China for failing to protect human rights activists and minorities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3730/1/China-Takes-Tough-Measures-to-Control-International-Image/index.html China is flexing its muscles internationally to control its image. From attempts to censor international cultural events to blocking the international movements of Chinese activists, the Beijing government is involving itself in matters beyond its borders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3712/1/China-clamps-down-ahead-of-National-Day/index.html Leaving nothing to chance, China is undertaking a massive security clampdown for a celebration next month to mark the founding of the Communist state. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3702/1/DPP-condemns-China-over-film-festival/index.html The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday condemned China for intervening in the selection of films at the upcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival and voiced its support for the screening of a documentary on prominent Uighur independence activist Rebiya Kadeer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3701/1/Chinese-authorities-assault-journalists-Japan-news-agency/index.html  Chinese authorities assaulted three journalists from a Japanese news agency in their Beijing hotel room, the agency said early Saturday, kicking them and destroying two computers. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3697/1/Hus-heir-apparent-/index.html CHINA'S ruling Communist Party opened a key annual meeting Tuesday at which President Hu Jintao's heir apparent was expected to move one step closer to assuming the leadership of the Asian giant. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3695/1/China-vows-crackdown/index.html CHINA'S ruling Communist Party on Friday pledged to crack down on 'ethnic separatists", state media reported, two months after deadly unrest rocked the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3691/1/Stabbings-in-Beijing-ahead-of-National-Day/index.html Two killed and 12 injured near Tiananmen Square, reports say, as security is tightened for 60th anniversary of Communist rule zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3683/1/China-anniversary-puts-security-jitters-on-show/index.html The Chinese government is flooding Beijing with armed police and up to one million security "volunteers" to head off any unrest over October's sensitive anniversary of 60 years of Communist Party rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3679/1/Pakistan-China-strategic-cooperation-rising-Zardari/index.html President Asif Ali Zardari has said that during the last one year Pakistan and China have identified more than 50 new initiatives for joint collaboration and signed more than three dozen MoUs. He said this during an interview with a Chinese newspaper held at the Presidency. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3678/1/China-Russia-tarred-with-US-intel-listing/index.html The United States fingered emerging superpower China and resurgent Russia as its main challengers on Tuesday in new intelligence guidelines that highlighted the rising scourge of cyber-war. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3664/1/Members-of-Congress-Ask-President-Hu-Jintao-to-Demonstrate-Rule-of-Law-in-China/index.html On Tuesday, September 8, 2009, eleven Members of the House of Representatives signed a Congressional letter to President Hu Jintao, expressing deep concern for the Chinese commitment to rule of law zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3661/1/Hong-Kong-Journalists-Protest-Beatings-in-Xinjiang-/index.html The beating of three Hong Kong journalists by riot police in China’s Xinjiang region has spurred outrage among media back in Hong Kong. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3659/1/Chinas-Communist-Party-Meets-to-Hone-Survival-Skills/index.html China's Communist Party elite gathers on Tuesday to explore ways to ensure its one-party rule survives the strains of rapid economic growth and an increasingly fluid and divided society. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3658/1/China-watched-for-leadership-sign/index.html China's Communist Party has opened a key annual meeting which might indicate leadership succession plans. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3653/1/Chinas-Anniversary-Web-Crackdown/index.html Internet cafes vow to 'self regulate' in advance of a politically sensitive anniversary. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3643/1/US-China-extend-dialogue-to-cover-counterterrorism/index.html The United States and China are to expand their dialogue to cover counterterrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced but Beijing cautioned against any interference in internal affairs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3631/1/Democrats-call-on-China-to-probe-journalist-beatings---Summary/index.html Hong Kong's Democratic Party Wednesday demanded that Beijing investigate the detention and beating of Hong Kong journalists covering riots in the western Chinese city of Urumqi. They also called on Hong Kong's Beijing-appointed Chief Executive Donald Tsang to communicate the anger of the city's people over the incident. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3617/1/China-waging-offensive-against-human-rights-lawyers-/index.html China is waging an "unprecedented offensive" against human right lawyers who seek justice for anyone opposing the power of the ruling Communist Party, legal experts and civil rights groups have warned. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3594/1/Envoys-Challenges-in-China-/index.html Relations between China and the U.S. are at a critical phase, with the next few months likely to test whether the two sides really have built strong and lasting ties, said the new U.S. ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman Jr. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3593/1/New-US-Ambassador-to-China-Predicts-Broad-Engagement/index.html The new United States ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., laid out a vision of close engagement with China on a broad range of issues on Wednesday, including regional stability and the environment, and said that human rights must continue to be a major part of bilateral talks. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3581/1/Howards-report-card-on-Rudd/index.html THE former prime minister John Howard has described the Chinese Government as 'clumsy' diplomats and given his successor, Kevin Rudd, an unexpected endorsement for his handling of the recent visa controversy over the Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3580/1/Military-chiefs-woo-China/index.html THE US and Australia will invite China to join unprecedented three-nation military exercises to try to allay concerns about Beijing's military ambitions and pave the way to strengthen diplomatic ties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3579/1/-13-Million-Abortions-in-China-Most-Are-Forced-Says-Expert-/index.html Forced abortions in China are not a thing of the past. Under the one child policy, many women in late term pregnancy are still forced to abort their children. Chinese provincial authorities are responsible for mass forced sterilizations, and abortions are often performed by people with inadequate training in unsterile conditions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3578/1/Taiwan-asked-by-China-to-cancel-Dalai-Lama-events-MP-/index.html Taiwan officials have asked the Dalai Lama to cancel public speeches and media events on the island under pressure from an angry China, which fears he will talk politics, a Tibetan legislator said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3577/1/China-to-tighten-security-ahead-of-anniversary/index.html Tens of thousands of armed police will guard major sites and streets in the Chinese capital and other sensitive regions as part of intensified security for next month's 60th anniversary of Communist Party rule, the government said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3573/1/Beijing-optimistic-DPJ-will-resolve-Yasukuni-problem/index.html Beijing believes the Democratic Party of Japan's election triumph will advance bilateral political relations because the DPJ leader has pledged not to visit Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese affairs experts in China said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3570/1/Maori-TV-to-show-Chinese-Govt-video---after-Kadeer-documentary-/index.html The maker of a documentary showing tonight on Maori Television says it is galling that another programme he describes as Chinese "state propaganda" will be shown straight after his finishes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3569/1/BROADCAST-OF-CHINESE-PROGRAM-BY-MAORI-TELEVISION/index.html We are deeply disappointed that Maori Television will screen a program of shameless Chinese state propaganda immediately following the broadcast of  ‘The 10 Conditions of Love’ tonight (September 1) zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3566/1/Ca287layan-Turkey-China-should-focus-on-improving-trade-/index.html Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan said on Saturday that despite recent political tension, Turkey and China should focus on improving trade relations zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3563/1/The-China-gulf-/index.html AUSTRALIA has enjoyed a mutually satisfying trade relationship with the People's Republic of China since the early 1970s. However, recent events have introduced a sour note. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3559/1/Communist-Party-Anniversary-Nothing-to-Celebrate-/index.html Planned celebrations in Australia for the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are raising the ire of human rights activists and members of the Chinese community, but a former Chinese diplomat says it will not stop the Chinese regime from its propaganda campaign. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3557/1/UN-Expert-Body-Calls-for-Greater-Protections-for-Ethnic-Groups-Rural-Inhabitants-and-Rights-Defenders-in-China/index.html A United Nations expert body said today that China must“carefully consider the root causes” of inter-ethnic tensions within its borders, particularly in rural ethnic regions such as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3541/1/China-still-interested-in-Rudd-Asia-Pacific-plan/index.html Australia's battered relationship with China has not diminished Beijing's support for Kevin Rudd's vision for an Asia Pacific community by 2020, the Prime Minister's special envoy said yesterday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3526/1/If-crossing-the-dragons-path-tread-warily/index.html Stand up to China, but pick the issues carefully and avoid fanning flames. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3516/1/Coalition-playing-politics-over-Kadeer-visa/index.html The Federal Opposition is under pressure to say clearly whether it supports the Government's decision to grant a visa to exiled Rebiya Kadeer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3514/1/Rudd-defends-granting-of-visa-to-Uighur-activist-Rebiya-Kadeer/index.html KEVIN Rudd today strongly asserted Australia's right to determine who enters the country amid the fallout over the visit by a woman China regards as a terrorist. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3513/1/Antipodean-lessons/index.html Are Beijing and Canberra having a brief lovers’ tiff or has their marriage of convenience hit the rocks? Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claimed the former on Thursday, describing tension with China as “bumps in the road”. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3511/1/Australias-PM-hits-back-at-criticism-over-Kadeer-visa/index.html Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has hit back at criticism of the recent visit to Australia of exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3507/1/PM-signals-bumpy-road-ahead-in-ties-with-China/index.html FOREIGN Minister Stephen Smith has declared Australia will defend freedom of speech even if it gets us into diplomatic hot water with Beijing - as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd conceded the relationship with China was 'full of challenges'. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3506/1/Smith-returns-fire-as-testy-Beijing-tones-down-attack/index.html THE Federal Government is pushing back against hostility from China, with the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, lecturing Beijing about freedom of speech. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3504/1/Nation-cant-afford-too-much-bull-in-the-China-shop/index.html MAINTAINING good relations with China is one of Australia's greatest foreign policy challenges. Its increasing economic muscle has emboldened China, which has become increasingly assertive, particularly towards smaller nations that have most to lose by offending Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3502/1/Stand-up-to-Chinas-bullying-ways---Brown/index.html THE Federal Government needs to stand up to China which is run by "a mob of bullies", Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3500/1/Beijing-lashes-Australia-on-trade/index.html AUSTRALIA'S ambassador to Beijing rushed back to Canberra yesterday for meetings about reviving the China relationship, as the glow of Australia's biggest trade deal vanished in China as quickly as it came. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3498/1/Beijing-envoy-back-home-for-urgent-talks/index.html KEVIN Rudd has called Australia's ambassador to China, Geoff Raby, back to Canberra for an emergency summit as Sino-Australian relations continued to deteriorate, with the country's state-run English-language newspaper accusing Canberra of being the "champion of an anti-China chorus" and siding with terrorists. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3496/1/China-ambassador-not-rushed-back-Smith/index.html Australia prefers to look at the big picture when it comes to its relationship with China, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says, while denying Australia's ambassador to Beijing was rushed back to Canberra to attend crisis meetings. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3493/1/PMs-stand-on-Beijing-pleases-Obama/index.html THE Rudd government may be in bad odour in Beijing, but its steady management of the quite serious crisis in Canberra-Beijing relations has won discreet but high praise from the Obama administration in Washington. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3485/1/China-angry-at-Australia-tour/index.html It has emerged that China cancelled a ministerial visit to Australia in protest against a recent visit from the Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3484/1/China-cancels-Aussie-visit-as-relations-sour/index.html China has cancelled a high-level diplomatic visit to Australia as relations sour over Beijing's arrest of an Australian mining executive and Canberra's granting of a visa to an exiled Uighur leader. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3474/1/Maori-Television-Declines-Chinese-Embassy-Request/index.html Maori Television will not be deterred from screening the Uyghur documentary The 10 Conditions of Love despite requests from the Chinese Embassy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3462/1/Australia-tells-China-to-rein-in-diplomats/index.html Australia told China to rein-in its diplomats on Tuesday, after Beijing's Canberra embassy tried to block a speech by an exiled Uighur leader, adding to strained relations over China's spy allegations against Rio Tinto. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3461/1/Kadeer-says-Australia-shouldnt-take-orders-from-China/index.html Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer urged Australia Tuesday not to "take orders" from Asian giant China but warned a detained mining executive could be facing a show trial and lengthy jail term. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3438/1/Dalai-Lama-Chinas-Policy-on-Ethnic-Minorities-has-Failed/index.html Tibet's Spiritual Leader, the Dalai Lama, says that recent unrest in China's Xinjiang province shows the country's policies toward ethnic minorities have failed and he reaffirmed his position to seek autonomy for Tibet within the Peoples' Republic Of China and not to press for separation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3432/1/Three-Sentenced-to-Federal-Prison-for-Illegally-Exporting-Highly-Sensitive-US-Technology-to-China/index.html In two separate cases, three men have been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to transport sensitive and advanced U.S. technology to the People's Republic of China (PRC). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3417/1/Man-Assaulted-in-America-Fears-Chinese-Communist-Party-/index.html In the Rayburn Building U.S. House of Representatives at a press conference on July 30, representatives of several China pro-democracy and freedom non-governmental organizations condemned the violent attack on Baiqiao Tang, a China pro-democracy activist. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3414/1/Chinese-hackers-circulate-email-on-how-to-hack-film-website/index.html Instructions educating Chinese citizens on how to sabotage the Melbourne International Film Festival are being circulated around the world, organisers say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3398/1/Chinese-Leader-Cites-Need-for-Industrial-Restructuring-/index.html The global financial crisis has been a wake-up call for southern China, adding urgency to official efforts to move beyond the region's traditional reliance on low-end manufacturing, a top Chinese leader said in a rare meeting with members of the foreign media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3397/1/Huntsman-not-shy-on-human-rights-talk/index.html Among the dozens of written questions members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. was whether he'd continue the support he'd shown as governor for human rights in China as ambassador to that country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3396/1/China-cracks-down-on-rights-lawyers-/index.html The authorities in China appear to have mounted a sweeping crackdown on human rights lawyers, revoking the licences of more than 50 lawyers in the past week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3383/1/Festivals-overtones-are-cited-as-films-withdrawn/index.html THE loss of five films from the Chinese world - including one made in Taiwan - from the Melbourne International Film Festival provides a graphic demonstration of the surge in Han Chinese nationalism, even among free-thinking filmmakers, and in the deployment of soft power from Beijing, now encompassing Hong Kong and to an extent Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3391/1/Beijing-breathes-easier/index.html An Olympic legacy and fiscal ills combine to give Beijing, China, the best air in nine years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3376/1/Chinas-Takeaway-From-Talks-in-DC-An-Obama-Signed-Basketball/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today wrapped up two days of senior dialogue with Chinese officials – the broadest such discussions in the history of Sino-American relations – by praising the progress they had made on matters as broad as security, economics, energy, and climate change. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3369/1/Chinese-leader-stresses-ethnic-unity-to-minorities/index.html China's president called Tuesday for the strengthening of ethnic unity in the country — his first public comments on the issue more than three weeks after deadly riots in the far west killed nearly 200 people. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3364/1/A-first/index.html CHINA: For the first time, President Obama calls for universal freedoms in China, but adds that the United States will not “impose" zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3361/1/Australia-slips-as-Chinese-see-red/index.html AUSTRALIA is famously one of the few significant Western nations that has never officially ‘‘hurt the feelings of the Chinese people’’. Nonetheless, Australia has now taken its place in the regular rotation of Western countries on China’s official and public dartboard. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3358/1/Rally-around-flag-China-tells-diaspora/index.html BEIJING has called on the Chinese diaspora to unite around the Communist Party on the basis of "blood lineage" and to spread the "truth" about separatism in Xinjiang. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3316/1/China-Defends-Policies-on-Ethnic-Minorities/index.html Chinese leaders Tuesday stoutly defended their policies on minorities in the wake of ethnic violence in its western Xinjiang region, even as new figures showed rising economic inequality. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3315/1/Chinese-filmmakers-pull-out-of-Australian-festival/index.html China will be noted for its absence at Australia's Melbourne International Film Festival. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3314/1/Chinese-entries-boycott-film-festival/index.html The organisers of the Melbourne International Film Festival say the withdrawal of all entries from China is regrettable. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3312/1/Chinas-Great-Firewall-will-block-progress/index.html I'VE been suffering from terrible withdrawal symptoms lately. I had just arrived home, turned on my computer, typed an "F" in my address bar and waited in anticipation ready to tell all my friends what was on my mind. But it was taking longer than usual and as I waited the "Great Firewall" spoke to me: "The server is not responding." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3272/1/Anniversary-Highlights-Rise-in-Religious-Persecution-in-China-/index.html A decade after China banned the Falun Gong, the Chinese government shows no inclination to reverse its abusive policies toward religious minorities. Freedom House calls upon the Obama Administration to elevate the priority of this critical issue in its ongoing engagement with the Chinese regime. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3253/1/Chinese-born-engineer-guilty-of-economic-espionage/index.html A Chinese-born engineer was convicted Thursday of stealing trade secrets critical to the U.S. space program in the nation's first economic espionage trial. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3096/1/Tight-security-ahead-of-Chinas-60th-anniversary/index.html Three months before the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China, tensions are simmering, as Beijing has mobilised its huge security and propaganda apparatus to nip trouble in the bud. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3073/1/Victims-of-Communism-On-Line-Museum-Dedicated/index.html Delegations from dozens of foreign embassies and ethnic organizations gathered at the Victims of Communism Memorial on Massachusetts Avenue to participate in the ceremonies marking the launch of  the new online museum dedicated to documenting  the tragic human toll of  communist political systems. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3058/1/Gloss-cannot-hide-rot-in-Chinas-growth-story-/index.html WHEN the Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow was asked recently which countries had the best-managed economy recently, he nominated China, Taiwan and South Korea. This viewpoint is consistent with the widely shared belief that China is the latest successful instalment of the "East Asian model" of authoritarian development. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3023/1/DELAHUNT-HEARING-ON-CHINESE-CLAIMS-THAT-UIGHUR-DETAINEES-ARE-TERRORISTS/index.html Tuesday’s Hearing Will Investigate Chinese, Communist Influence on American Intelligence zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3005/1/China-Government-Rebuffs-UN-Human-Rights-Council/index.html China has made a mockery of its commitment to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review process, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2991/1/India-to-increase-troops-along-China-border/index.html India will deploy thousands of additional troops and build airstrips along its remote northeastern border with China, in a sign of persisting wariness between the two countries despite growing business ties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2990/1/China-is-now-world-No-2-arms-spender-report-says/index.html China has become the world's second biggest military spender behind the United States, a Swedish peace research group said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2987/1/CHINA-Study-slams-China-on-democracy/index.html Among the key findings, Freedom House study says China stops online political discourse and plans on investing billions of dollars in overseas news operations to improve its image zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2984/1/China-Renewed-calls-for-release-of-prisoners-of-conscience/index.html Twenty years on from the Tiananmen Square massacre, human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) remains deeply concerned about the state of human rights in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2968/1/Wei-Jingsheng-Foundations-video-documentary-of-the-history-of-the-1989-Democracy-Movement-in-China--65297653056530465305-/index.html On June 3, 2009, in the US Capitol, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation will has its initial release of the materials related to its 50 minutes long video record of the 1989 Democracy Movement in China, and the June 4 Beijing Massacre. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2965/1/Twentieth-Anniversary-of-Tiananmen-Square/index.html On June 2nd, the House passed H. Res. 489, Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the brutal suppression of protesters and citizens in and around Tiananmen Square. Speaker Pelosi spoke on the House floor in support of the resolution zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2955/1/Chinas-leaders-and-protest-movement-in-1989/index.html China's 1989 pro-democracy movement split the Communist Party leadership and triggered a power struggle that ended in a bloody crackdown on student protesters in the pre-dawn hours of June 4 that year. Skip related content zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2954/1/Ominous-echoes-of-Tiananmen/index.html AC Grayling: There is a reason for hammering on about China's human rights record – it's one of the world's worst, on a horrific scale zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2956/1/Failed-Government-Policies-Sparked-Tibet-Riots/index.html A new report from a group of Chinese scholars has for the first time challenged China's official explanation that the deadly riots that broke out across Tibet in March, 2008, were inspired by "overseas forces" — namely the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2939/1/Amnesty-Says-Repression-Economic-Woes-A-Potent-Mix-/index.html Amnesty International's new report on the global state of human rights says the economic crisis has also hit hard at human rights, by subjecting more people to insecurity, injustice, and indignity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2931/1/The-CCP-continues-to-see-ghosts/index.html With the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan rebellion of 1959 still fresh in the memory, Beijing now has to confront the 20th anniversary of the student-led democracy movement that was crushed in Tiananmen Square. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2919/1/EU-China-Summit-Needs-Rights-Focus/index.html As the European Union (EU) and China prepare for their semi-annual summit in Prague on May 20, Human Rights Watch called on European leaders to press China to respect its international human rights obligations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2909/1/Two-Decades-on-Continuing-Censorship-and-Persecution-of-Survivors-and-Critics/index.html Twenty years after the Chinese army killed untold numbers of unarmed civilians in Beijing and other cities on and around June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese government continues to victimize survivors, victims’ families, and others who challenge the official version of events, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2900/1/China-Cited-for-Religious-Rights-Abuses---/index.html A U.S. government body cited increased harassment, imprisonment and torture of members of unregistered religious groups in China last year, which a Chinese official roundly denied. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2886/1/Agencies-attempting-to-block-activists-dissident/index.html ORDER 'FROM ABOVE' : Ji Xiaofeng said the government is making a blacklist so that it can reject activists' visa applications ahead of the World Games and Deaflympics zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2883/1/China-reject-latest-US-report-on-religious-freedom/index.html Beijing on Tuesday said a U.S. report criticizing the state of China's religious freedom was biased and groundless. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2882/1/China-rejects-US-criticism-over-military-strength/index.html China blamed the United States on Wednesday for the latest naval confrontation between the countries, after rejecting criticism by Washington that Beijing's rising military strength is focused on countering U.S power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2881/1/China-to-stage-50000-troop-military-drill-report/index.html China's People's Liberation Army will hold a big training drill later this year to hone the modernizing force's skills in complex, high-tech warfare, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2873/1/Misrepresenting-Minorities-in-Shanghais-World-Expo-Publicity-Push/index.html On April 28th, the New York Times released a poll showing a marked shift in perceptions of race relations in the United States. Of those polled, nearly 2/3 felt that race relations were on the right track, a dramatic improvement from before and a possible product of the thus far successful Obama presidency. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2869/1/China-wants-closer-US-relation-but-not-G2-official/index.html China has gotten off to a good start with the Obama administration and wants deeper bilateral cooperation, but is not interested in a "G2" arrangement by which Beijing and Washington shape the global economy, a senior Chinese spokesman said on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2868/1/Australian-opposition-wants-China-deal-blocked/index.html Australia should veto China's planned $19.5 billion investment in miner Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO.AX) (RIO.L), Australia's main opposition Liberal Party said on Friday as political opposition to the deal continued to grow. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2864/1/Non-Chinese-not-allowed-inside-Chinas-new-spy-museum/index.html A new Chinese spy museum exhibits guns disguised as lipstick, hollowed-out coins used to conceal documents and maps hidden as a deck of cards. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2862/1/Media-barred-from-citing-unofficial-sources-on-prisoners-situation-editor-forced-to-resign/index.html The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns instructions to media issued by China's Prison Bureau and Central Propaganda Department that they must only report information distributed through official channels. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2857/1/China-to-begin-security-crackdown/index.html China will begin a five-month security crackdown later this week in preparation for the nation's 60th anniversary celebration on Oct.1. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2856/1/China-cracks-down-for-partys-party/index.html BEIJING appears to be reintroducing the tight visa controls and security measures that drastically reduced the capital's population during last year's Olympic Games, this time in anticipation of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2853/1/Leading-Chinese-dissident-claims-freedom-of-speech-worse-than-before-Olympics-/index.html The Chinese government is allowing its people less freedom of speech than two years ago, dashing hopes that last year's Olympic Games would lead to greater liberalisation, a leading Chinese dissident has claimed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2850/1/Chinese-public-gets-peek-at-Sixth-Generation-leaders-/index.html It may still be early days, but China caught a glimpse this month of the young Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders slated to take over the reins of the country in 2022. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2848/1/China-Cant-Have-It-Both-Ways-/index.html In one, China denounced Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso for making an offering to the Yasukuni shrine. This is the shrine that honors 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including 14 top war criminals from World War II, when Japan committed terrible atrocities in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2847/1/Chinas-black-jails-uncovered-/index.html Local officials in China are using secret "black jails" to imprison citizens who threaten to report corruption to central authorities, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2846/1/Chinas-black-jails-uncovered-.html Local officials in China are using secret "black jails" to imprison citizens who threaten to report corruption to central authorities, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2842/1/Chinese-police-training-manual-offers-tips-on-the-best-way-to-beat-up-offenders-/index.html A Chinese law enforcement agency has been using a training manual which advises officers on how to use violence without leaving incriminating evidence behind. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2838/1/China-Uses-Global-Crisis-to-Assert-Its-Influence/index.html Along With Aid to Other Nations, Beijing Offers Up Criticism of the West zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2837/1/A-Persecution-Made-in-China/index.html The decision was quick. It was made the same day. Jin Zhenyu would face the appeals office of the Communist Party—an apparatus that put fear into Chinese people across the land. Her little yellow book, Zhuan Falun, was her only companion. It was Sunday morning. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2836/1/China-sees-EU-as-mere-pawn-in-global-game/index.html Viewed from Brussels, China's importance to the world's international security and economic systems has never been greater. Viewed from Beijing, the European Union's importance has rarely been smaller. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2833/1/US-Education-Secretary-Signs-Partnership-with-Chinese-Communists-Who-Put-Dissidents-in-Re-Education-Camps/index.html U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has signed a formal educational partnership agrement with the Peoples Republic of China, a Communist regime that, according to the U.S. State Department, subjects political dissidents to re-education through labor. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2831/1/China-faces-stability-threat-from-aging-report/index.html China faces a threat to its social stability and economic growth from a population which is aging before the country becomes wealthy and must tackle the problem properly, a report released on Wednesday said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2830/1/China-shows-naval-power-at-parade--/index.html China is putting some of its most advanced warships on show at this week's military parade off the coast of Qingdao. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2829/1/China-acting-like-a-child-on-rights-Dalai-Lama/index.html The Dalai Lama accused China of "acting like a child" in cracking down on Tibetans and other minorities, saying it lacked the moral authority of a genuine superpower. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2828/1/The-Chinese-governments-smart-media-move-/index.html I've written before about how China sees the financial crisis not only as a threat, but also as an opportunity to boost its global power and influence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2827/1/China-defies-media-cuts-and-closures-with-new-newspaper-launch/index.html English-language version of nationalist state tabloid part of Beijing's drive to promote views globally and rebuild reputation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2826/1/Hackers-stole-data-on-Pentagons-newest-fighter-jet/index.html Thousands of confidential files on the U.S. military's most technologically advanced fighter aircraft have been compromised by unknown computer hackers over the past two years, according to senior defense officials. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2823/1/China-to-Unveil-Nuclear-Submarines-/index.html A senior Chinese naval officer said that China would unveil its nuclear submarines to the public on Thursday as part of an international review of the country’s naval fleet “aimed at promoting understanding about China’s military development,” according to a report by Xinhua, the state news agency. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2822/1/US-Seeks-to-Improve-Links-with-China-Navy-/index.html The U.S. wants more discussions on naval safety and communications with China, following a recent confrontation between an American surveillance ship and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, a senior U.S. navy officer said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2806/1/Democracy-slaughtered-in-Tiananmen-Square/index.html I WITNESSED the sickening reality of murderous repression last Friday morning and checked my watch. It was 11.42am, five days after the People’s Liberation Army launched its devastating assault on Tiananmen Square. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2805/1/Beijing-Talks-The-Talk/index.html Communist Party rachets up human rights rhetoric in the run-up to the Tiananmen anniversary. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2804/1/China-braces-for-Tiananmen-Square-massacre-anniversary/index.html The 20th anniversary this week of reformist leader Hu Yaobang's death will kick off an ultra-sensitive period for China's communist rulers as they are forced to revisit the deadly Tiananmen crackdown. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2803/1/Chinese-workers-protest-again-over-unpaid-wages/index.html Hundreds of workers at a textile factory in southern China blocked roads Tuesday, in a second day of protests over unpaid wages, an employee said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2802/1/China-orders-local-govts-to-listen-to-petitioners/index.html China's leadership ordered local officials Tuesday to step up efforts to address public grievances in their areas amid a surge in complaints that have been brought to the central government in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2800/1/Chinese-plan-for-human-rights/index.html CHINA has issued its first blueprint for human rights, which promises to address longstanding problems in the country's legal system but makes no mention of the oppression of minorities in regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2798/1/China-Releases-Human-Rights-Plan/index.html China’s cabinet released on Monday what it called the country’s first national human rights action plan, a lengthy document promising a wide range of civil liberties that are often neglected and sometimes systematically violated in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2795/1/China-Blocks-UN-Censure-for-North-Korean-Missile-Test-/index.html The U.S. and Japan failed to reach an agreement with China on a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's missile test. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2793/1/Spies-infiltrate-US-power-grid/index.html The US government has admitted the nation's power grid is vulnerable to cyber attack, following reports it has been infiltrated by foreign spies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2792/1/-China-Human-Rights-Forum-Held-at-the-UN/INDEX.html On March 11, 2009, the Conscience Foundation (www.consciencefoundation.org) held a forum at the United Nations in Geneva to convene the groups that are victim to the Chinese Communist Party¡¯s (CCP) persecution. Over 100 delegates and NGO representatives attended. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2790/1/China-Leans-on-Pakistan-to-Deal-With-Militants/index.html Washington is not the only ally calling on Islamabad to take action against militants based in its tribal areas along the Afghan border. Now, according to a prominent Pakistani politician, Beijing is calling on the Pakistani government to deal with militants based there and allegedly plotting attacks in China later this year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2787/1/What-if-Russia-or-China-Cut-Off-Your-Electricity/index.html Cybersleuths Reportedly Have Gotten onto U.S. Electric Grid; What Would Your Day Be Like? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2783/1/Pentagon-spends-100-million-to-fix-cyber-attacks/index.html The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems, military leaders said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2781/1/China-Rights-Activist-Beaten-at-Cemetery/index.html Last Saturday was tomb-sweeping day, when the Chinese traditionally honor the dead. Sun Wenguang, a 75-year-old retired university professor, was one of many to visit the cemetery. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2780/1/US-China-Relations-Get-Trickier-/index.html It's pretty obvious that North Korea's firing of a long-range missile will test President Barack Obama's ability to strong-arm the regime of Kim Jong Il, who has elevated erratic behavior to an art form. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2779/1/Contemporary-China-and-Pacific-Combat-Topics-of-Lectures/index.html Gerry Jones, a Marine veteran of World War II and businessman and contemporary observer possessing five decades of experience with China, will present two lectures at Virginia military Institute on Monday, April 13. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2778/1/Va-scientist-in-China-rocket-deal-to-be-sentenced/index.html A Virginia scientist who pleaded guilty to selling U.S. rocket technology to China and bribing Chinese officials to get a lucrative contract for his company is set to learn his fate. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2777/1/Chinese-company-exec-indicted-in-Iran-missile-case/index.html The U.S. government on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a Chinese metals company and six Iranian companies suspected of collaborating on a scheme to transfer missile and nuclear technology from China to Iran. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2773/1/-China-gets-assertive-as-US-ties-grow/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama met last Wednesday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 financial summit in London. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2772/1/Australian-poll-points-to-concerns-on-China-deals/index.html Australians are wary about Chinese investment in local mining companies, a poll said on Monday, as Australia considers a $19.5 billion tie-up between China's Chinalco and miner Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO.AX) (RIO.L). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2771/1/China-refuses-to-condemn-Pyongyang/index.html CHINA will take a "very mild" line on North Korea's provocative rocket launch in an effort to preserve its diplomatic capital, Chinese analysts said, scuttling hopes of a tough United Nations Security Council resolution. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2766/1/Freedom-on-the-Net-A-Global-Assessment-of-Internet-and-Digital-Media-/index.html As internet and mobile phone use explodes worldwide, governments are adopting new and multiple means for controlling these technologies that go far beyond technical filtering. Freedom on the Net provides a comprehensive look at these emerging tactics, zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2765/1/Chinas-Dollar-Trap/index.html Back in the early stages of the financial crisis, wags joked that our trade with China had turned out to be fair and balanced after all: They sold us poison toys and tainted seafood; we sold them fraudulent securities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2760/1/Rudd-Unaware-Chinese-Spies-May-Have-Tried-to-Hack-His-Computer/index.html Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was unaware Chinese security agents may have tried to infiltrate his communications systems during a visit to Beijing, as his government comes under fire over its ties with China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2759/1/China-positioning-its-currency-for-a-run-at-world-supremacy/index.html The yuan is gaining global influence, but experts say it would be years before it could supplant the U.S. dollar. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2757/1/8-Human-Rights-Groups-in-China-Issue-Unprecedented-Open-Statement-to-Government/index.html Eight human rights groups in China just released a joint statement to the Chinese government calling the government into account for “illegal exercise of police power and a rude violation of Chinese citizens’ personal freedom, right to properties, freedom of thought and basic human rights.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2754/1/Chinese-official-calls-for-heightened-security/index.html China's Communist Party head of public order has demanded beefed up security amid spreading economic woes and upcoming sensitive political anniversaries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2752/1/Strong-On-The-Outside-Rotten-On-The-Inside/index.html Police corruption is a major source of public anger in China. In the last few years, people have increasingly held mass (thousands, to over 10,000 people) demonstrations, some of which have turned violent, against police misconduct (corruption, torture and murder of suspects and general mistreatment of prisoners.) zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2751/1/China-to-investigate-prison-abuse/index.html  China has launched a three-month campaign to "eliminate unnatural deaths" of prison inmates. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2749/1/Bomb-hits-Chinas-Xinjiang-region/index.html A man has died after detonating a bomb in an office building in the capital of China's restive Xinjiang region, according to state media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2748/1/Chinese-Worker-Demanding-Wages-Blows-Himself-Up-Kills-Two-Others/index.html A man demanding about $700 in unpaid wages detonated a bomb in an office building in far west China on Thursday, killing himself and injuring two others, state media reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2747/1/Chinese-Muslims-block-traffic-in-protest-Report-/index.html Members of China's Hui Muslim minority blocked traffic in a central city on Thursday to protest a recent road accident and claims of religious discrimination, reports said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2737/1/US-Russia-announce-nuke-talks-Obama-plans-to-visit-China/index.html U.S. President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Wednesday that their countries will soon begin negotiations on reducing their nuclear arsenals, according to a joint statement from the two leaders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2735/1/Overseas-viewCultural-amnesia-for-Koreans-in-China/index.html Like other minorities in China, Koreans in Yanbian are slowly adopting the ways of the Han Chinese - and forgetting their homeland. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2730/1/Anti-China-tensions-on-the-rise-in-Australia/index.html Australia's Sinophile Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is fighting perceptions he has become a "running dog" for Beijing as anti-China sentiment mounts at home, threatening billions of dollars worth of Chinese investment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2729/1/Australia-says-opposition-fanning-anti-China-mood/index.html Australia's centre-left government accused the opposition of pandering to anti-China sentiment Sunday and dismissed concerns about Beijing's influence over senior ministers as "absurd". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2728/1/Book-Stokes-Nationalism-in-China-/index.html A hot-selling new book that excoriates the U.S. and calls for China to be more assertive is fueling debate among Chinese about nationalism and their country's role in the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2726/1/Vast-Spy-System-Loots-Computers-in-103-Countries/index.html A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2725/1/China-accused-over-global-computer-spy-ring/index.html An enormous electronic espionage programme run from servers in China has been used to spy on computers in more than 100 countries, according to two reports published at the weekend. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2721/1/US-Sees-Chinese-Military-Rise-/index.html China is seeking technology and weapons to disrupt the traditional advantages of American forces, and secrecy surrounding its military creates the potential for miscalculation on both sides, according to a Pentagon study released Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2720/1/US-concerned-over-assertive-China-/index.html The United States' defence department says China is developing "disruptive" technologies for nuclear, space and cyber warfare. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2719/1/Chinas-military-capacity-aims-to-confront-the-US-in-Asia-/index.html An Australian analysis of China's latest defence white paper says China believes it should have the military capability to confront the United States in the Asian region if necessary. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2718/1/Rising-tensions-with-China-/index.html Relations between the United States and China have grown testy after China reacted to an U.S. military report questioned the intent of China's growing military power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2717/1/Pentagon-warns-on-conceding-to-China-/index.html A Pentagon report says that while Beijing speaks of peaceful unification, its continuous military upgrade shows that it is not willing to renounce the use of force. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2713/1/China-fury-at-US-military-report-/index.html Beijing has reacted angrily to a Pentagon report on China's military power, which claimed it was altering the military balance in Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2711/1/A-battle-rages-for-control-of-the-internet-in-China-/index.html In China, reports about a strange animal, said to live in the Gobi Desert, are sweeping the internet and causing red faces in high places. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2709/1/Chinas-grand-bargain-/index.html AS THE G20 group of nations prepares to meet next week to discuss the world economy, a grand bargain with geostrategic significance is implicitly being crafted between Washington and Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2702/1/Chinas-iron-fisted-PR/index.html KEVIN Rudd's semi-secret meeting on Saturday with Li Changchun, the Chinese politburo member in charge of propaganda, media and ideology, is one of the most bizarre episodes of his prime ministership. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2700/1/Chinas-detention-system-under-mounting-pressure-to-reform/index.html The judicial authorities at the recent meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, which concluded on 13 March, pledged more frequent inspections of detention facilities to prevent inmates from being tortured by police officers or bullied by fellow inmates. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2699/1/China-criticised-over-YouTube/index.html  China's move to block YouTube has been criticised by a leading advocacy group that promotes constitutional liberties in the digital age. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2696/1/China-Developing-Disruptive-Military-Technologies/index.html The Chinese military is continuing to develop “disruptive” capabilities, including cyber and space warfare technologies, that are changing military balances in Asia, the Pentagon reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2693/1/China-blocks-YouTube-video-site/index.html China is reported to have blocked the YouTube video-sharing website because it has been carrying video of soldiers beating monks and other Tibetans. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2692/1/Drama-on-Chinas-high-seas-casts-US-as-adversary/index.html China's flash of maritime muscle against a U.S. Navy ship this month has put its neighbors and America on watch against a bolder push to exert sovereignty in regional waters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2690/1/Peace-Conference-Canceled-After-South-Africa-Bars-Dalai-Lama/index.html  Organizers of a peace conference that was to have been attended by five Nobel laureates in Johannesburg this week said on Tuesday that they had canceled it after the South African government denied a visa to the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2689/1/China-Tops-World-Execution-List-at-72-Amnesty-Says/index.html China carried out more executions than the rest of the world put together last year, Amnesty International said today as it pushed for nations to abolish capital punishment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2688/1/Rights-group-China-cracks-down-on-dissenters/index.html Chinese authorities have arrested two activists for organizing a sit-in at a closed factory, and detained four others after they publicized recent protests over court rulings and a home eviction, a human rights group said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2685/1/China-tells-Japan-it-wants-aircraft-carrier/index.html China will not remain the world's only major nation without an aircraft carrier indefinitely, state press Monday cited the nation's defence minister as telling his Japanese counterpart. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2677/1/Chinese-detain-soldier-who-spoke-out-against-Tiananmen-Square-massacre/index.html Zhang Shijun taken from home in middle of the night after publishing open letter to Chinese president Hu Jintao zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2676/1/Chinese-guard-shot-dead-in-attack/index.html A Chinese soldier was shot dead outside a military garrison in the south-western city of Chongqing, state media have reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2675/1/Artist-defies-Web-censors-in-a-rebuke-of-China/index.html One of China's most prominent and provocative artists is challenging the government to end what he calls its cover-up of incompetence in managing the response to an earthquake last May in Sichuan Province that killed more than 80,000 people. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2674/1/A-New-Book-Reveals-Why-China-Is-Unhappy/index.html After surpassing Germany to become the world's third-largest economy behind the U.S. and Japan, hosting a successful Olympic Games and conducting its first space walk, you'd think China would be happy. Even the devastating Sichuan earthquake in May 2008 had positive aspects—Chinese volunteered en masse to help their stricken countrymen. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2673/1/EXCLUSIVE-Chinese-spy-who-defected-tells-all/index.html A veteran Chinese intelligence officer who defected to the United States says that his country's civilian spy service spends most of its time trying to steal secrets overseas but also works to bolster Beijing's Communist Party rule by repressing religious and political dissent internally. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2671/1/Open-Doors-urges-American-believers-to-join-petition/index.html In China, two believers have been unjustifiably persecuted. And Open Doors USA urges American believers to petition for their freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2670/1/China-shuts-down-activist-law-firm/index.html A high-profile Chinese law firm which has repeatedly taken legal action against corrupt police and Communist Party officials has been shut down by the authorities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2669/1/Double-recognition-of-Taiwan-China-by-El-Salvador-unacceptable-Wang/idex.html The Presidential Office said yesterday it could not accept double recognition of China and Taiwan by El Salvador. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2668/1/US-admiral-condemns-Chinas-aggressive-actions/index.html A top U.S. commander says China's "aggressive and troublesome" run-in with an unarmed American ship shows that Beijing is not yet ready to behave acceptably. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2664/1/China-New-Restrictions-Target-Media-/index.html New Chinese government restrictions on news assistants of foreign correspondents and the creation of a Chinese journalist “blacklist” are major setbacks for media freedom in China, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2656/1/50-Million-Reasons-to-Celebrate/index.html People who hail from countries run by totalitarian regimes, Falun Gong practitioners, and their supporters gathered on Parliament Hill Saturday to recognize the 50 million mainland Chinese who have publicly withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2655/1/For-Bribing-Officials-Chinese-Give-the-Best-/index.html Last week, a finely dressed Chinese man walked into Louis Vuitton’s flagship store here, seeking the perfect gift for that special someone: a senior government official. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2652/1/China-athletes-faked-their-age-/index.html Bone tests on teenage athletes in south China have shown that thousands had faked their age, often in order to keep competing in junior events. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2649/1/China-Uneasy-About-Proportion-of-Holdings-in-US-Treasuries/index.html Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday that he is "worried" about the country's vast $1 trillion holdings in U.S. Treasuries and that China will pursue a policy of diversification when comes to its future foreign exchange holdings. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2646/1/Destroyer-to-Protect-Ship-Near-China/index.html The U.S. Navy has dispatched a guided-missile destroyer to the South China Sea after Chinese ships allegedly harassed an American ship operating there last weekend, a Pentagon official said yesterday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2645/1/Job-losses-low-farm-prices-strain-Chinas-farmers/index.html China's rural families face more job losses coupled with a downturn in farm product prices that will frustrate the government's goal of boosting rural incomes this year, a senior agricultural official said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2640/1/After-complaints-fail-Chinese-try-protests/index.html White leaflets flutter to the street in downtown Beijing, each one a snapshot of someone's misery: a shuttered factory, a sick child, a real estate swindle. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2639/1/Human-Rights-in-a-Troubled-World/index.html Working out how to protect human rights remains a thorny problem, as recent events demonstrate. On Wednesday the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2637/1/Leading-dissident-exiled-to-Chinese-northwest/index.html A leading critic of China's ruling Communist Party was sent into professional exile in the country's arid northwest on Wednesday in apparent punishment for his persistent calls for political and democratic reform. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2628/1/China-must-build-aircraft-carrier-soon-military-says/index.html China must build an aircraft carrier "soon" if it wants to be taken seriously as a global superpower, a Chinese military official has said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2627/1/Top-US-intelligence-pick-under-fire-for-Saudi-China-ties/index.html A veteran US diplomat and vocal Israel critic named to a top intelligence post faced a probe into his financial ties Thursday, as lawmakers raised concerns about links to China and Saudi Arabia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2626/1/China-says-support-for-NATO-effort-unlikely-now/index.html A Chinese diplomat says it is premature to consider if China would provide support for NATO's war effort in Afghanistan, a state newspaper reported Thursday after a senior U.S. official said the alliance might ask Beijing for help. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2624/1/16-Members-of-Congress-Urge-Secretary-of-State-Clinton-to-Address-Human-Rights-in-China/index.html On the eve of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s visit to the U.S. on March 9, 16 members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urging her to make certain her conversations with the Chinese government are consistent with the true state of deteriorating human rights conditions in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2620/1/China-Human-Rights/index.html According to the U.S. Department of State's 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, China’s human rights record remained poor and has worsened in some areas. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2619/1/In-China-Despair-Mounting-Among-Migrant-Workers/index.html Li Jiang was hungry. Huddled in the freezing rain with more than 1,000 other people at 6 a.m., he stood patiently in line hoping he had come early enough to get some of the free rice porridge steaming in giant cauldrons nearby. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2618/1/The-US-and-Chinas-Human-Rights-Record/index.html This week, the U.S. State Department released a report criticizing China's human rights record. Still, some are skeptical of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans for relations with the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2616/1/China-increases-military-spending-/index.html China's official military budget is to grow 14.9 per cent on last year to 480.6bn yuan ($70.24bn) in 2009. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2615/1/China-Labor-disputes-up-95-percent-last-year/index.html Labor-related lawsuits nearly doubled in China last year mainly due to mass factory shutdowns, a senior official with the Supreme Court said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2614/1/FACTBOX-Chinas-defence-capabilities/index.html China's defence spending has risen steadily in recent years. A government spokesman said on Wednesday the official military budget would grow to 480.7 billion yuan ($70.2 billion) in 2009, a 14.9 percent rise on last year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2613/1/China-to-boost-military-spending-/index.html China says it will increase military spending by a "modest" 14.9% this year to 480.6bn yuan ($70.2bn; £50bn). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2610/1/NATO-may-ask-China-for-support-in-Afghanistan/index.html NATO may ask China to provide support for the war effort in Afghanistan, including possibly opening a supply link for alliance forces, a senior U.S. official said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2609/1/China-faces-severe-year-for-foreign-trade-state-media/index.html China's deputy commerce minister has warned the country's exporters face a severe situation in the year ahead as the global financial crisis deepens, state media reported Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2608/1/China-exports-fall-at-fastest-rate-in-10-years/index.html China’s exports fell at their fastest rate in a decade as the government said Tuesday the country’s trade slump worsened again in December - a decline that’s led to masses of layoffs and growing fears of social unrest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2603/1/China-Says-US-Report-on-Rights-Distorts-Facts/index.html Chinese authorities reacted caustically on Thursday to the release of an annual State Department report on global human rights that called China’s respect for rights not just “poor,” but worsening in its persecution of ethnic minorities and dissidents. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2596/1/Three-people-set-themselves-on-fire-near-Chinas-Tiananmen-Square/index.html When three people set themselves on fire Wednesday not far from Tiananmen Square, the first thing that came to my mind was that they were Tibetans – perhaps Buddhist monks – marking Tibetan New Year today with a dramatic protest against the Chinese government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2594/1/China-rights-worsened-says-US/index.html The US state department has criticised China in an annual report on human rights around the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2593/1/US-says-China-rights-record-worsens/index.html The United States charged Wednesday that China's human rights record was worsening, despite the new US administration's signal that rights will take a back seat in ties with the rising Asian power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2591/1/Three-Men-Set-Themselves-on-Fire-inside-Car-in-Beijing/index.html Three men set themselves on fire inside a car in an expensive shopping district in downtown Beijing on Wednesday afternoon, police and state media reports said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2589/1/Clinton-Puts-China-Focus-on-Economy-Not-Human-Rights-/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concluded her first diplomatic mission to China, where she laid out a vision for U.S. relations with Beijing that prioritizes cooperation on the financial crisis and global warming while playing down disagreements over human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2588/1/Clinton-reintroduces-US-to-Asia/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her trip to Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, and China on Sunday. Her aim was to reenergize key ties to the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2586/1/Chinese-delighted-after-Hillary-Clinton-avoids-human-rights-criticism-/index.html China has reacted with delight to Hillary Clinton's decision on her first visit as US secretary of state that she would put economic relations before human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2585/1/Compliments-not-controversy-mark-Hillary-Clintons-Beijing-visit/index.html She came, she wowed, she conquered. Hillary Clinton, on her first visit to China as the US Secretary of State, could not have made it clearer that America's relationship with Beijing was crucial to Barack Obama's goal of tackling the global economic crisis and reining in North Korea's nuclear ambitions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2584/1/China-expresses-relief-over-Clinton-visit/index.html Hillary Clinton's trip to Beijing has come as a relief to China after the US secretary of state steered clear of human rights and other sensitive issues to focus on cooperation between the world powers. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2581/1/Hopeful-Signs-for-Human-Rights/index.html As the new Obama administration gets into gear, hopes are running high among many in Congress and some non-government organizations (NGOs) that the United States will be reinvigorated in its advocacy of human rights and religious freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2575/1/Clinton-Remarks-Undermine-Rights-Reform-in-China/index.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s comments en route to China that contentious issues such as human rights “can’t interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis and the security crises,” send the wrong message to the Chinese government, Human Rights Watch said today. Secretary Clinton also suggested that on human rights issues it “might be better [for the US and China] to agree to disagree.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2574/1/Amnesty-International-Shocked-Dismayed-by-US-Secretary-Clintons-Comments-That-Human-Rights-Will-Not-Top-Her-China-Agenda/index.html Human Rights Organization Urges Her to Repair the Damage Before She Leaves China zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2571/1/Chinese-Officials-Protest-Sinking-of-Ship-by-Russians/index.html A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Friday that Russia had an unacceptable response after one of its warships sank a Chinese cargo vessel last Saturday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2569/1/Secretary-Clintons-Asia-Trip-Getting-China-Right/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China (February 20-22) caps off her groundbreaking first official trip abroad. By visiting Asia first, Clinton has provided an encouraging sign that she understands the region's importance to America's future and the central role that American leadership plays there. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2564/1/China-Ready-to-Host-Secretary-Clinton/index.html China is ready to host U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will be making her first trip to Beijing in her new position.  Secretary Clinton arrives in the Chinese capital, Friday.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2553/1/Congressman-Frank-Wolf-Criticizes-Obama-Administration-for-Silence-During-UN-Review-of-Chinas-Human-Rights-Record/index.html USA – In remarks on the House floor on February 9, ChinaAid learned that Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) criticized the Obama Administration for failing to actively participate in a United Nations review of the human rights records of “four of the worst offenders of human rights and religious freedom in the world”: China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2552/1/Police-maintain-order-in-central-China-after-clash/index.html Security forces are maintaining order in central Hebei province one week after a major clash erupted between Chinese Muslims and ethnic Han majority villagers, an official said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2546/1/China-Rights-Should-Top-Clinton-Agenda/index.html US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should make human rights a prominent topic of discussion in her visit to Beijing next week, seven prominent organizations said today in a letter to Clinton. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2543/1/CHINA-TORTURED-CHRISTIAN-LAWYER-ARRESTED-AS-OFFICIALS-DENY-ABUSES/index.html A Christian defender of human rights in China – whom authorities detained last week – detailed state-sponsored torture he suffered in 2007 in an open letter released on Monday (Feb. 9), the same day advocacy groups criticized a U.N. review of China’s treatment of Christians and other minorities for omitting serious abuses. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2538/1/China-Tells-UN-Panel-That-It-Respects-Rights/index.html United Nations delegates took China to task on its human rights record Monday, pressing officials about Tibet, labor camps, the death penalty, torture in custody and the treatment of dissidents, in a U.N. rights panel's first full review of the country's progress. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2537/1/China-defends-human-rights-record-at-UN-review/index.html Chinese officials assured the United Nations they are committed to the protection of human rights Monday, a claim challenged by a handful of Western nations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2528/1/Human-Rights-the-UN-and-China/index.html A worthwhile discussion by a flawed council as the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre approaches. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2527/1/China-Delivers-Human-Rights-Report-to-UN-Amnesty-Leads-Critics/index.html China presents a report on human rights in the country to the United Nations today as groups such as Amnesty International said the submission isn’t thorough enough. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2526/1/UN-urges-China-to-protect-human-rights-as-state-denies-charges/index.html China has still urged by Muslim communities, West and some Latin American countries to ensure political and religious freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2524/1/China-signals-first-human-rights-action-plan/index.html China dismissed allegations of repression of Tibetans and Uighur Muslims during a UN hearing on Monday, and said it was preparing a "first of its kind" human rights action plan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2522/1/China-Rights-Record-Demands-Serious-UN-Review/index.html Rights Record Demands Serious UN Review. Scrutiny of China’s Rights Situation an Unprecedented Opportunity zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2508/1/Chinese-Governments-Report-to-UN-Human-Rights-Council-Whitewashes-Abuses-Charges-Amnesty-International/index.html Human Rights Group Cites China's Omission of Crackdowns on Tibetans, Uighurs and Falun Gong Members in Report to United Nations zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2501/1/China-Failed-to-Meet-Olympic-Year-Reporting-Pledge-Group-Says-/index.html China failed to meet its pledge to allow freedom of reporting during the year of the Beijing Olympics, although it did ease some restrictions, a journalists’ group said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2500/1/CC-Alum-Looks-at-Chinas-Underground-/index.html In recent years, China has drawn an immense amount of media attention because of its rapid economic growth, Communist government, and widespread pollution. Yet not a lot of attention has been focused on its subcultures. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2499/1/USCIRF-Urges-United-States-to-Speak-Up-At-UN-Human-Rights-Review/index.html The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to instruct U.S. representatives to ask tough and incisive questions of key countries in the United Nations upcoming in-depth examination of 14 countries' human rights compliance known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) being held February 2-13 in Geneva. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2491/1/British-police-charge-man-who-threw-shoe-at-China-PM/index.html British police said Monday they have charged a protester who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he gave a speech at Britain's Cambridge University. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2489/1/China-Up-to-26-million-rural-migrants-now-jobless/index.html The global economic crisis has taken hold deep in China's impoverished countryside, as millions of rural migrants are laid off from factory jobs and left to scratch a living from tiny landholdings — creating unsettling prospects for a government anxious to avoid social unrest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2484/1/China-support-internal-actors-pushing-for-change/index.html Separate strategies for democracy promotion and human rights are needed to enhance prospects for political reform in China, a new report argues. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2482/1/In-China-a-Grass-Roots-Rebellion/index.html Rights Manifesto Slowly Gains Ground Despite Government Efforts to Quash It zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2481/1/Russia-China-Slam-US-Economic-System-Blame-Capitalism-/index.html  The premiers of Russia and China slammed the U.S. economic system in speeches Wednesday, holding it responsible for the global economic crisis. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2473/1/Gates-says-US-ready-for-any-China-quotthreatquot/index.html Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday assured lawmakers that the United States is ready to handle any Chinese military threat, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for increased U.S. engagement with Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2471/1/Taking-a-Stand-Jimmy-Lai/index.html BBC Radio 4's Taking a Stand profiles people who have taken risks and made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2469/1/Obama-urged-to-pressure-China-on-human-rights/index.html China poses an early litmus test of President Barack Obama's ardor for human rights, campaigners said Tuesday as US lawmakers vowed to pressure both the new administration and Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2459/1/Chinas-challenging-New-Year/index.html As the country prepares to celebrate the founding of the People's Republic, authorities worry that two other significant anniversaries could serve as flashpoints for political unrest zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2457/1/US-claims-victory-in-WTO-complaint-on-China-piracy/index.html The United States claimed victory Monday in a groundbreaking World Trade Organization case against China for failing to protect and enforce copyrights and trademarks on a wide range of goods. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2456/1/China-Slams-Geithners-Comments-on-Currency/index.html A top official at China's central bank hit back Saturday at comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, who said the Obama administration believes that China is manipulating its currency. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2452/1/The-Truth-About-Chinas-Growth/index.html China just announced its economic results for 2008. The headline real GDP growth figure was 9.0 percent, featuring a drop to 6.8 percent, year-on-year, in the fourth quarter.The only thing certain about these figures is that they are wrong. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2448/1/Relations-With-China-Could-Test-Obama-/index.html As the Obama administration wrestles with trouble spots around the world, it is likely to see China as an oasis of calm. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2446/1/China-urges-quick-return-of-Guantanamo-Bay-inmates/index.html  China asked Thursday for the speedy return of Chinese detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center once the facility is shut down by President Barack Obama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2445/1/China-issues-nervous-welcome-to-Obama/index.html  China offered a nervous welcome on Wednesday to US President Barack Obama, expressing concern over the direction he may take bilateral ties while paying tribute to the efforts of George W. Bush. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2444/1/China-Sees-Separatist-Threats/index.html China said Tuesday that it faces threats from independence movements related to Taiwan, Tibet and the western desert region of Xinjiang, and that American arms sales to Taiwan jeopardize stability in Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2443/1/China-Naming-Threats-Seeks-Stronger-Military-/index.html China's military said that it needs to be stronger to face containment abroad and separatist threats at home, even as it said that relations with longtime rival Taiwan had improved. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2442/1/China-Faces-Worst-Unemployment-in-Decades-as-Slowdown-Deepens/index.html China’s official urban unemployment rate jumped for the first time since 2003 and may climb to an almost 30-year high as exports slump and a slowdown deepens in the world’s third-biggest economy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2439/1/China-websites-cut-Obamas-reference-to-communism/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration speech has a little twist in translations available on some Chinese websites where his references to communism and dissent have been cut. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2435/1/China-names-7-new-revolutionary-martyrs/index.html China has bestowed the "revolutionary martyr" honor on seven people killed in a wave of violence in the western Muslim region of Xinjiang during a period of tight security for the Beijing Olympics, officials and media reported Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2434/1/China-broke-Olympic-rights-pledges-watchdog--/index.html China broke its Olympic promises to improve human rights last year, silencing dissent at home and supporting pariah allies abroad, a prominent watchdog said in its annual report yesterday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2431/1/What-Hillary-says-on-China/index.html Anybody trying to plumb Hillary Clinton’s thinking on China after the several hours she spent Tuesday at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will surely be disappointed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2430/1/China-US-Ties-to-Get-Stronger-Departing-American-Envoy-Says-/index.html The economies of the U.S. and China, together generating 30 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, will become increasingly interdependent in the next 30 years, said America’s longest-serving envoy to China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2424/1/Chinese-Authorities-Continue-to-Suppress-Charter-08-Number-of-Signers-Exceeds-7200/index.html In the month since Charter 08 was first issued on December 9, 2008, the Chinese authorities, in addition to detaining one of its signers, independent intellectual Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波), have mobilized police forces across the country to summon, threaten, harass and monitor other signers. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2417/1/China-face-economic-pain-sensitive-anniversaries/index.html The year ahead will challenge Chinese security officials increasingly nervous about social stability, the nation's top police officer said, amid concerns about gang violence, separatism and dissident plans to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2416/1/China-official-urges-education-to-stem-terrorism/index.html Rocked by a fresh outbreak of anti-government violence, officials in China's far western Xinjiang region are urging expanded free education to staunch support for Islamic separatists. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2415/1/China-jails-democracy-activist-for-6-years/index.html A 65-year-old democracy activist who tried to set up an opposition party in China has been sentenced to six years in jail, a human rights group said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2413/1/600000-workers-leave-south-Chinas-industrial-heartland-govt/index.html About 600,000 migrant workers left south China's industrial heartland last year as the economic crisis caused exports to shrink and forced factories to close, a senior official said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2412/1/China-US-ties-a-legacy-of-Bush-administration-envoy/index.html Relations between the United States and China were at their warmest ever, a senior US diplomat said Thursday as he hailed the improved ties as one of President George W. Bush's important legacies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2406/1/-China-Is-Intimidating-Democracy-Charter-Supporters-Group-Says/index.html China is stepping up intimidation of activists who signed a letter calling for democratic reform and police have questioned or harassed at least 86 of them, China Human Rights Defenders said in an e-mailed statement today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2405/1/Report-China-faces-wave-of-unrest-in-2009/index.html China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2394/1/2008-a-year-of-triumph-and-tragedy-for-China-/index.html From a devastating earthquake to the Beijing Olympics, China witnessed a tumultuous year of triumph and tragedy in 2008 that sorely tested the Communist Party's ability to manage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2392/1/US-China-mark-30th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-ties/index.html Forged in absolute secrecy at the height of the Cold War, the diplomatic ties established between the United States and China 30 years ago this Thursday had a clear goal: to counter the Soviet threat. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2391/1/China-to-Use-Peaceful-Development-to-Reunite-Taiwan-Hu-Says-/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao said his government will pursue “peaceful development” with Taiwan, signalling a shift in policy to reunite with an island that China considers a renegade province. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2385/1/Bumpy-roads-for-China-in-2009/index.html One year ago, exactly in these days, China was worrying only about the Beijing Olympic Games in August. It seemed a huge trial by itself, yet it proved to be the least of China’s worries as the year unfolded with one unexpected crisis after another. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2383/1/Stand-firm-Mr-Obama-China-is-a-paper-tiger/index.html The new president should face down Beijing as its economy crumbles and workers press for democracy zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2382/1/Cracks-in-US-China-Relations-Are-Widening-Again-in-Crisis-/index.html The global recession is re-exposing fissures in United States-China relations that Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. spent more than two years smoothing over. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2380/1/China-Cracks-Down-on-Christians-during-Christmas-Week-/index.html The officially atheist Chinese government harassed Christians in different regions of the country in the days leading up to Christmas, including on Christmas Eve, reported a U.S.-based rights group. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2379/1/China-Says-Man-Confessed-to-Bus-Bombings-/index.html Police officials say that a man who died Christmas Eve after trying to plant a bomb at a coffee shop in the southwestern city of Kunming was also responsible for a pair of bus bombings there in July that killed two people and wounded 14, state news media reported Sunday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2362/1/Unemployed-masses-worry-stability-obsessed-China/index.html A surge in jobless Chinese graduates could make coping with unemployment harder than it was during the Asian financial crisis, the head of a training group said as China frets over stability amid an economic downturn. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2361/1/China-bans-BBC-Chinese-website/index.html China appears to have banned a number of foreign websites, including the BBC's Chinese language news site and Voice of America in Chinese. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2360/1/Chinas-Charter/index.html A new movement offers a democratic alternative to the regime of the Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2359/1/With-Strikes-Chinas-New-Middle-Class-Vents-Anger/index.html When 9,000 of Shin Guoqing's fellow taxi drivers went on strike early last month, he felt he had to join them. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2358/1/Chinese-police-hunt-for-man-who-threw-eggs-at-national-flag/index.html Chinese police have launched a major man-hunt involving more than 100 officers and questioning 800 potential suspects in the search for those responsible for throwing ink-filled eggs at the national flag. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2357/1/China-cull-amid-bird-flu-outbreak/index.html Man walks with slaughtered chickens in a poultry wholesale market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. in eastern China on Wednesday zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2356/1/Chinas-Economy-is-Still-Heading-Downward/index.html A further slowdown in GDP growth in China and high levels of unemployment will dampen spending and aggravate the effects of falling exports zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2348/1/US-Congress-Members-Appeal-to-Beijing-on-Human-Rights-Day/index.html Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, several members of Congress protested the abduction and imprisonment of Dr. Wang Bingzhang, widely regarded as the founder of the China pro-democracy movement. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2337/1/China-lacks-moral-authority-to-be-a-superpower-Dalai-Lama/index.html China lacks the moral authority, including over the question of Tibet, to be a true superpower, the Dalai Lama said Thursday during a European tour that has angered Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2331/1/Terror-attacks-provide-warning-to-China/index.html The terror attacks in Mumbai showed the complexity of the anti-terror situation in India and should sound alarms for both China and the international community at large, analysts have said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2310/1/UN-Committee-Says-China-quotShould-Take-Immediate-Steps-to-Prevent-Acts-of-Torture-/index.html In a sweeping report, the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture today issued its review findings on China’s compliance with its international treaty obligations to end torture. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2302/1/US-warned-of-China-cyber-spying/index.html China has stepped up computer espionage against the US government and American businesses, according to an influential Washington congressional panel. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2300/1/Taxi-Drivers-Strike-in-Latest-China-Unrest/index.html Civil unrest stemming from economic concerns flared in southwestern China on Wednesday as several hundred taxi drivers in Chongqing went on strike over a government plan to put more cabs on their district's roads. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2290/1/Thousands-Battle-Police-In-Chinas-Northwest/index.html A local government’s decision to move its administrative headquarters from one city to another has provoked two days of unrest in northwest China, according to state media and witnesses who said protesters had burned police cars and looted government offices. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2276/1/China-democracy-activist-detained-for-subversion/index.html The founder of a political group calling for the establishment of a multiparty democracy in China was detained Thursday and police told his wife he would be charged with subversion of state power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2268/1/CHINAS-CYBER-SPIES/index.html GOT news for you: The Chinese are eating our cyber lunch. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2267/1/Chinas-third-taxi-strike-powers-on-state-media/index.html A strike involving hundreds of taxi drivers in south China entered its third day on Wednesday, as they demanded the release of 21 colleagues who police detained for protesting, state media reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2266/1/Beijing-reloads-Arunachal-gun/index.html Beijing today rejected Delhi’s position that Arunachal Pradesh belongs to India, saying China had never recognised the “illegal” McMahon Line that functions as the eastern border between the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2265/1/Nigerias-N40bn-Satellite-Missing-from-Orbit/index.html The Nigerian Commun-ications Satellite (NigComSat), which was launched into orbit over 18 months ago, is said to be missing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2260/1/China-says-has-quotzero-tolerancequot-for-police-torture-abuses-/index.html China defended itself against allegations of torture before a United Nations' watchdog on Monday, saying it had "zero tolerance" for abuses in its police stations, jails and on the streets. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2259/1/Rights-Groups-Claim-Torture-Pervasive-In-China-/index.html Human-rights activists accuse China of hiding behind the country's so-called State Secrets Law for not complying with U.N. requests to provide information on the number of people tortured, detained, disappeared and summarily executed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2256/1/Chinese-React-to-Obama-Victory/index.html People in China wonder, online and out loud, what the U.S. presidential election means for them, and for the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2245/1/Chinas-Worst-Nightmare-Unemployment/index.html When China's President Hu Jintao made his first official visit to Washington in April of 2006, he encountered a string of diplomatic snafus that culminated in enduring several minutes of screaming from a protester admitted into the media stand. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2244/1/US-asks-China-to-review-Tibet-policies/index.html The United States on Thursday called on China to review its policies that it said had raised tensions in Tibet, ahead of talks in Beijing between the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2242/1/China-Norway-to-strengthen-cooperation-on-human-rights/index.html China and Norway vowed to enhance exchanges and cooperation on human rights after the two nations concluded the 11th annual Roundtable on Human Rights and the Rule of Law here on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2241/1/Fear-Grows-Over-Melamine-Contamination-In-Chinas-Food-Chain/index.html China's state media is calling for action to check how widespread the use of melamine is, in the country's animal feed industry. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2238/1/China-listed-US-athletes-as-possible-troublemakers/index.html China's government was so concerned about the possibility of athlete demonstrations in the Beijing Olympics that it created a list of nine U.S. athletes and one assistant coach it thought might cause trouble at the Games, according to an internal U.S. Olympic Committee e-mail obtained by USA TODAY. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2236/1/McCain-tilts-towards-Taiwan-Obama-may-favor-China/index.html  Republican presidential candidate John McCain would seek to defend Taiwan and play hard ball with China if he comes to office, but Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama would further sideline Taipei as he courts Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2235/1/In-Southeast-China-Skepticism-on-Land-Reforms/index.html  More than 1,300 soldiers and riot police massed on a verdant ridge here in southeastern China earlier this month, facing off against a nearly equal number of angry farmers protesting plans to build a massive plastics factory on their land. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2233/1/Landslide-win-for-Obama---in-China/index.html It ran – without a hint of irony – across the top of page A11 in the government-run, English language China Daily newspaper last week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2232/1/3-indicted-for-illegal-export-to-China-space-agency/index.html The Justice Department has charged three men with allegedly conspiring to export carbon-fiber material to the Chinese agency that builds satellites and spacecraft. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2231/1/Melamine-scandal-spreads-to-Chinese-eggs/index.html The Director of Hanwei Eggs was contrite. "We solemnly apologize to consumers," said Han Wei. "We apologize to the distributors. We solemnly declare that our company has never purchased melamine. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2228/1/China-Rail-Development-To-Be--quotCatalyst-Of-Developmentquot/index.html China's State Council has approved 2 trillion yuan ($292 billion) for the construction of a series of railway projects, to help boost economic growth amid the worldwide financial crisis, China Daily reported Oct. 25. "Increasing investment in fixed assets has remained a catalyst of China's economic development," the article stated. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2216/1/Economic-Ties-Human-Rights-Are-on-Merkels-China-Agenda/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off a state visit to China with a stop at a Daimler joint-venture there. Economic ties, but also human rights and global warming, were on the meeting agenda, advisers said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2207/1/China-dissidents-eye-uncertain-post-Olympics-landscape/index.html Despite hopes the Olympics would improve human rights, China's crackdown on dissidents before and during the Games has likely set the stage for a lasting period of even tighter controls, government critics say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2196/1/Quakes-Challenge-Chinas-Economy/index.html China's 1-trillion-yuan ($147-billion) earthquake recovery plan for Sichuan poses challenges for the country's economy, experts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2194/1/Brand-Chinas-Trial-/index.html From the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 to the dazzling Beijing Olympic venues of 2008, the improvement in China's global image has been stunning. China impressed the world further in September when it became only the third country in the world to complete a spacewalk zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2192/1/Reform-back-on-Chinas-post-Olympics-agenda/index.html A SENIOR Communist official has optimistically predicted that China will have a form of democracy by 2020, a sign that political reform may be back on the agenda after being sidelined this year by the Government's iron-fisted responses to the Tibetan riots in March and then the Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2183/1/China-Olympics-Related-Media-Freedoms-Should-Not-Expire/index.html The Chinese government should extend without limitation the temporary Olympics-related regulations that guarantee reporting freedoms for foreign media, and apply them to Chinese journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. The regulations are set to expire on October 17, 2008. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2147/1/Growing-Pains-of-Chinas-Media/index.html China's media still labor under tight control, despite promises to loosen up. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2143/1/Chinese-woman-sentenced-in-sensor-smuggling-case/index.html A woman who tried to smuggle weapons-grade sensors out of the United States into China was sentenced Friday morning to 12 months in prison. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2142/1/China-warns-against-Peace-Prize-to-one-of-its-dissidents/index.html Chinese authorities have been quick to issue warnings that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident will hurt relations between China and Norway. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2136/1/McCain-pledges-climate-China-push-with-Australia-/index.html U.S. Republican White House hopeful John McCain pledged On Tuesday to work with Australia to advance international climate change action and said the two allies should together push for a more open and tolerant China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2135/1/Chinas-tainted-milk-scare-spreads-globally-/index.html African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis which has seen more than 52,000 Chinese children poisoned by melamine-tainted goods spreads. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2133/1/Lip-synching-the-Olympics/index.html With the conclusion of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Chinese leaders will be able to let out a sigh of relief. For seven years, the Chinese government has made the Olympics the foremost national project, sparing no political, economic, propagandistic or diplomatic effort to make them a success. In the end, most of the 4.7 billion worldwide viewers will probably agree with the International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge's assessment that the Games of the XXIX Olympiad were "truly exceptional." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2131/1/US-Chinese-targeted-religious-groups-before-Olympics/index.html The Chinese government increased its harassment of religious minorities before the Olympic Games, according to a U.S. State Department report released Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2128/1/Beijing-trades-shame-for-respect/index.html The Beijing Olympic Games left Chinese and international audiences alike in gaping awe. To the Chinese, the 17-day athletic competition was the fulfillment of a hundred-year dream to overcome the humiliation dealt it by avaricious foreign powers from the time of China's defeat in the Opium War. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2122/1/Legacy-of-the-2008-Beijing-Olympics-/index.html The largest gathering of leaders of Asian human rights organizations in the nation's capital gathered in the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office building on Sept. 12, to discuss the post-Olympics human rights situation in China and throughout Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2121/1/Writer-unlocks-secrets-of-Maos-silent-generatio/index.html CHINESE national pride exploded across internet blogs and Western television screens this year as the Olympic torch scrapped its way around the globe, with a growing band of defensive and angry Chinese students ushering the way. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2115/1/Hong-Kong-Votes-for-Democracy/index.html Hong Kongers have suffered one delay after another on their path to full democracy since the territory's return to China in 1997. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2111/1/China-not-comfortable-with-new-Pak-prez/index.html China has signalled that it is not comfortable with the change of guard in Pakistan, which it has repeatedly described as a "all-weather friend for the past four decades". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2104/1/Riot-police-quell-two-separate-large-protests-in-China/index.html China dispatched large numbers of soldiers and armed riot police to quell two major protests, officials and a rights group said Friday, in the latest public discontent to rock the communist nation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2095/1/Olympic-spirit-ebbs-under-Maos-gaze-/index.html A formidable stone Mao towers over the vast and empty People's Park in Kashgar - an otherwise bustling, dusty border town in China's far-flung western Xinjiang province. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2086/1/China-fails-to-support-Kremlin/index.html Dmitry Medvedev, Russian president, failed yesterday to win support from China or the former Soviet republics of central Asia in his deepening dispute with the west over military action in Georgia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2085/1/China-misfires-with-divisive-peoples-war-/index.html Chinese leaders can now let out a long and satisfied sigh of relief: the Beijing Summer Olympic Games have ended safely and without the interruption of any unsightly incident. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2084/1/China-cannot-back-Russia-in-Georgia-crisis-analysts/index.html China will not endorse Russia in its battle with the West over the Georgia crisis but cannot say so publicly for fear of upsetting Moscow, political analysts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2083/1/Security-Group-Refuses-to-Back-Russias-Actions-/index.html Russia suffered a significant setback here on Thursday, as members of a regional security group in which the Kremlin plays an important role offered little support for Moscow’s military action in Georgia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2082/1/Report-says-China-offered-widespread-help-on-nukes/index.html China gave Pakistan the blueprint for an atomic bomb, testing the finished product in 1990, and unveiled a sophisticated nuclear weapons complex to visiting U.S. scientists in the last decade, report former weapons lab officials. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2078/1/Chinas-Show-of-Power/index.html To a crescendo of cheers, China's athletes streamed past dancing, scarf-waving cheerleaders into Beijing's red-glowing National Stadium, the order and pomp of the Opening Ceremonies 16 nights ago replaced by casualness and frivolity and fun. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2077/1/Detained-Chinese-activist-returns-to-Beijing/index.html A Chinese human rights activist detained by police during the Olympic Games said Tuesday that she had returned to Beijing and that her dissident husband was being mistreated in prison. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2069/1/The-Crackdown-to-Come/index.html Not only have the Olympics failed to act as a catalyst for political liberalization in China, but the regime's pre-Olympics security buildup looks set to enable the government to crack down as hard as ever on dissent after the Games are over. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2068/1/Olympic-disaster-for-free-expression-in-China/index.html Reporters Without Borders condemns Chinese government cynicism and IOC inability to ensure respect for charter zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2065/1/Self-satirizing-Beijing/index.html The tendency of China's authoritarian rulers to self-parody must be disconcerting to the country's satirists, who would be hard-pressed to make up stuff that is as ridiculous as real life. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2063/1/China-Gives-6-American-Protesters-10-Day-Detentions/index.html  A group of six Americans who were taken into custody on Tuesday as they tried to protest China’s rule in Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, the Chinese police confirmed on Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2062/1/China-Squelches-Speech-the-Simple-Ancient-Way/index.html Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Say it's your job to quash protest in your country's capital city, even as the whole world is watching. You don't want to look repressive, but you don't want malcontents embarrassing your nation, either. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2061/1/Why-China-Sentences-70-Year-Olds/index.html If anyone needs an example of how brittle China's Communist Party leaders think their country is, look no further than the case of Wang Xiuying and Wu Dianyuan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2057/1/Olympic-dodge/index.html The International Olympic Committee's thuggishness is marring the Beijing Olympics beyond already low expectations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2052/1/More-Americans-held-as-China-steps-up-scrutiny/index.html At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2051/1/The-IOC-plays-appeaser-in-Beijing-/index.html I hate to poop on the Olympic parade, but the news that two Chinese pensioners have been sentenced to a year's ‘re-education through labour' for applying to demonstrate in one of the Beijing Olympics ‘protest pens' cannot go unremarked. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2050/1/Media-frustration-builds-during-Olympic-Games/index.html Five days out from end of the Beijing Olympics, the international media are increasingly frustrated by answers they are getting from organisers about broken promises on human rights and press freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2046/1/Perfection-trumps-honesty-in-China/index.html From the outset, Chinese authorities saw the Beijing Olympics as a chance to show the world a perfect, strong China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2045/1/Olympic-Games-Not-all-of-China-is-cheering/index.html The Western press has been awash in coverage of all the negative aspects of China’s Games. There’s horrendous pollution in Beijing, which has forced entire teams to train off-shore in South Korea or Japan and wear masks for much of their stay zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2042/1/Chinas-Georgia-War-Lesson-Todays-Breakaway-Bites-Back-Later-/index.html Russia's military slap at Georgia may give China added justification to keep its own ethnic separatists in line. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2041/1/Dont-mention-the-Five-Forbidden-Topics-I-did-once-but-I-think-I-got-away-with-it/index.html Over the weekend the Beijing Olympic officials and the IOC called off their Saturday and Sunday press conferences. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2040/1/China-Confiscates-Bibles/index.html A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese officials when they arrived in China is refusing to leave the airport until they get the books back, their leader said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2038/1/China-yet-to-approve-protests/index.html China has received a total of 77 applications to stage protests during the Olympic Games period - but none has been approved. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2037/1/China-cracking-down-on-dissent-during-Olympics-activists/index.html China has cracked down on dissent for the Olympic Games and failed to honour public pledges to allow broader freedoms during the event, human rights groups and dissidents said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2031/1/Dont-pay-attention-to-protesters-says-China-veteran/index.html China's "Mr Olympics" shrugged off protests staged by pro-free Tibet groups in Beijing and bomb attacks in China's restive northwest, saying the focus of the Games should be sports, not stunts. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2030/1/Ethnic-unity-in-China-with-the-Han-on-top/index.html Beijing's China Ethnic Culture Park features what it calls "precise re-creations" of life for all China's 56 ethnic groups, but one thing seems in short supply: actual ethnic minorities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2028/1/Rings-Propaganda-Points-for-Chinese-Press-Disclosed/index.html A 21-point directive from the Chinese government's propaganda department instructs Chinese news outlets to keep quiet about any "emergencies" at the Olympics, to stay "positive" about security measures, and to ignore pro-independence groups from Xinjiang and Tibet, an Australian newspaper reported yesterday. The Sydney Morning Herald published what it said was the text of the instructions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2027/1/Religious-repression-in-Beijing/index.html Chinese Christian detained after seeking to pray with Bush zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2026/1/DUPLICATEPress-Criticism-of-Olympic-Committee-Grows-By-Ivan-Velinov/index.html The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is under fire as foreign journalists request straight answers on issues ranging from press freedom and human rights violations to air quality issues at the end of the first week of the Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2025/1/Beijing-is-losing-in-the-battle-for-Chinas-soul/index.html The recent attacks on Chinese police in the northwestern, Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region seem to confirm Beijing’s claim that Islamist separatists are the biggest danger during the Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2024/1/Harsh-Chinese-Crackdown-Coming-in-Xinjiang--/index.html Chinese Communist Party and military authorities are set to launch an all-out, life-and-death struggle against underground, “splittist” elements in Xinjiang, whose three attacks against security personnel this month resulted in the death of 20 police and officers of the People’s Armed Police. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2023/1/No-medals-for-the-IOC-/index.html While the world follows the exploits of the China Olympics, journalists and athletes in Beijing have only limited access to what the world is saying about China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2022/1/Beijing-Olympics-China-in-standoff-over-human-rights-/index.html The International Olympic Committee has pointedly refused to endorse China's human rights record amid complaints that journalists have been assaulted and protestors arrested. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2012/1/Columnist-stages-protest-against-China/index.html The Olympic Games began with a spectacular display inside the new stadium dubbed the bird's nest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2011/1/IOC-To-China-Dont-Hinder-Journalists/index.html The International Olympic Committee criticized Chinese security officials who detained and manhandled a British journalist as he was covering a pro-Tibet protest on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2006/1/Uneasy-relations-China-and-the-foreign-press-/index.html Over at the media village, China is battering them with petty kindnesses. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1987/1/China-Makes-Policing-an-Olympic-Event/index.html With the eyes of the world on Beijing, China imposes obsessive security measures around the games zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1980/1/Beijing-Olympics-Protests-around-the-world-as-Games-open-in-style/index.html While China used the dramatic Olympic Games opening ceremony as a showcase for the country, opponents of the Beijing regime used the opportunity to stage protests around the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1978/1/Thousands-protests-as-China-celebrates-start-of-Olympic-Games/index.html THOUSANDS of protesters took part in anti-China demonstrations across Asia and Europe as the Beijing Olympics were launched with a dazzling opening ceremony. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1971/1/China-defends-rights-record-accuses-Bush-of-meddling/index.html China said it is committed to its citizens' "basic rights and freedoms" Thursday and criticized President Bush for meddling in what Beijing says are its internal affairs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1964/1/Chinas-bad-government-damages-Games-expectations/index.html The focus changed from showing the world Chinese political strength to preventing additional loss of face zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1963/1/Security-remains-headache-for-China-despite-clampdown-for-Olympics/index.html With a protest by Tibetan rights activist Wednesday, an attack against police officers in Xinjiang this week and a South Korean TV station managing to film a rehearsal of the secretive opening ceremony recently, the issue of security is proving to be a major headache for China, despite an unprecedented clampdown in the capital. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1953/1/China-Calls-Xinjiang-Bombing-Terrorism/index.html The deadly ambush Monday in China's majority Muslim northwest may have raised fears about terrorist attacks when the Beijing Olympic Games open Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1947/1/16-dead-in-attack-in-Chinas-Muslim-region-Xinhua/index.html Sixteen policemen in China's Muslim-majority northwest were killed on Monday after two armed men stormed their station, state media said, raising security fears four days before the Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1942/1/Why-security-is-tighter-in-Beijing/index.html From missile batteries around the stadium to neighborhood watches, from SWAT teams to bar closures, from random ID checks to a visa clampdown, Beijing’s panoply of security measures outstrips anything ever mounted for the Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1939/1/Congress-Urges-President-Bush-To-Raise-Human-Rights-Issue-With-China-/index.html U.S. lawmakers, organizations advocating for human rights and religious freedom, and China democracy activists have sharply criticized the Chinese government in advance of the Beijing Olympic Games opening in August 8. VOA's Dan Robinson reports on this, and a congressional resolution urging President Bush to raise human rights issues when he attends the Olympic games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1935/1/Bush-vows-to-take-message-of-freedom-to-Beijing/index.html US President George W. Bush, in a move likely to anger China, met with five Chinese dissidents here and told them he would take a "message of freedom" to next month's Olympic Games in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1934/1/Olympic-paranoia-clutches-China/index.html With a little more than a week to go before China plays host to its biggest ever international event, the Chinese government is leaving nothing to chance. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1933/1/-Leaked-Documents-Show-Chinese-Regimes-Paranoia/index.html As the Olympics approach, leaked internal documents and state media reports in China indicate that a military mobilisation is being directed at groups within China which are considered harmless by governments abroad. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1925/1/China-Group-Asserts-That-It-Bombed-Buses-/index.html July 26 -- A group calling itself the Turkestan Islamic Party has released a video asserting responsibility for deadly bus bombings last week in China's western Yunnan province and other recent incidents, and threatening attacks during the Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1924/1/China-says-deadly-bus-blasts-Olympics-not-linked/index.html China said Tuesday that no evidence of an Olympic terror link had been found in a pair of bus explosions that killed two people in a southwestern city. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1922/1/China-creates-Fortress-Beijing/index.html THE Chinese Government is unleashing the equivalent of Mao Zedong's "people's warfare" against potential troublemakers who may spoil the Beijing Olympic Games as its great showcase. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1921/1/China-paper-censored-for-breach-/index.html A tabloid newspaper was withdrawn from newsstands in China after running a photograph from the 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1916/1/HANCOCKS-GAME-In-Beijing-its-safety-first-fun-second/index.html A short walk from the National Stadium, near a busy coach station, there is a wire fence around a plot of land and a plain white sign with words in Mandarin and English that read: “Military Administrative District, No Admittance.” zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1914/1/The-No-Fun-Olympics/index.html In a few short weeks the party Beijing has been preparing for the last eight years will finally kick off, and the government's disconnect with the people attending the party is growing ever deeper. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1910/1/China-on-war-footing-ahead-of-Olympic-Games/index.html Fearing terrorist threats, Beijing has deployed tens of thousands of security personnel, banned cars into the capital and is installing surface-to-air missiles near stadiums. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1909/1/-Bus-blasts-kill-2-in-southwestern-China/index.html Two public buses exploded during the Monday morning rush hour in the city of Kunming, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others in what the authorities described as deliberate attacks as China is tightening security nationwide and warning of possible terrorist threats in advance of next month's Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1905/1/Public-executions-in-Games-lead-up/index.html CHINA has reverted to public executions on the eve of the Olympics as part of a massive security operation mounted to protect the Beijing Games from what Communist Party authorities describe as an urgent threat of violence and anti-government protest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1904/1/Beijing-busy-welcoming-the-world-as-it-turns-away-its-ethnic-minorities/index.html With their infant daughter in their arms, Nuer and Guli visited a dozen hotels in Beijing in late May, searching desperately for a place to stay. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1903/1/China-anti-terror-manual-to-enlist-Beijing-residents/index.html Having deployed surface-to-air missiles, readied a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force and instituted a series of security checkpoints, Beijing is adding Chinese residents as another layer in its shield to protect Olympics venues against possible attack. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1901/1/China-scales-down-its-Olympic-ambitions/index.html In an age of global terrorism, it is obviously sensible to guard against attacks on a prime target such as the Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1899/1/The-Beijing-Olympics-Five-ring-circus.html The Chinese authorities are taking no chances: 100,000 troops, anti-aircraft missiles, checkpoints ringing the city. Beijing’s Olympics, they say, are the most threatened by terrorists in history. Evidence for this is thin. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1898/1/Amid-security-threat-questions-arise-about-quotNo-Funquot-Olympics/index.html Will the Beijing Olympics become known as the "No-Fun Games"? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1889/1/Chinese-activists-to-Bush-and-Sarkozy-Dont-forget-us-at-the-Games-/index.html An open letter to Bush and Sarkozy, asking that their participation at the opening ceremony of the Games not serve only to honour the Chinese leaders. Concrete gestures against violations of rights requested. Meanwhile, killings and arrests of Uyghurs and Tibetans continue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1876/1/The-real-score-on-freedom-of-expression-in-China/index.html China promised expanded press freedom and an improved climate for human rights and domestic freedom of expression in this Olympic year. But it has instead maintained a systematic campaign to jail or silence prominent dissident voices and is now brazenly trying to restrict domestic and international press coverage. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1874/1/One-month-to-go-Beijing-prepares-to-deliver-Olympics-/index.html With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinized Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver on seven years of promises and billions of dollars spent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1869/1/China-Pays-Compensation-for-Organ-Harvest-Without-Consent---Watchdog/index.html Families of two death row convicts received cash compensation for organs harvested from the convicts without prior consent of the families in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, a human rights watchdog said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1866/1/Chinese-Lawyers-Arrested-Before-Meeting-With-Congressmen/index.html A group of Chinese human rights lawyers were detained and later put under house arrest by government security officials to prevent them from attending a dinner Sunday hosted by two members of the U.S. Congress. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1864/1/-China-acts-to-preempt-unrest-as-Olympics-near/index.html China has ordered local officials to head off any protests that could tarnish the Olympics, the government said Monday, after a violent riot by 10,000 people threw the spotlight on deep social tensions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1862/1/China-stepping-up-religious-abuses-say-activists/index.html China is intensifying its persecution of Christians, Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists as the Olympic Games in Beijing near, according to activists for religious freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1857/1/China-Says-It-Opposes-Politicizing-Olympics-/index.html After months of warning other countries not to politicize the summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China has come under criticism from the International Olympic Committee for doing just that. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1855/1/China-says-NGOs-stir-anti-Chinese-feelings-in-Darfur-/index.html China's envoy to the strike-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Thursday accused western media and non-governmental groups of stirring up anti-Chinese feelings among opposition groups in the African country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1851/1/-Shanghai-bans-troublemakers-leaving-city-during-Olympics/index.html China's financial hub of Shanghai has sent notices to dissidents, petitioners and other "controlled" people banning them leaving the city during the Olympics to ensure security, a rights group said on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1850/1/Missiles-Installed-At-Olympic-Venue/index.html Obsessed with the prospect of a terrorist attack during the Olympics, China has deployed a battery of surface to air missiles near the Bird's Nest, the official stadium for the Beijing Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1849/1/-Hotels-in-Beijing-hurting-despite-Olympic-fever/index.html The 17-day games were supposed to generate a buzz throughout the summer, leading to a tourism windfall with fully booked hotels, flush customers and a jubilant atmosphere. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1848/1/-For-Chinas-Olympic-guests-a-not-so-warm-welcome/index.html That slogan is everywhere nowadays in the Chinese capital. But as the Games draw near, the eight-tooth smile that Olympic hostesses have been taught is beginning to look a little strained. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1831/1/Group-says-China-demolishes-mosque-for-not-supporting-Olympics/index.html Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August's Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1830/1/New-US-president-seen-unlikely-to-confront-China-/index.html Despite their rhetoric, White House aspirants Barack Obama and John McCain are unlikely to adopt a confrontational approach towards China even as it flexes its military and economic muscles, experts say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1829/1/Taiwan-war-game-simulates-attack-from-China/index.html Taiwan began Monday its annual computer-simulated war game that anticipates an invasion by China, despite warming ties between the island and its mainland rival. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1827/1/China-arrests-fake-terrorists/index.html Three men who reportedly posed as terrorists to try to extort more than $300,000 (£150,000) have been arrested in the Chinese Olympic city of Qingdao. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1825/1/China-mobilizes-100000-strong-anti-terrorism-security-force-for-Beijing-Olympics/index.html China had mobilized a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force to guard against threats to the Beijing Olympics, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1815/1/In-China-Fascination-With-Obamas-Skin-Color/index.html America may be discussing whether Barack Obama is tough enough to field a 3 a.m. phone call, but for the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the real issue is his race. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1812/1/China-Still-Lags-Behind-US-in-Influence-Survey-Shows-/index.html  Despite China’s remarkable economic rise, and its efforts to spread its influence in Asia through what is known as “soft power,” the country still lags far behind the United States in that sphere, according to a survey to be released Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1810/1/Typhoon-by-Charles-Cumming/index.html NOT SINCE The Honourable Schoolboy has there been a satisfactory spy novel about Britain's relations with China: the global power of the 19th century tussling with that of the 21st, all the time complicated by that still bolshie 20th-century giant, America. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1804/1/China-warns-Australia-over-Dalai-Lama-visit/index.html China warned Australia Thursday not to allow the exiled Dalai Lama to carry out separatist activities on its territory, despite the Tibetan spiritual leader's stated opposition to an independent Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1802/1/China-on-alert-for-unrest-a-month-after-quake/index.html Police cordoned off schools destroyed in China's devastating earthquake one month ago from Thursday, apparently on alert for protests by parents demanding investigations into whether shoddy construction played a role in their children's deaths. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1801/1/Chinas-ascendency-causing-global-concern-Pew-study-finds-/index.html With the approach of the Beijing Olympics, the world is eyeing China with concern about its policies and their impact beyond Chinese borders, the Pew Global Attitudes Project has found. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1800/1/US-Congressmen-Accuse-China-of-Hacking-Their-Computers-/index.html Two U.S. Congressmen on Wednesday accused China of hacking their office computers, possibly compromising information on Chinese dissidents, the Congressmen and news reports said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1799/1/China-denies-hacking-into-US-computers/index.html China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1796/1/China-casts-wider-net-in-crackdowns/index.html  For years, the Zhou brothers sold their pirated DVDs openly from a back room in a state-owned department store. Like other merchants of counterfeit goods, they knew the authorities would turn a blind eye. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1795/1/Chinas-List-of-Olympic-Donts-/index.html Now that the shock of the earthquake (which they could not control) in Sichuan Province has dissipated somewhat, China’s leaders are focusing again on something that they think they can control: people. Sports fans attending the 2008 Olympics in Beijing will have a long list of rules to carry in their pockets along with their tickets. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1794/1/Lawmakers-Say-China-Hackers-Stole-Files/index.html Two House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1793/1/Rice-Says-Democracies-in-Asia-Might-Counter-Chinas-Influence-/index.html Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the potential for democratic countries in Asia to combine their clout might provide a counter to China's growing power. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1792/1/China-to-oppose-any-external-interference-on-Tibet-issue-/index.html Amidst reports that the US and the EU would press China to have "result-oriented talks" with the envoys of the Dalai Lama on the Tibet issue, Beijing today said it would oppose any interference on the matter as it was its "internal affair". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1791/1/Report-China-funding-campaign-to-eliminate-house-churches/index.html A new report released on Sunday, exactly two months ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games, details the current Chinese Government’s crackdown on unregistered Christians, including the funding of a campaign to eradicate house churches throughout China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1790/1/Report-on-Crackdown-on-Chinese-Christians-Launched-at-Two-Month-Olympic-Countdown-Mark/index.html With exactly two months to go until the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, a fresh report detailing the persecution of Christians in China is launched today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1789/1/Chinas-torch-relay-shrouded-in-mystery-/index.html China's Olympic torch relay has become a mystery tour, with organisers refusing to disclose the dates of a planned journey though Tibet and other potentially sensitive legs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1785/1/Germanys-Merkel-encourages-Chinese-premier-to-continue-Tibet-dialogue/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed China's reopening of talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, and encouraged Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday to pursue the dialogue, her office said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1780/1/China-Afghan-investment-reveals-larger-strategy/index.html China has won a $3.5 billion contract to develop Afghanistan’s Aynak copper field, the largest foreign direct investment project in the history of Afghanistan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1778/1/Tiananmen-Square-Eyewitness-Shares-Impressions/index.html The images beamed into the west of a Chinese student facing down a tank still have the power to shock, 19 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre. For journalist Jonathan Mirsky, talking to The Epoch Times, the memories and images he recalls are far more disturbing. He was in the square that day. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1776/1/Olympics-Beijing-tightens-security-as-Games-approach-reports/index.html Beijing is implementing a range of new security measures, state media said Friday, as the Chinese capital cranks up efforts to prevent any disruptions affecting the August Olympics.March. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1773/1/Rep-McCotter-on-the-House-Floor-on-Wednesday-Still-Fighting-for-Freedom-discussing-Tiananmen/index.html In light of 19th anniversary of communist China's brutal crackdown on students demonstrating for democracy on Tiananmen Square, Chairman McCotter took to the House Floor last night to memorialize the students who fell. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1771/1/Pelosi-19-Years-Ago-Today-the-Tiananmen-Square-Massacre-Challenged-the-Conscience-of-the-World-/index.html Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at a rally on Capitol Hill today to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989. Below are the Speaker's remarks: zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1770/1/US-lawmakers-criticize-Chinas-human-rights/index.html The leader of the House of Representatives urged China on Wednesday to release all political prisoners as senior lawmakers gathered outside the US Capitol building to mark the 19th anniversary of China's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1769/1/Goddess-of-Democracy-at-Congress-on-Tiananmen-anniversary/index.html Against the backdrop of a Goddess of Democracy statue, US lawmakers, human rights groups and dissidents converged on Capitol Hill Wednesday to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square bloody massacre, calling for the release of all political prisoners in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1768/1/Barack-Obamas-US-foreign-policy-on-Asia-/index.html US Senator Barack Obama has secured the Democratic nomination for the US presidency. But many say he's lack of foreign policy experience may be the clincher on polling day in November. We discuss his agenda on Asia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1766/1/Rudds-Asia-plan-sinks-in-Beijing/index.html If Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a Mandarin speaker, was banking on his understanding of China to forge a new relationship with Beijing, it has obviously not worked so far. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1765/1/Norway-trying-to-broker-peace-between-China-and-Tibet/index.html Norway reportedly has been conducting top-secret diplomacy to resolve the lengthy and bitter conflict between Chinese authorities and the exiled Tibetan government and its spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama. Two state secretaries in the Foreign Ministry are said to be heavily involved. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1761/1/East-Turkestan-Senator-Brown-Speaks-Out-Over-Detained-Uyghurs/index.html Further to a resolution put before the United States Senate, Senator Brown has called on the United States to push China to make major improvements in its human rights record. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1757/1/China-Free-Tiananmen-Prisoners-Before-Olympics/index.html On the 19th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government should honor its commitment to improve human rights before the 2008 Beijing Olympics by releasing the estimated 130 Tiananmen prisoners improperly arrested or tried, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1755/1/Remembering-Tiananmen-Square/index.html Every year on June 4, the Chinese democracy movement stops to pause, protest, and remember the Tiananmen Square massacre. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1753/1/Olympics-put-religious-freedom-in-spotlight/index.html When the International Olympic Committee in July 2001 awarded China the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, Chinese citizens were ecstatic. But what potentially could have been China's proudest moment has turned into something of a public relations minefield as world media probe China's human rights gains and abuses, writes Sarah Page for Compass Direct News. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1752/1/Woman-admits-helping-pass-secrets-to-China/index.html A Chinese woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping a spy provide the Chinese government with U.S. military secrets about arms sales to Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1750/1/China-Russia-US-focus-of-human-rights-report/index.html Human rights and freedom of the press in China, the detention of terrorist suspects by the United States and Russia's treatment of political dissent are the focus of scrutiny in Amnesty International's annual report, released Wednesday, which looks at the state of human rights around the world zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1749/1/Amnesty-International-condemns-US-China-in-report/index.html The United States is shirking its duty to provide the world with moral leadership and China is letting its business interests trump human rights concerns in Myanmar and Sudan, a human rights group said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1744/1/US-Reopens-Talks-With-Chinese-On-Rights--Envoy-Urges-Progress-In-Light-of-Olympics/index.html Renewing the U.S.-China human rights dialogue after a six-year cutoff, a senior U.S. official urged the Chinese government Tuesday to improve its rights record as a way to sweeten the atmosphere for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1739/1/US-says-human-rights-talks-with-China-constructive-/index.html The United States held "constructive" talks with China on a wide range of human rights issues, a US envoy said here Tuesday as he praised the communist government for its earthquake response. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1736/1/UNPO-New-Common-Vision-/index.html The IX UNPO General Assembly was organized at the European Parliament in Brussels with full attendance of UNPO Members and delegates from all over the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1731/1/Human-Rights-Torch-Relay-Makes-Stop-in-Edmonton/index.html Edmonton was the latest city in Canada to host a rally to welcome the Global Human Rights Torch (HRTR) relay on Wednesday, May 21. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1728/1/To-deal-with-China/index.html New Delhi must be tough on Beijing's hectoring on Sikkim; otherwise it's a slippery slope zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1727/1/Quake-Quiets-the-Critics-of-Chinas-Human-Rights-Record/index.html In the aftermath of the deadly Sichuan earthquake, the clamor of criticism that had been dogging China over human-rights issues and its policies toward Tibet has suddenly been silenced. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1720/1/Sherwen-On-Risk-China-struggles-to-meet-the-Olympic-ideal/index.html The Beijing Olympics appeared the perfect opportunity for China to demonstrate to the world that it was a nation to be admired. However, the main effect of the publicity so far has been to add impetus to the outsiders’ view of China as authoritarian and repressive. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1719/1/China-marks-100-days-until-start-of-Beijing-Olympics/index.html Shimmering stadiums and billions of dollars spent to remake Beijing into a modern city have been overshadowed by pro-Tibet protests, chaos on the Olympic torch relay, and an anti-Western backlash by angry Chinese who sense their coming-out party is being spoiled. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1717/1/-Aftershock-rattles-China-quake-zone/index.html A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1716/1/Activist-slams-China-India-over-cyclone-aid/index.html The founder of the Free Burma Coalition accused Myanmar neighbors China and India on Thursday of failing to do their share of "heavy lifting" in aiding victims of the Myanmar cyclone. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1715/1/China-upgrading-n-missile-launch-site-nearest-to-India/index.html Less than a month after China’s new nuclear submarine base came to light, latest satellite images show that Beijing is upgrading and extending its nuclear missile deployment site that is nearest to India. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1711/1/Over-40000-dead-missing-or-buried-in-China-quake-/index.html  More than 40,000 people were dead, missing or buried under rubble in China's southwest, officials said Wednesday, as the full horror of its devastating earthquake began to emerge. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1709/1/Soldiers-press-search-for-quake-survivors/index.html Rescuers struggled to reach some of the hardest-hit areas of southwestern China on Tuesday after a massive earthquake that left a death toll well above 12,000. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1710/1/Human-Rights-Torch-Lit-in-Chicago/index.html The Human Rights Torch was lit at Chicago's Lincoln Park this past Saturday in the presence of politicians, rights activists and local community groups. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1708/1/German-Foreign-Ministry-Criticizes-Chinas-Human-Rights-Record/index.html A new German Foreign Ministry report is extremely critical of the human rights situation in China. The confidential report, which has been seen by SPIEGEL, contains a long list of abuses of human rights and democratic principles. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1706/1/The-ghosts-of-Jiang-Koizumi-haunt-Hus-visit-to-Tokyo/index.html President Hu Jintao, the quintessential Chinese Communist Party apparatchik who made it to the top by relentless kowtowing to superiors and keeping his head down in controversies, doesn’t know much about the world of the Japanese geisha. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1705/1/Dont-coddle-Beijing---it-must-account-for-its-role-Darfur/index.html Many consider it taboo to speak of the genocide in Darfur and the upcoming Beijing Olympics in the same breath. I disagree entirely. I believe the two should be firmly linked in the public's mind, and I said so in blunt terms during a recent CBC interview. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1704/1/Olympics-present-a-chance-to-welcome-China-back-into-fold/index.html International relations will be the poorer if Chinese retreat back into isolationism, writes JAMIE F METZL zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1700/1/-China-blocks-Turks-from-the-Olympic-Games/index.html China has raised the level of security due to the Beijing Olympics and gives hard times to many countries including Turkey about issuing visa. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1699/1/-China-blocks-Turks-from-the-Olympic-Games.html China has raised the level of security due to the Beijing Olympics and gives hard times to many countries including Turkey about issuing visa. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1698/1/United-by-force/index.html Many Chinese bloggers are a bit confused about what's happening in their country. Even as the Tibet issue rages on, the Uighurs revolt in Xinjiang and the ghost of Tiananmen comes back to haunt Beijing, zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1696/1/Olympic-Games-or-Mobilization-for-War-/index.html On May 5, Tian Yixiang, the director of the military bureau's security command center for the Beijing Olympic Games, told a reporter from the military channel of Xinhua News Net that the main threat to security of the Olympic Games are "domestic forces against China, including the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1693/1/US-asks-Asia-to-impose-stiff-punishment-on-labor-traffickers/index.html The United States called on Asian governments Wednesday to slap stiff penalties on labor traffickers, some of whom it said were exploiting loopholes in bilateral agreements in the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1692/1/Chinas-Fear-of-Summer/index.html The Hash House Harriers is a social group of runners that meets in cities all over the world to go for a jog followed by a few beers. It calls itself "a drinking club with a running problem." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1689/1/Dui-Hua-Appeals-for-quotOlympic-Pardonquot-For-Long-Serving-Prisoners/index.html The Dui Hua Foundation has appealed to the Chinese government to grant an "Olympic pardon" in conjunction with the upcoming Summer Olympics in Beijing. The pardon would apply to long-serving prisoners who no longer pose a threat to society and are nearing the end of their sentences. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1681/1/Olympics-Could-Slow-China-Reform-Effort/index.html Beijing Olympics, once touted as a catalyst for openness and change in China, could wind up setting back the struggle for democracy and freedom in the world's most populous country, according to the editor of a new book about the impact of the games on human rights there. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1680/1/US-terror-report-cites-Venezuela-Iran/index.html Venezuela's associations with terror states, Iran's meddling in Iraq and the resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan top the concerns in a new State Department report on terrorism threats in countries around the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1679/1/US-ignores-religious-oppression-federal-panel-says/index.html China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1674/1/Shao-Jiang-China-remains-a-land-of-torture-and-repression/index.html As the Olympic torch heads up Everest on the next phase of its troubled journey next week, it is almost certain to attract more protests as it gets closer to Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1672/1/US-Jewish-leaders-call-for-boycott-of-Beijing-Olympics/index.html A wide-ranging group of U.S. Jewish leaders plans to release a statement Wednesday urging Jews worldwide to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing, citing China's troubling record on human rights and Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1670/1/Chinese-build-secret-nuclear-submarine-base/index.html China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region, it can be disclosed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1669/1/China-not-India-to-be-focus-of-US-attention-in-rising-Asia/index.html China will be the focus of American attention in the 21st century with the rise of Asia as China, India, Japan and emerging powers compete for regional influence, the top US intelligence agency suggests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1665/1/Chinese-pride-should-not-be-founded-on-oppression/index.html The dreaded Olympic Torch passed through South Korea yesterday. Considering the number of Chinese and Tibetans living in Korea, some kind of an eventful occurrence was to be expected. Both parties were granted permission from the authority to peacefully congregate. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1663/1/China-talks-aimed-at-saving-Olympics-not-Tibet-analysts/index.html As the Dalai Lama reflected Sunday on a surprise Chinese offer to resume talks, experts cautioned that Beijing may be looking more toward salvaging the Olympic Games than meaningful dialogue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1657/1/Olympic-flames-then-and-now-/index.html I was in Red Square one day during the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow when some poor protester apparently tried to set himself on fire. We never learned who he was or what really happened because of the amazing reaction of the authorities, which was caught on film by a tourist. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1655/1/Torch-relay-a-success-despite-arrests/index.html The Australian leg of Beijing's troubled Olympic torch relay has been declared "an outstanding success", despite seven arrests and clashes between protesters and Chinese supporters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1654/1/Chinese-Nationalism-May-Tarnish-Beijing-Olympics/index.html Chinese people, around the world, are increasingly showing their dissatisfaction with what they perceive to be Western China-bashing, in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.  Stephanie Ho reports from the Chinese capital. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1653/1/Chinese-hackers-prepare-to-defend-the-motherland/index.html Fuelled by anti-Western nationalism, patriotic Chinese hackers have come to the defence of the motherland in response criticism of Beijing's handling of recent pro-independence riots by ethnic Tibetans. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1652/1/China-Dampens-Patriotic-Fervor-/index.html China has begun moving to dampen a wave of mass popular anger among young people, sparked by recent protests during its Olympic torch relay over the recent crackdown in Tibet, according to journalists and academics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1650/1/Chinas--new-nationalists-revealed/index.html As the Summer Olympics approach, some disturbing aspects of contemporary China are coming into view. A worldwide audience has learned what human rights activists have long known about Beijing's complicity with dictatorships in Sudan and Burma. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1632/1/China-Outraged-by-US-Tibet-Resolution/index.html An indignant China said Friday the U.S. "seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people" when Congress passed a resolution calling on Beijing to stop cracking down on Tibetan dissent and talk to the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1631/1/Chinas-Olympic-Shame/index.html Why didn't they see this coming? Despite more than seven years' worth of meticulous, down-to-the-last-detail planning that has gone into the Beijing Olympics, China's leaders have seemingly been caught off guard by the most predictable of challenges zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1626/1/IOC-China-clash-over-human-rights-/index.html The International Olympic Committee and China clashed yesterday over human rights and the protest-plagued Olympic torch relay. IOC president Jacques Rogge acknowledged that the Olympics have plunged into crisis, then pleaded with China to respect its promises on human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1624/1/Human-rights-protests-against-China/index.html At Washington Park and Embarcadero, it has been demonstration central. There was a lot of anger expressed towards the Chinese Government, but there was also mixed emotions among protestors over the rerouting of the Olympic flame. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1614/1/More-China-tensions-come-to-light/index.html Protests around the Olympic torch have focused the world's attention on Tibet, but discontent is rippling through other parts of China, too. In Xinjiang province, Muslim Uighurs are also asking for religious freedom and economic opportunity. Scott Tong reports. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1610/1/China-vows-swift-and-severe-punishment-of-Tibetans-accused-of-rioting-last-month-/index.html Amid signs of added unrest in Muslim areas of China, an official newspaper said Friday that courts would "use the weapon of the law" to "shock criminality and root out the base of the separatists." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1609/1/No-such-thing-as-anti-China-forces/index.html  Within China, many drumbeaters are stirring up anger against so-called "anti-China forces," referring to groups that are against the Chinese people, hold historical hostility toward the race, or have a conflict of interest with China or its people. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1605/1/The-High-Cost-of-Control/index.html What were the communist party cadres in Beijing feeling as they watched Lhasa burning in mid-March? Anger certainly. And worry about how the staging of the Olympic Games in August could be affected. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1604/1/Chinese-ambassador-pulls-out-of-torch-relay/index.html China's ambassador to Britain has pulled out of running in this weekend's Olympic torch relay ceremony in the first indication that growing international concern at the country's recent actions in Tibet is starting to become a major source of embarrassment for Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1598/1/Chinas-Wen-urges-unity-among-minorities/index.html Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised to boost support for poor ethnic minority areas but called for unity after a rash of Tibetan unrest and at least one protest in the far west dented propaganda claims of harmony. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1586/1/Free-China--Tibet-will-follow/index.html I don't care if Tibet is free or not. I care very much whether the people in Tibet are free. It's that distinction that seems to be missing in the discussion about the government crackdown on recent demonstrations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1585/1/Michael-Richardson-Not-many-left-who-will-bait-the-dragon/index.html The recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet and several surrounding provinces in China have been watched with concern by governments in nearby South and Southeast Asia, especially India. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1584/1/French-foreign-minister-says-Dalai-Lama-could-be-invited-to-Brussels-shortly-/index.html The European Union could invite the Dalai Lama to Brussels, France's foreign minister said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1580/1/China-Tibet-Olympics-boycott-Germanys-Merkel-wont-go/index.html There was a time, long, long ago, when athletes from around the ancient world would gather, without clothes and without making political pronouncements, to let it all hang out - their enthusiasm for the spirit of competition, that is - and get on with games in which victories would bring resounding honor to the kingdoms, regions and powerful city-states they represented. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1566/1/Engineer-sentenced-to-24-years-in-China-conspiracy-case/index.html A federal judge says Chi Mak, 67, of Downey betrayed the U.S. by conspiring to export sensitive military technology. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1563/1/EU-tells-China-to-stop-using-force-against-Tibetan-protesters-/index.html  The European Union, United States and other Western nations urged China on Tuesday to stop using force against Tibetan protesters, and said the demonstrations should be peaceful. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1559/1/IOC-president-Rogge-in-silent-diplomacy-with-China-on-Tibet-and-rights-/index.html IOC president Jacques Rogge said Monday he is engaged in "silent diplomacy" with China on Tibet and other human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1558/1/FBI-Opens-Probe-of-China-Based-Hackers/index.html The FBI has opened a preliminary investigation of a report that China-based hackers have penetrated the e-mail accounts of leaders and members of the Save Darfur Coalition, a national advocacy group pushing to end the six-year-old conflict in Sudan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1556/1/McCain-says-Chinas-conduct-in-Tibet-unacceptable/index.html U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain said on Friday that China was behaving unacceptably in Tibet and he urged Beijing to look for a peaceful end to clashes between anti-government protestors and police. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1507/1/China-and-its-minorities/index.html Non-Han minorities may comprise only 9 percent of China's population, but as the violence in Tibet and simmering resentment in Xinjiang  indicate, the problem is one that Beijing is unable to resolve. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1491/1/Chinese-Police-Clash-With-Tibet-Protesters-/index.html Violent protests erupted Friday in a busy market area of Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, as Buddhist monks and other ethnic Tibetans clashed with Chinese security forces. The protesters burned shops, cars, military vehicles and at least one tourist bus, according to witnesses. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1490/1/China-rejects-US-attack-on-human-rights-/index.html China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of "clinging to a Cold War mentality" and "practicing double standards." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1486/1/Beijings-unofficial-Olympic-slogan/index.html The official slogan of this summer's Beijing Olympics may be "One World, One Dream," but Beijing's real mantra has been something more prosaic, and in the end, much more problematic: no politics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1484/1/Chinas-Olympic-security-dilemma-/index.html China has spent millions of dollars over seven years on its security preparations for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1482/1/Chinas-Curious-Olympic-Terror-Threat-/index.html The dramatic news came in the midst of China's staid and boring annual legislature: a terrorist hijacking plot, perhaps meant to mar the coming Olympic Games, had been stopped. Security forces had thwarted a plot to "create an air disaster," Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang regional government, told reporters at the ongoing session of the National People's Congress (NPC). zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1481/1/Chinese-Embassy-Caught-Interfering-With-Spectacular-in-Prague/index.html The Chinese Embassy has been caught out sending letters to both the largest television station in the Czech Republic and politicians, asking them not to attend the Chinese Spectacular. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1480/1/China-dismisses-critics-bent-on-examining-countrys-rights-record/index.html China's foreign minister has dismissed critics who want to put the country's rights record under the microscope ahead of this summer's Olympic Games.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1474/1/Mongolian-Herdsmen-No-Longer-Free-to-Roam/index.html For as long as anyone can remember, Bator and his ancestors were horse-riding herdsmen, free to roam the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia with their animals. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1473/1/Recent-incidents-add-to-Chinas-edginess-about-terror/index.html A Chinese passenger jet en route to Beijing from the heavily Muslim Xinjiang region was forced to make an emergency landing Friday after the flight crew prevented at least two passengers from trying to crash the airplane, state media reported Sunday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1460/1/China-USCIRF-Calls-on-President-Bush-to-Request-Meeting-with-Prisoners-During-Beijing-Olympics-Attend-House-Church-Service/index.html The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom commends President George W. Bush for pledging Thursday that while attending the Summer Olympic Games in China, he will raise concerns about freedom of religion in China with President Hu Jintao. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1446/1/China-deeply-concerned-by-Kosovo-independence/index.html In a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry's website, China has expressed "deep concern" that Kosovo has declared its independence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1445/1/Human-rights-protests-rattle-Olympics-/index.html With Steven Spielberg's announcement that he will not organise the opening ceremonies, the Olympic Games in Beijing may have already lost a battle. A growing chorus of athletes are starting to speak out. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1444/1/Now-Archbishop-Desmond-Tutu-urges-boycott-of-Beijing-Olympics-over-Chinas-failure-to-act-in-Darfur-/index.html Archbishop Desmond Tutu warned China could face an international boycott of the Beijing Olympics if they did not move to end the atrocities in Darfur. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1443/1/Spielberg-breached-Olympic-spirit-/index.html Organisers of the Beijing Olympics denounced any linking of sport and politics as a contravention of the “Olympic spirit” on Thursday following the resignation of Steven Spielberg, the US film director, as an artistic adviser on the games’ opening and closing ceremonies. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1442/1/China-Link-to-Darfur-unfair-/index.html Efforts to link China to the Darfur crisis are "irresponsible and unfair," a government spokesman said in comments published Thursday, following director Steven Spielberg's decision to drop out as a Beijing Olympics adviser on human rights grounds. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1441/1/The-power-of-protest-/index.html The Chinese foreign ministry argued that "it is understandable if some people do not understand the Chinese government policy on Darfur", and went on to urge America to stop its "Cold War thinking", accusing some of its detractors of harbouring "ulterior motives". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1440/1/Beijing-Olympics-Wont-Change-China-/index.html The summer Olympic Games to be held in Beijing will probably be the most watched ever. That and the location -- China -- make it irresistible to those with a political cause to advocate, be that cause the host country's record on human rights, press freedom and political dissent, or its policies on Dafur. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1439/1/EU-President-Advises-Against-Protests-/index.html The European Union wants athletes to resist raising human rights and other sensitive political issues during the Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1438/1/Bush-says-still-plans-to-visit-Beijing-Olympics-/index.html US President George W. Bush said Thursday he had not changed his plans to attend the Beijing Olympics, despite a growing row over China's support for Sudan amid the Darfur crisis. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1437/1/In-Olympic-year-China-urged-to-use-its-influence-in-Darfur-/index.html China has been called upon to abandon its support for Sudan by a coalition of Nobel Prize-winners and international athletes, who demanded that this year's Olympic hosts cease to trade with a regime which is held responsible by the world for the carnage in Darfur. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1436/1/China-tells-US-to-drop-Cold-War-attitude-after-spy-arrests/index.html China on Thursday told the United States to drop its "Cold War" attitude and stop accusing Beijing of espionage, after US authorities arrested four people on charges of spying for the Chinese. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1430/1/China-Spielbergs-Olympic-Pull-Out-Highlights-Foreigners--Responsibilities/index.html The decision by the film director Steven Spielberg to step down as artistic consultant to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games should prompt other influential outsiders to press China to reform, Human Rights Watch said today. Corporate sponsors, governments and National Olympic Committees should urge Beijing to improve human rights conditions in China, Human Rights Watch said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1428/1/DOJ-Chinese-Espionage-Marks-Return-to-Cold-War-Threats/index.html There’s nothing like an espionage story to help heat up this freezing Tuesday morning. And today’s top news story has all the elements: sleeper agents, stolen aerospace secrets and Cold War intimations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1427/1/DOJ-Chinese-Espionage-Marks-Return-to-Cold-War-Threats.html There’s nothing like an espionage story to help heat up this freezing Tuesday morning. And today’s top news story has all the elements: sleeper agents, stolen aerospace secrets and Cold War intimations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1423/1/Pentagon-official-three-others-held-over-China-spy-charges/index.html A US defense official, an ex-Boeing engineer and two others were arrested Monday on charges of spying for China involving sensitive military and aerospace secrets, including the space shuttle. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1418/1/China-Free-Activists--Guarantee-Press-Freedoms/index.html While three activists languish in detention and press freedoms remain illusory, Olympic Watch calls on China to defy expectations and act. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1416/1/US-urges-China-to-do-more-after-reporter-freed/index.html The United States called on China on Wednesday to free dissidents and respect media freedom after the early release of a Hong Kong-based reporter who was serving a five-year sentence for spying for Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1415/1/US-military-officials-wary-of-Chinas-expanding-fleet-of-submarines/index.html For a procession of senior U.S. military commanders who have visited China in recent years, the complaint has become almost routine. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1414/1/Whether-at-home-or-abroad-China-is-silent-on-matters-of-democracy/index.html For months, as the Beijing Olympics draw nearer, China has been refining its arguments in favor of disassociating the Games from politics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1410/1/US-lawmaker-eyes-Chinas-military-buildup/index.html Ask Rep. John Murtha about the U.S. war in Iraq and the conversation eventually veers to China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1409/1/China-inflation-causes-economic-woe-political-challenge/index.html China is supposed to be getting richer, but for Liu Gaohua, rising prices on everything from cabbages to houses mean life is only getting tougher. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1408/1/IOC-has-broken-promise-to-push-for-media-freedom-in-China-/index.html The International Olympic Committee has broken its promise to push China for greater media freedom ahead of the Beijing Games, a journalist rights group said in Hong Kong yesterday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1407/1/US-lawmakers-set-stage-for-trade-sanctions-on-China/index.html US lawmakers are setting the stage for legislation slapping China with punitive sanctions over currency and other trade issues after another year of record trade deficit with the Asian giant. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1402/1/Chinas-media-curbs-loom-as-trade-issue/index.html China's restrictions on foreign media, long a concern of rights groups and press freedom advocates, have now become a trade issue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1401/1/-China-shirking-Olympic-pledge-pressure-needed-HRW/index.html China is shirking its pledge to improve human rights for the Olympic Games and world pressure is needed to force Beijing to comply, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1399/1/Dissidents-Arrest-Hints-at-Olympic-Crackdown-/index.html When state security agents burst into his apartment last month, Hu Jia was chatting on Skype, the Internet-based telephone system. Mr. Hu’s computer was his most potent tool. He disseminated information about human rights cases, peasant protests and other politically touchy topics even though he often lived under de facto house arrest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1398/1/FBI-chief-pleased-with-Beijing-Games-security/index.html The head of the FBI said on Wednesday he expects Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games to be "secure and safe" while offering China help against potential threats. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1397/1/Chinas-weapons-exceed-self-defence-needs-US-military/index.html The United States said Monday it was "troubling" that China's weapons systems capability exceeded the level Beijing defined as necessary for self-defence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1396/1/Russian-arms-exports-to-China-in-collapse---report/index.html Russia's arms industry is suffering a near collapse in exports to China, as military top brass agonise over which technology the neighbouring country should be allowed, defence industry sources told Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1395/1/Tibet-group-Prince-to-boycott-Games/index.html Britain's Prince Charles will not attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing -- and a group that campaigns against China's human rights record said Monday that the future monarch's decision was in solidarity with its aims. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1394/1/Olympics-China-says-wont-submit-to-pressure/index.html China will never submit to taunting or political pressure from groups or governments wishing to use the Beijing Olympics to change Chinese policy, a leading state-run newspaper said on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1393/1/China-hits-out-at-attempts-to-politicise-Olympics-/index.html Any attempt to use the Beijing Olympics to discredit China or force it to change policy is doomed to failure, the leading communist party newspaper insisted in a commentary piece today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1392/1/China-Now-Pays-Troops-Involved-in-Nuclear-Tests/index.html China has begun paying military personnel involved in nuclear tests, as part of its effort to improve benefits for veterans, the state news media reported over the weekend. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1390/1/China-allows-US-warship-to-dock-in-Hong-Kong/index.html China on Monday allowed a U.S. warship to make a port call in Hong Kong, two months after it turned away a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group and set off a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1389/1/FBI-director-in-China-for-talks-on-cooperation-/index.html Robert Mueller, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, was scheduled to arrive in China Monday for talks with China's law enforcement officials, the US embassy said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1388/1/China-Wants-US-to-Do-More-to-Prevent-Taiwan-Vote/index.html China demanded Thursday that the United States do more to prevent Taiwan from holding a referendum that China views as a step toward independence, but a senior U.S. official said Washington has already done all it can to get the vote called off. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1386/1/Human-rights-questions-remain-for-China/index.html With a year to go before the 2008 Olympics get under way, questions linger over China's efforts to improve its human rights record. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1383/1/Chinese-president-calls-for-stepped-up-propaganda-work-ahead-of-Olympics/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao has told officials to breath new life into propaganda efforts, putting renewed emphasis on a key pillar of communist rule ahead of this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1376/1/Dutch-irk-China-with-debate-on-Olympics-and-rights/index.html The Netherlands irked Olympics host China on Thursday by going ahead with a discussion of the country's human rights record and the Games, despite a warning by the Chinese ambassador that the debate was offensive. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1375/1/Dutch-foreign-minister-says-China-must-improve-its-human-rights-record-/index.html Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said China's human rights record must improve and that the Beijing Olympics should be used as an opportunity to press for change. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1374/1/Brown-urged-to-press-China-on-human-rights/index.html Prime Minister Gordon Brown should use his visit to China starting on Friday to press Beijing on a range of human rights issues ahead of this year's Olympics, according to rights groups. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1372/1/US-concerned-over-China-military-build-up-Taiwan-admiral/index.html The top commander of the US Pacific Fleet raised concern Tuesday over China's military build-up and urged Beijing to clarify the intentions of its increasingly sophisticated armed forces. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1371/1/China-view-of-Africa-democracy-hits-sensitivities/index.html An official Chinese newspaper's assertion on Monday that Kenyan political turmoil showed Africa was unsuited to Western democracy touched a raw nerve on the continent trying to overcome the legacies of colonialism and "big-man" rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1370/1/China-defends-dissident-arrest-after-US-criticism/index.html China hit back on Tuesday at criticism from the United States about the arrest of a prominent Chinese dissident, saying he was a suspected criminal and would be dealt with by the law. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1369/1/Germanys-Merkel-Defends-China-Policy-Amid-Political-Rift/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her China policy Tuesday amid a major rift brought on by her meeting last year with the Dalai Lama, considered a dangerous separatist by Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1367/1/Congress-Uses-Olympics-To-Focus-On-China-/index.html The world will be watching China closely as it gears up to host the Olympics this year. So will U.S. lawmakers, who hope to use the attention generated by the summer games to highlight their complaints about China's government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1366/1/China-says-military-buildup-does-not-threaten-US-/index.html China defended its growing military prowess on Monday, saying it did not threaten the United States, and again urged Washington not to sell weapons to Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1365/1/India-and-China-pledge-new-era-of-cooperation/index.html China and India pledged Monday to strengthen trade and military links and seek a solution to a border row, as India's prime minister sought to cement a rapid improvement in ties with a landmark visit. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1364/1/Malawi-drops-ties-with-Taiwan-for-China/index.html The African nation of Malawi has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of relations with China, which has been using its rising political and economic clout to reduce the number of countries who recognize the island. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1362/1/China-may-seek-Indias-help-in-solving-Tibet-issue/index.html The Tibet issue is expected to figure in the discussions between officials accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and their Chinese counterparts during Singh's visit to Beijing beginning Sunday. The Chinese government might also try to find out if India would help it to resume dialogue with the Dalai Lama, sources said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1360/1/Taiwan-China-Could-Steal-Its-Allies/index.html  China could undermine Taiwan's diplomatic standing in the run-up to key elections this weekend, the self-ruled island's foreign minister warned Thursday, amid signs that two of Taipei's allies were considering switching ties to Beijing zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1357/1/Usual-scenes-of-violence-in-Chinas-Far-West/index.html Villagers rise up against the government which takes land without paying, business which sends gangs to beat anyone who protects workers rights, police who clash with workers asking to be paid. In the “society of harmony” the state fails to safeguard its citizens, who are forced to battle against public and private abuse. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1356/1/Taiwan-says-China-seeks-to-influence-islands-elections-by-wooing-away-its-allies-/index.html China is stepping up efforts to woo away Taiwan's diplomatic allies in an attempt to hurt President Chen Shui-bian's ruling party ahead of crucial elections, the island's top diplomat said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1355/1/China-planning-to-secure-North-Koreas-nuclear-arsenal-report/index.html China has contingency plans to dispatch troops into North Korea and secure nuclear weapons in the event of instability in the hardline communist state, according to US experts who have talked to Chinese military researchers. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1354/1/China-crackdown-flouts-Olympic-rights-vow-activists/index.html China's arrest of a prominent rights campaigner is part of an increasing crackdown on critics that breaks promises it made to land the Olympics, said activists who called for world pressure on Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1352/1/Canada-can-raise-human-rights-issues-and-still-do-business-with-China-Emerson/index.html International Trade Minister David Emerson says Canada is comfortable with criticizing China's human rights record while continuing to do business with the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1348/1/Letter-from-China-A-harmonious-society-hearing-different-notes-/index.html To pay attention in China is to be aware of the proliferation of the astoundingly wooden language that suffuses public life. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1346/1/China-increases-use-of-lethal-injections-in-executions/index.html China's executioners are to step up the use of lethal injections, a senior court official told state media today, in order to make executions "more humane" in the world's leading practitioner of capital punishment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1345/1/China-Limits-Providers-of-Internet-Video/index.html China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of Internet videos — including those posted on video-sharing Web sites — to sites run by state-controlled companies and require providers to report questionable content to the governme zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1343/1/Taiwan-president-raps-China-over-missile-build-up/index.html Taiwan's president Tuesday accused China of attempting to change the status quo in the Strait by stockpiling more than 1,000 missiles, stepping up the rhetoric against Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1342/1/Doubts-raised-on-sales-of-US-high-tech-equipment-to-China-/index.html Six months ago, the Bush administration quietly eased some restrictions on the export of politically delicate technologies to China. The new approach was intended to help U.S. companies increase sales of high-tech equipment to China despite tight curbs on sharing technology that might have military applications. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1341/1/Hurdles-remain-as-Beijing-Olympics-near-/index.html Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have left nothing to chance for China's "coming-out party" this year but a few tricky hurdles still lie in wait ahead of the opening ceremony on August 8. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1340/1/Foreign-journalists-report-continued-harassment-in-China/index.html Foreign journalists working in China face continued harassment despite new reporting rules brought in for the Olympic Games, a report by the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1338/1/German-AI-official-calls-on-IOC-to-pressure-China-on-human-rights/index.html The International Olympic Committee (IOC) must put more pressure on China on the human rights issue leading up to the Beijing Games next August, a German official for Amnesty International (AI) said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1337/1/Pro-democracy-MP-detained-at-China-border/index.html AN outspoken Hong Kong lawmaker said he was detained Thursday at the China border while trying to fly to Beijing to push for full democracy as Chinese officials discussed political reforms in Hong Kong. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1336/1/China-faces-up-to-the-horrible-truth-about-its-Mao-made-economic-disaster/index.html WU JIHUAI turned 46 this year and has lived his life in a poor village called La Pa in China's poorest province, Guizhou. Those facts are enough for a thoughtful Chinese person to deduce that he comes from a privileged family and is lucky to be alive. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1335/1/The-truth-about-Chinas-economy/index.html China has been the darling of the West, showered with praise for the massive economic strides it has made. Until recently, the West has turned a blind eye to the falsified statistics China has routinely produced to impress the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1332/1/Self-interest-trumps-principles/index.html The Security Council is now deadlocked over the issue of Kosovo independence and the behaviour of Russia, China and Iran, which offers a textbook case of hypocrisy and a web of ugly realpolitik. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1330/1/China-Resolution-Places-Human-Rights-At-Centre/index.html The European Parliament has passed a resolution that criticizes China for not addressing its human rights situation, especially in East Turkestan and Tibet, and urges the European Commission to take a stronger stance. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1329/1/China-Says-Obamas-Toy-Ban-Pledge-Unreasonable/index.html U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's call for a ban on Chinese toy imports is ``unobjective, unreasonable and unfair,'' China's Foreign Ministry said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1328/1/China-denies-fresh-stand-off-in-troubled-village/index.html China on Friday denied there had been a new stand-off between residents and authorities in a troubled village where police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against a controversial power plant two years ago. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1326/1/China-and-India-start-first-ever-joint-military-exercise/index.html China and India began a small joint military exercise Wednesday, the first time two countries have cooperated militarily at that high a level. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1323/1/China-Embraces-Fast-Growing-Economy-With-Risks-Unrest-Pollution-in-2007--/index.html China continues to be one of the world's fastest growing economies, but in the past year, it faced many worries and criticisms ranging from concerns about inflation, social stability and environmental degradation to global complaints about the safety of Chinese-made goods. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1322/1/China-muted-on-Japans-missile-test/index.html China on Tuesday reacted mildly to Japan's successful test of a shipborne ballistic missile defence system, despite Beijing's longstanding concern that such shields could undermine regional stability. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1321/1/Economic-clout-of-China-and-India-is-overstated-World-Bank-says/index.html The World Bank has come up with a new way to look at the relative clout of economies, and it turns out most previous estimates have exaggerated the size of China's and India's economies by roughly 40 per cent. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1320/1/China-detains-cyber-dissident-who-criticised-Olympics/index.html A Chinese cyber-dissident who criticised the government over human rights abuses ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games has been detained on suspicion of subverting state power, his wife said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1319/1/India-China-wargames-set-to-begin-on-Dec-21/index.html  India and China are getting ready for a unique game, where observers and the audience will count for more than the actual players. The two nations are set to hold their first joint military exercise from December 21 ending a year of both distrust and intense parleys to build friendship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1318/1/Dalai-Lama-accuses-China-of-cultural-genocide/index.html The Dalai Lama has accused China of "cultural genocide" in Tibet, in an interview published on Tuesday in the online edition of the German political magazine Cicero. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1316/1/Its-Principles-vs-Profits-in-Dealing-With-China-/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel's principled diplomacy vis-a-vis China has become a hot topic among diplomatic circles in Hong Kong and Beijing in recent days. Merkel, an advocate of the so-called "value-oriented diplomacy" which attaches prime importance to human rights and freedom, met with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama who is the spiritual leader of Tibet, in her office in September. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1315/1/China-swamps-Nepal-over-Tibet--/index.html Anxious to retain Kathmandu's allegiance to its 'One China policy' that accepts Tibet as a part of China, Beijing has stepped up its Tibet campaign in Nepal with a blitzkrieg of delegations and propaganda. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1314/1/China-softening-stand-on-Arunachal-Pradesh-/index.html Is China readying to bury the hatchet with India in Arunachal Pradesh? For the first time Beijing granted a visa to a resident of Arunachal but the signals are mixed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1313/1/Taiwans-Vice-President-Lu-raps-China-over-air-space-move-/index.html Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu on Sunday accused China of interfering with the island's upcoming parliamentary and presidential polls by trying to squeeze its air space. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1309/1/Pak-China-sign-extradition-treaty/index.html Pakistan and China on Tuesday signed an extradition treaty to make cooperation more effective on preventing and suppressing crimes, keeping in view the acts of international terrorism and organised crimes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1306/1/The-China-Honeymoon-Is-Over/index.html For Europe, the "China honeymoon" is over. As the 10th European Union-China summit meeting convenes in Beijing this week, and after 15 years of rapidly and dramatically developing ties, there are numerous indications of new strains emerging in the relationship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1305/1/China-says-Dalai-wants-feudal-Tibet/index.html China accused the Dalai Lama on Tuesday of wanting to restore feudalism to his exiled homeland of Tibet and dismissed a report by the spiritual leader's government accusing Beijing of sidelining Tibetans and endangering the remote region's environment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1304/1/China-retreats-on-free-press/index.html The Olympics, to be held next summer in Beijing, are a source of immense national pride. China's communist government is presenting the Games as one huge coming out party, proof that it's a respected international power. To get the Olympics, it made promises on improving human rights in general and press freedom in particular. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1303/1/Group-Protests-Chinas-Web-Censorship/index.html A California free-speech group wants to force China to end Internet censorship and remove barriers to American e-commerce companies hoping to do business in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1302/1/China-urged-to-free-jailed-writers-before-Games-/index.html An international writers' group has urged China's President Hu Jintao to free 40 jailed dissident writers and journalists, and honour freedom of expression ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1301/1/Sinopec-workers-stage-pay-protest-at-China-plant/index.html Hundreds of workers demonstrated over pay for nearly a week at an eastern China refinery owned by Sinopec Corp, in a rare display of protest in the Communist country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1298/1/China-Needs-to-Change-and-Become-Democratic-Says-Tiananmen-Square-Leader/index.html Americans are paying far too much attention to China's phenomenal economic growth while ignoring the worsening social foundation of the Communist led society. Americans are really getting an illusory view of China, says Chinese dissident Wang Dan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1297/1/Olympic-Officials-Must-Push-China-on-Human-Rights-Amnesty-Says-/index.html The International Olympic Committee must press China to improve human rights before the Beijing Games, Amnesty International said as the sports body prepared to meet in Switzerland today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1296/1/Reporters-Without-Borders-stages-demo-in-Hong-Kong-after-being-banned-from-mainland-China-eight-months-ahead-of-Olympic-games/index.html A large flag showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs was unfurled outside the Liaison Office of the central people’s government of China in Hong Kong today by five Reporters Without Borders representatives, including secretary-general Robert Ménard, in a protest to mark Human Rights Day. Two days before Chinese authorities refused to give visas to members of the press freedom organisation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1292/1/Dalai-Lama-diplomacy-will-not-change-Tibet-China/index.html A wave of high-level visits by the Dalai Lama to Western countries will have no effect on the status of Chinese-ruled Tibet, and will only serve to harm relations with Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1291/1/China-and-US-presidents-speak-on-phone-about-improving-ties/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart, George W. Bush, spoke on the phone about building closer bilateral ties and resolving global disputes such as Iran, China said Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1290/1/Will-US-Asia-Tensions-Increase-In-08/index.html The deteriorating U.S. economy, presidential election season and tensions with Iran will influence U.S. Asia policy. However, beyond these important peripherals, Washington will confront increasing dissonance in Chinese foreign policy, new versions of old tensions over Taiwan and obstacles in the six-party talks on North Korea. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1289/1/US-Christian-Bosss-Chinese-Aid-Receives-Two-Years-Labor-Camp/index.html The Chinese assistant of an American Christian businessman remained detained Friday, December 7, after being sentenced to two years « education through labor » on charges of helping foreigners in « illegal activities », a Christian rights group said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1285/1/Burma-China-Slovakia-Named-Worst-Housing-Violators-/index.html The Geneva-based Center on Housing Rights and Evictions has given its 2007 Housing Rights Violator Awards to Burma, China and Slovakia. The citation is given to governments or public institutions that systematically violate housing rights and fail to abide by international law. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1284/1/US-Proposes-Nuclear-Dialogue-with-China-/index.html The United States has proposed starting a dialogue with China on nuclear weapons and strategy. VOA's Al Pessin reports the proposal came during an annual meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese defense officials at the Pentagon, which included military officers responsible for each country's nuclear weapons. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1283/1/EU-US-See-Chinas-Rise-as-Cause-for-Concern-/index.html A majority of Europeans and Americans said they perceive China's emergence as a major economic power as a threat, according to a survey published by the German Marshall Fund. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1282/1/China-says-it-is-cyber-espionage-victim/index.html Chinese Foreign Minister denies his country is cyber-spying on others - but says China is a victim of web-attacks zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1281/1/Xinjiang-Worker-Sentenced-to-Two-Years-Re-Education-Through-Labor-for-Assisting-American-Christian-Businessman/index.html China Aid Association has learned that Wusimanyiming, a former employee of Xinjiang Pacific Agricultural Resources Development Company, Ltd., has been sentenced to two years education through labor for allegedly assisting foreigners in illegal activities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1280/1/US-Democrats-talk-tough-with-China/index.html Democratic presidential hopefuls on Tuesday vowed to crank up US pressure on China, accusing Beijing of flooding America with defective toys, ignoring global trade rules and abusing human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1279/1/China-warns-US-to-keep-out-of-Taiwan/index.html A ROW between China and the US over port visits to Hong Kong has extended into a renewed move by Beijing to prevent foreign naval vessels sailing through the 180km-wide Taiwan Strait. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1278/1/Carter-says-China-acquiesced-to-Taiwan-arms-sales/index.html Former US president Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that when ties with China were re-established 29 years ago, Beijing privately acknowledged that the United States would keep selling arms to Taiwan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1277/1/Group-China-to-Evict-15M-for-Olympics/index.html China continues to evict 13,000 people each month in preparation for the Beijing Olympics, despite worldwide attention and increased scrutiny, a housing rights group said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1275/1/Strong-arm-tactics-alleged-in-struggle-for-Chinas-image/index.html A NON-PROFIT newsletter editor says Beijing security officials tried to bribe him before shutting down his publication and barring his re-entry to China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1274/1/China-welcomes-quotfair-and-objectivequot-media-to-Games-/index.html A Cupertino man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally exporting night-vision technology to China that could be used for military purposes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1273/1/Cupertino-man-gets-2-years-for-exporting-military-technology-to-China/index.html  A Cupertino man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally exporting night-vision technology to China that could be used for military purposes. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1272/1/Why-China-cracked-down-on-my-nonprofit/index.html This chilling message – and it is a direct quote – was delivered to me in Beijing this summer by an apparently high-ranking Chinese security official who would tell me only his surname: Song. He was, he said, "in charge of watching terrorism and NGOs," and he was offering me a real, not theoretical, choice. I could become an elite propagandist for China, or I would have to leave the country, where I had lived continuously for 12 years, and would never be allowed back. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1271/1/-State-Security-Arrests-in-China-Doubled-in-06-Group-Reports/index.html The number of people arrested in China for "endangering state security" more than doubled last year, showing that the government is cracking down on the political crime of dissent despite pressure to improve its human rights record before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a human rights watchdog group based in the United States said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1270/1/China-faces-the-dilemmas-of-success-/index.html On a recent visit to Beijing I was struck, like other visitors, by the confidence and ambition of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1269/1/Chinas-see-no-evil-brand-of-diplomacy-has-got-to-change/index.html Ever since its founding, the People's Republic of China has adhered to a foreign policy of non-interference in other country's internal affairs - or so it claims. But with China's rapid ascent and ever-closer integration with the outside world, this doctrine has become increasingly anachronistic. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1268/1/Chinas-Kitty-Hawk-Problem/index.html One of the most striking aspects of China's emergence as a world power has been the sophistication with which the nation's complex and evolving new role on the global stage has been managed. A country that once was known for stonefaced spokesmen spouting slogans has displayed a remarkable finesse in forging new relationships and revivifying old ones. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1267/1/Stop-labour-at-China-schools-/index.html The Chinese government should abolish the use of income-generating child labour schemes in middle and junior high schools because of the chronic abuse they entail, a rights group said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1266/1/Chinese-American-activists-decry-Chinas-communism/index.html They waved banners reading "Chinese Communism Collapsing," and chanted Chinese slogans denouncing the ruling communist party as a merciless tyrant. They called for former Chinese president Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice for alleged crimes against humanity, and hammered Tang drums to drive away evil spirits. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1265/1/Space-Company-Chief-Convicted-of-Spying-/index.html A court convicted the head of a rocket and space technology company Monday on charges of leaking sensitive technology to China - the latest case involving a Russian scientist who was prosecuted despite claims the sensitive materials were in the public domain. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1264/1/Workers-in-China-strike-over-rising-food-costs----officials-/index.html Police in southern China used batons and dogs to keep thousands of workers from leaving their factory premises after they went on strike over rising food costs, officials and reports said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1262/1/China-tells-more-US-vessels-to-keep-out/index.html China has refused nine U.S. Navy ships and one Air Force jet entry to Hong Kong in the past month, U.S. military officials said Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1261/1/Britain-accuses-China-of-web-based-espionage/index.html The Government has openly accused China of carrying out state-sponsored espionage against vital parts of Britain’s economy, including computer systems of major banks and financial services firms. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1259/1/Rights-group-lashes-IOC-chief-over-China-controls-/index.html The International Olympics Committee has failed to ensure that China honors promised media freedoms ahead of Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games, a press rights group has claimed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1255/1/In-the-Case-of-the-Beijing-Olympic-Games-China-Falls-Short-of-Even-the-Bronze-Medal/index.html The timing of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is crucial for China because of significant political issues at play, issues that the spirit of the Games mask, and ones that the international community cannot ignore. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1254/1/Merkel-puts-rights-at-heart-of-foreign-policy/index.html Angela Merkel used a keynote parliamentary address to stress the importance of human rights in German foreign policy on Wednesday, in her toughest rejection to date of criticism of her meeting with the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1253/1/China-Explains-Decision-to-Block-US-Ships-/index.html China denied permission for a United States aircraft carrier battle group and other American warships to visit Hong Kong last week because of the Bush administration’s proposal to sell upgrades to Patriot antimissile batteries to Taiwan, Chinese state media said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1252/1/China-Reports-Riot-in-Southwestern-Tibet/index.html Rioters in Chinese-ruled Tibet destroyed shops and government offices following a dispute between Buddhist monks and a local shopkeeper, the government's news agency reported Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1250/1/China-PM-Merkel-should-say-Dalai-Lama-meet-was-error/index.html China and Germany can remain friends as long as Chancellor Angela Merkel admits making a mistake in meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1249/1/HIVAIDS-discrimination-widespread-in-China-UN/index.html China's efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination have failed to stamp out "widespread" stigmatization of sufferers, United Nations. officials said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1248/1/China-political-arrests-increasing---rights-group/index.html Arrests in China on charges of "endangering state security" nearly doubled last year, a sign of increasing pressure on political activism, a U.S.-based human rights watchdog said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1247/1/New-Statistics-Point-to-Dramatic-Increase-in-Chinese-Political-Arrests-in-2006/index.html Chinese arrests for "endangering state security" (ESS) doubled in 2006 over the previous year, according to official statistics recently released by the Chinese government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1246/1/US-criticizes-China-for-barring-US-ships-from-port/index.html  Senior U.S. military officers on Tuesday criticized China for denying a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier group and two smaller ships access to the Hong Kong port, saying Beijing was not living up to its obligations as a "responsible nation." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1245/1/Chinas-Thanksgiving-Snub/index.html The military relationship between China and the U.S. isn't always smooth sailing. But last week's stormy waters came as a surprise. On Wednesday evening, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied permission for the USS Kitty Hawk and its carrier battle group to make a four-day port call to Hong Kong for the Thanksgiving holiday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1244/1/China-Quickly-Condemns-Dalai-Lamas-Call-for-Referendum-on-Succession/index.html The Dalai Lama says that his successor will be chosen outside of Tibet if he dies in exile.  He also is considering different methods for that to happen, even before his death. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1236/1/Thousands-protest-over-China-ant-aphrodisiac-scheme/index.html Thousands of people in north-eastern China have protested on the streets and surrounded government offices demanding help recovering money from a get-rich-quick scheme to raise ants to make an aphrodisiac tonic. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1235/1/Clinton-fires-China-Christmas-toys-warning/index.html Democratic 2008 front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday blamed China for a tide of millions of toy exports which she warned could be defective and endanger American children at Christmas. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1233/1/China-jails-four-Tibetans-for-quotsplittistquot-activity/index.html China has jailed an ethnic Tibetan villager for eight years for "inciting to split the country" after he spoke at a gathering in support of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1232/1/Report-Dalai-Lama-may-appoint-successor/index.html The Dalai Lama says he may appoint a successor or rely on an election before his death in a break with tradition, a Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday, following recent orders that China must approve Tibet's spiritual leaders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1231/1/Germany-looks-to-Asia-at-Chinas-expense-/index.html Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc is studying a strategic partnership with Asia that would shift the German government's focus away from China and link economic ties and human rights more closely to the rest of the region, the authors of the report said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1230/1/China-Calls-US-Commission-Report-On-Currency-Libelous/index.html China lashed out on Monday against a U.S. commission that accused it of currency manipulation and called for legislation imposing penalty tariffs on Chinese goods. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1229/1/China-to-Reject-Imposing-Sanctions-on-Myanmar-Update1/index.html China will reject sanctions on Myanmar at a meeting of Asian leaders in Singapore this week, and won't press for a timetable for democratic reforms sought by the U.S. and the United Nations, a Chinese official said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1225/1/US-slams-Chinas-rights-record/index.html An angry American official took to the microphone at a plenary session of the US-Africa Business Summit on today to protest at what he saw as a reluctance in Africa and at the summit itself to note the differences between the contributions of the United States and China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1224/1/-Can-you-Yahoo-safely-in-China/index.html Yahoo's apology and financial settlement with the families of two prisoners in China are warnings to American business. Ethical behavior does not begin and end with the law. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1223/1/China-Says-Protesters-at-Olympics-Will-Be-Dealt-With-Harshly/index.html A Chinese official says security forces are prepared to stop protests during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1221/1/Chinas-spying-called-a-threat-by-US-panel-Security-feared-for-tech-secrets/index.html China's extensive spying inside the United States is the greatest threat to the security of American technology secrets. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1220/1/German-Finance-Minister-Cancels-Beijing-Visit-After-China-Snub/index.html China has given further indications of the strain in its relations with Germany. The Chinese finance ministry cancelled a scheduled meeting with German Finance Minister Peer Steinbr&uumlck in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1218/1/Report-China-spies-threaten-US-technology/index.html Chinese spying in America represents the greatest threat to U.S. technology, according to a congressional advisory panel report Thursday that recommended lawmakers consider financing counterintelligence efforts meant to stop China from stealing U.S. manufacturing expertise. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1215/1/China-Tracks-Summer-Olympics-Journalists-/index.html The Chinese government has created profiles on thousands of foreign journalists coming to report on next summer's Beijing Olympics and is gathering information on thousands more to put into a database, a top official said in comments published Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1214/1/China-Denounces-US-Arms-Sales-To-Taiwan-/index.html China on Tuesday angrily denounced U.S. weapon sales to Taiwan, saying the transfers were emboldening independence-minded President Chen Shui- bian and threatening cross-strait peace. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1213/1/Finding-significance-as-a-journalist-in-China-/index.html Under a crystalline sky in western China in 2006, I sat in a black sedan with Zhu Youke, one of China's most prominent journalists telling him about an illegal coal mine threatening endangered species. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1209/1/China-To-Face-UN-Human-Rights-Bodys-Scrutiny-in-2009/index.html According to the decisions of the UN Human Rights Council during the first segment of its Sixth session in September 2007, China’s human rights record will come up for scrutiny by the UN’s highest human rights body in early 2009. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1205/1/Press-Freedom-in-China-Under-Scrutiny-on-Journalists-Day/index.html China marked "Journalists Day" Thursday with state-run media hailing a new era of increasing press freedom in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but Western rights groups are largely unimpressed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1204/1/Report-China-Issues-Broad-Olympic-Ban/index.html China has secretly issued an order banning those the government considers a threat from next year's Olympics — a group that includes terrorists, Falun Gong activists, some media workers and frequent traffic-law violators, an overseas monitoring association said Friday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1203/1/China-attacks-quotsubjectivequot-IEA-energy-outlook/index.html Beijing officials attacked an International Energy Agency report that said China would soon be the world's top energy user and carbon dioxide emitter, calling it subjective and politically ill-judged. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1187/1/Militants-energy-top-of-China-Central-Asia-meeting-/index.html Fighting militancy and boosting energy cooperation between China, Russia and Central Asia will top the agenda at a summit in Uzbekistan later this week, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1185/1/China-blasts-Canada-for-Dalai-Lama-reception/index.html The Chinese government blasted formal meetings yesterday between the Dalai Lama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General Michaëlle Jean, warning they will "gravely undermine" the relationship between Canada and China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1158/1/Chinese-Communist-party-aims-for-harmonious-congress/index.html Once every five years, the Chinese Communist party plays power politics at the highest level. On the surface, all is "harmony," as President Hu Jintao likes to say. But behind closed doors, most of the decisions that will affect China - and ultimately the world - for the next half decade are fiercely debated. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1156/1/China-Warns-US-on-Dalai-Lama-Trip-/index.html Chinese officials warned the United States today not to honor the Dalai Lama, saying a planned award ceremony in Washington for the Tibetan spiritual leader would have “an extremely serious impact” on relations between the countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1149/1/Chinas-Leader-Closes-Door-to-Reform-at-Meeting-/index.html Delivering the opening address at the ruling Communist Party’s 17th National Congress today, President Hu Jintao promised to address social fissures, a degraded environment and rampant corruption during his second term as China’s top leader, but he all but ruled out more than cosmetic political reform. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1148/1/In-China-new-crackdown-on-dissidents/index.html As China's ruling Communist Party holds its most important conclave in five years, the government has launched an unusually harsh crackdown on potential troublemakers, say Chinese and international human rights groups. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1146/1/Chinas-Olympic-Blacklist-is-many/index.html Following is the full text of a translation of an edited excerpt of a purported official Olympics blacklist of China published by Human Rights in China zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1144/1/Bush-to-Honor-Dalai-Lama-/index.html Risking heightened tensions with China, President Bush will attend a ceremony to award Congress' highest civilian honor to the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader whom Beijing reviles as a separatist. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1143/1/Beijing-08-Let-the-Politics-Begin-/index.html THE Communist Party expends much effort trying to remove politics from daily life in China, and now it wants to remove politics from the Olympics, too. Beijing Olympic officials are taking the line that political protesters agitating about China are violating the spirit and charter of the Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1142/1/China-Opposes-US-Honor-for-Dalai-Lama-/index.html China has criticized the U.S. Congress for awarding its highest civilian honor to the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.  VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1141/1/Two-American-Companies-and-Two-Chinese-Companies-Ordered-to-Shutdown-in-Xinjiang-for-Alleged-Religious-Infiltration/index.html China Aid Association learned that Xinjiang government has ordered at least four companies to shutdown revoking their business licenses and visas for alleged religious infiltration among Xingjiang muslims. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1139/1/China-Pre-Congress-Clampdown-Intensifies/index.html The Chinese government is intensifying repression ahead of the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which opens in Beijing next week, as the climax of a months-long campaign to silence dissent and impose a veneer of social harmony on the capital, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1137/1/Censors-grip-tightening-on-Internet-in-China/index.html Internet censors in China are becoming more systematic and sophisticated in how they monitor the Web and eradicate content deemed sensitive, according to a Chinese technician working for an Internet firm. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1136/1/Chinas-Hu-to-test-power-at-Party-Congress/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao will seek to shake off the lingering influence of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, and anoint an heir when the Communist Party gathers next week for its most important political meeting in five years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1134/1/Crackdown-ahead-of-Chinas-Party-congress/index.html All news is good news this week. China’s ruling Communist Party is determined to make sure that its five-yearly congress goes without a hitch and is remembered as a glorious moment in its 58-year rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1133/1/China-Issue-Moratorium-on-Executions-Before-Olympics/index.html China should impose a moratorium on all executions as a goodwill gesture before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued its call for a moratorium in advance of the World Day against the Death Penalty on October 10. China is estimated to execute more people than the rest of the world combined. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1131/1/Congressman-Franks-and-33-Members-of-Congress-Call-onChina-to-Respect-Human-Rights/index.html On September 19th, Congressman Trent Franks sent a letter to President Hu, cosigned by 33 other members of Congress, calling for the release of Chen Guangcheng and drawing attention to China’s destructive family planning policy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1125/1/Taiwan-likely-to-unveil-missile-that-can-hit-China-/index.html Taiwan's military is likely to unveil a domestically developed cruise missile during next week's National Day parade that is capable of hitting targets in China, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1124/1/China-ready-for-quotgravequot-Taiwan-scenarios/index.html China cannot compromise on its claim to Taiwan and is ready for "grave" scenarios, a top adviser said, days after the island's ruling party resolved to recommend a new constitution, with implications of independence from China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1123/1/French-Associations-demand-Beijing-Olympics-Boycott/index.html Collective for the Boycott of the Beijing Olympics (COBOP), a group of French Associations supported by many other organisations, journals, professors, philosophers and intellectuals held a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy today, calling for boycotting next year's Beijing Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1117/1/China-seeking-to-cut-numbers-of-executions-court-official-/index.html  Facing criticism for its human rights record, the vice-president of Supreme People's Court of China said Tuesday his country was trying to reduce the number of death penalty cases. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1116/1/Dalai-Lama-winning-one-battle-against-China-/index.html The Dalai Lama's frequent high-profile foreign tours this year show China's enduring attempts to isolate the Tibetan spiritual leader and ruin his image have had little impact, observers said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1115/1/China-replaces-top-military-brass-ahead-of-party-congress-/index.html China has replaced the head of its air force and other top military leaders ahead of a major Communist Party congress next month at which President Hu Jintao is expected to fill several top posts with younger leaders loyal to his rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1114/1/Tensions-crackdowns-precede-Chinas-big-meeting/index.html The eyes of the world are looking towards Beijing for the Olympic Games that will be held here fewer than 11 months from now. But for real China watchers, an event next month will draw much greater attention and have a much greater impact on the country than 16 days of athletics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1112/1/China-Defends-Its-Record-on-Religion/index.html China defended its record on religious freedom Thursday, saying all Chinese can worship as they choose with no restrictions, and it blasted a U.S. government report that said Beijing persecutes some believers. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1107/1/China-to-Free-Jailed-New-York-Times-Employee/index.html Zhao Yan, a Chinese research assistant for The New York Times, is expected to be freed Saturday morning after serving three years in prison on a fraud conviction that sparked international outrage and brought criticism on China’s legal system. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1106/1/China-tightens-grip-ahead-of-congress-/index.html China has launched a crackdown on political dissidents and potential troublemakers ahead of the Communist Party's 17th congress, which begins next month. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1105/1/China-to-reduce-death-penalty-use-/index.html China's Supreme Court has ordered judges to be more sparing in the imposition of the death penalty. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1104/1/FTA-can-increase-volume-of-Sino-Pak-trade/index.html The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China will help in increasing trade volume to the optimum level between the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1103/1/Income-gap-widening-between-rural-urban-areas-in-China-/index.html The income gap between rural and urban areas is widening in China, government data published Friday showed, despite years of efforts from the top echelons of government to bridge the divide. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1100/1/Official-Massive-Damage-to-China-From-Hacking/index.html A senior Chinese official said foreign intelligence agencies have caused "massive and shocking" damage to China by hacking into computers to ferret out political, military and scientific secrets. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1099/1/Women-a-rare-sight-in-Chinas-corridors-of-power-/index.html There are women to be found in China's halls of power, but most of them are serving tea. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1098/1/China-Firewalls-Not-Effective/index.html A new study discovers that the firewalls China uses to censor content are more porous than imagined. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1097/1/China-to-evict-petitioners-before-Olympics/index.html For centuries, Chinese with grievances against hometown officials have trekked to Beijing to appeal to central authorities for legal redress. They must often stay for months, or longer, living in petitioners' settlements while they pursue their cases. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1095/1/Australia-Human-Rights-Abrogated-with-Extradition-Treaty-signed-with-China/index.html At the sia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum meeting Australia signed an extradition treaty with China on September 6. Great, some international co-operation on crime and extradition and transferring prisoners from one legal jurisdiction to another. But hang on, China executes more citizens than any other state and its human rights record is abyssmal. Just ask the Falun Dafa people. Or Tibetan followers of the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1094/1/Taiwan-military-shows-strength-amid-fresh-tension-with-China-/index.html Taiwan showed off two US-made F-16 fighter jets and a fleet of warships Wednesday in a show of its intent to defend itself from any attack by China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1093/1/China-opposes-linking-Games-to-Darfur-issue/index.html China staunchly opposes the linkage between the Olympic Games and the Darfur issue, said Liu Guijin, the Chinese government's special representative for Darfur, on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1091/1/Chinese-Premier-urges-quicker-development-in-Xinjiang--/index.html Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that Xinjiang should develop at a quicker pace to benefit people of all ethnic groups in the northwestern autonomous region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1088/1/Terrorism-biggest-threat-to-Beijing-Olympics-police-chief-/index.html Terrorism poses the biggest threat to the success of next year's Beijing Olympics, China's police chief said in comments published Tuesday. "Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism," the China Daily quoted Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang as saying. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1083/1/Campaigners-Want-Human-Rights-on-the-APEC-Agenda/index.html China activists have expressed fears that totalitarian limits on freedom are creeping into Australia, and have called on democratic countries to take a stronger stance on human rights in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1080/1/Bush-pushes-China-on-democracy/index.html George W. Bush urged China on Friday to use its hosting of the Olympics in Beijing next year to expand “openness and tolerance.” He made the plea hours after accepting an invitation from President Hu Jintao of China to attend the summer games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1079/1/Bush-Chinas-Hu-tackle-thorny-issues/index.html U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday told reporters that talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao were "constructive" and centered on Iran, China-made product recalls, global climate change and civilian religious freedoms. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1078/1/Laura-Bush-hopes-China-will-join-Myanmar-pressure-By-Tabassum-Zakaria/index.html First lady Laura Bush waded into international diplomacy on Wednesday by calling for the United Nations to step up pressure on Myanmar over human rights with a resolution, and said she hoped China would join in. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1076/1/The-Great-Firewall-Of-China-/index.html The hacking of a Pentagon computer network by the Chinese military is evidence of China's development of "asymmetrical warfare." Was this computer attack part of preparation for a digital Pearl Harbor? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1075/1/Chinas-Envoy-On-Darfur-Visits-US-To-Explain-Beijing-Policy-/index.html China's special envoy on the troubled Darfur region is visiting the U.S. to explain Beijing's position on Sudan to lawmakers and show business personalities, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1074/1/China-says-will-allow-nothing-to-spoil-the-Party/index.html China is ready to stamp out hostile forces, defuse popular unrest and the Falun Gong "cult," cut crime and clean up cyberspace to ensure the success of a key Communist Party meeting next month, the police chief said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1072/1/Wikipedia-blocked-in-China-yet-again-/index.html Wikipedia's English site is blocked again in China, after over two months of being accessible, continuing a saga of on-again, off-again availability. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1071/1/China-hurting-in-world-opinion-polls/index.html Public opinion surveys taken in the United States and other countries around the world show that China's image has been badly dented in the wake of widespread reports of unsafe food, toxic toothpaste, dangerous toys and poisonous drugs. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1070/1/Chinas-Geopolitical-Qualms/index.html The World frequently speaks of China's geopolitical ambitions. Beijing's foray into Central Asia through the mechanism of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and participation in Peace Mission 2007 was discussed only last week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1068/1/Taleban-getting-Chinese-weapons/index.html Britain has privately complained to Beijing that Chinese-made weapons are being used by the Taleban to attack British troops in Afghanistan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1067/1/Visiting-Chinas-nuclear-past/index.html When word came on Oct. 16, 1964, that China had detonated its first atomic bomb, thousands of scientists and soldiers ran onto the grasslands here, leaping and shouting and weeping with joy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1066/1/China-faces-drug-traffic-influx-from-quotGolden-Crescentquot-/index.html China has stepped up vigil in northwest frontier region of Xinjiang against an influx of drug trafficking from the "Golden Crescent," which encompasses the mountain valleys of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1065/1/At-least-1-dead-20-injured-in-Muslim-Han-clashes-in-eastern-China--/index.html Clashes between minority Chinese Muslims and the Han majority last month left at least one person dead and 20 injured, a Hong Kong newspaper and human rights group reported Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1063/1/Gere-urges-China-to-be-honest-about-human-rights-abuses-/index.html US movie star actor Richard Gere, an impassioned supporter of the Dalai Lama, called on China on Monday to "be open" about its human rights record in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1062/1/The-Politics-of-Reincarnation-in-China/index.html When Chinese authorities implement a new law this month on the "reincarnation of Living Buddhas," it will open a new and controversial phase in the looming battle to find a successor for the 72-year-old Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1061/1/Merkel-seen-as-tough-on-rights-in-China-trip/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel's straight talking on freedoms during her three-day China trip signals a departure from a traditionally low-key European stance on sensitive issues, analysts said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1060/1/China-says-its-military-not-a-threat-/index.html Claims that China's military development is a threat are "totally groundless," Beijing's defense chief said in Tokyo on Thursday while assuring his Japanese hosts that China is becoming more open about its defense spending. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1059/1/China-Replaces-5-Cabinet-Ministers/index.html China replaced its finance minister, the head of the secret police and three other Cabinet members, the government said Thursday, in a reshuffling of senior posts ahead of a major Communist Party meeting that will set policies for the next five years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1058/1/British-minister-presses-China-on-human-rights-Darfur-/index.html A British minister said Thursday he pressured China to improve its human rights record, telling officials a failure to do so could affect their staging of next year's Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1056/1/Mia-Farrow-condemns-Chinas-apathy-towards-Darfur/index.html Actress and activist Mia Farrow has launched a scathing attack on China for its apathy towards the inhabitants of the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1055/1/Yahoo-Seeks-Dismissal-Of-Lawsuit-Alleging-It-Helped-China-Torture-Jail-Dissident-/index.html Yahoo has asked a California court to throw out a case brought by the World Organization for Human Rights USA, claiming the company helped the Chinese government violate the rights of a writer who was jailed after Yahoo turned over his e-mail records. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1054/1/China-Wants-Control-of-Reincarnation-of-Tibetan-Living-Buddhas/index.html As of September 1, China is tightening control over Tibetan Buddhism with a new law requiring government permission for the reincarnation of lamas. Tibetan activists say this is another attempt by communist Chinese leaders to undermine Tibetan culture and even absurdly to control the religious afterlife. VOA's Heda Bayron has more on the story from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1053/1/China-welcomes-US-opposition-to-Taiwan-UN-bid/index.html China welcomed U.S. pressure on Taiwan to drop its plan for a referendum on membership of the United Nations, saying the island's attempts to assert nationhood were doomed to failure. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1052/1/Respect-international-rules-China-told/index.html GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel raised human rights and other sensitive issues with China's leaders overnight, while bluntly telling them to respect the rules of international trade and development. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1049/1/China-Communist-Party-to-open-key-meeting-mid-Oct/index.html China's Communist Party will open a critical meeting on Oct. 15, state media said on Tuesday, announcing a congress at which president and party chief Hu Jintao is expected to consolidate power with a leadership reshuffle. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1045/1/Chinese-Government-Launches-Nationwide-Campaign-Against-Uncontrolled-Religious-Activities/index.html China Aid learned that Chinese central government has launched a nationwide targeted campaign to clamp down the so-called "illegal religious activities" since mid-July 2007. Reports indicate massive arrests have occurred in at least 8 provinces including Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Anhui. Some are still being detained for receiving bibles while some were persecuted by having their water and electricity cut off by the government because of hosting Sunday schools at home. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1037/1/Group-finds-China-toy-factory-conditions-quotbrutalquot-/index.html A U.S.-based workers' rights group said it found "brutal conditions" and labor violations at eight Chinese plants that make toys for big multinationals, and called on the companies to take steps for better standards. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1036/1/Kazakhstan-and-China-sign-oil-and-gas-pipelines-agreement/index.html Kazakhstan and China have agreed to build pipelines to carry oil and gas from fields near the Caspian Sea, one of the world's most promising new oil provinces, to China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1035/1/China-Death-penalty-for-damage-to-grid-/index.html China says it will execute people who sabotage the electricity supply, reversing recent steps to rein in widespread use of the death penalty, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1034/1/China-warns-of-Games-hijack-threat/index.html China has warned of hijack threats during next year's Beijing Olympics in a country it says is increasingly infiltrated by international terrorists, state media reported on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1033/1/Russo-China-military-exercise/index.html Joint-military exercises have become quite a common feature in several parts of the world, but the recent Russo-China exercise in Russia acquires importance as it is considered to be a strategic maneuver. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1030/1/China-Media-Chokehold-Tightens-Before-Party-Congress/index.html The Chinese government’s announced crackdown on “false news” and “illegal news coverage” could be yet another direct threat to media freedom in China, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1028/1/Russia-China-Start-Most-Ambitious-Joint-Wargames/index.html Russian and Chinese military forces started wargames on Friday, using a joint land and air assault on a mock town held by "terrorists" as a showcase for their military prowess. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1025/1/SCO-discuss-joint-anti-terrorism-measures/index.html The leaders of Russia, China and four Central Asian countries have agreed on improved energy co-operation as a guarantee for their mutual security. The heads of government have been meeting in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1024/1/Russia-China-Iran-issue-veiled-warning-to-US-to-stay-away-from-Central-Asia/index.html The leaders of Russia, China and Iran warned the outside world Thursday to leave Central Asia alone to look after its own stability and security, in a veiled message to the United States issued on the eve of major war games between Russia and China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1019/1/Chinas-Hu-in-delicate-diplomatic-mission-to-neighbours-/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao begins a tour of three ex-Soviet neighbours on Tuesday aimed at reaching a delicate balance between Beijing\'s energy and security goals and easing regional tensions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1018/1/Promises-Cynically-Broken-Over-the-2008-Beijing-Olympics-/index.html Much remains to be done before tens of thousands of athletes, sports enthusiasts and journalists turn up in Beijing for the opening of the Olympic Games on August 8 next year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1016/1/One-Year-Countdown-to-the-2008-Olympics-in-Beijing-Begins/index.html Exactly one year before the 2008 Olympic Games begin in Beijing, on August 8, Amnesty International (AI) hosted a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., calling on the Chinese regime to fulfill its promise of promoting human rights as part of the fundamental principles of Olympism. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1015/1/Chinas-objectives-in-Xinjiang/index.html China is nervously looking forward to hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, and is ensuring that nothing spoils the global publicity surrounding the event. As such, an incident in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 11 May does not bode well for those hopes. A protester threw an incendiary device at a large portrait of Mao Zedong hung over the gate leading to the Forbidden City. The last time the portrait was defaced was during the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1014/1/China-can-do-no-wrong---Critics-silenced-as-Olympics-approach/index.html How things have changed! In 1979, some 28 years ago, then-U.S. president Jimmy Carter urged that because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the 1980 Moscow Olympics should be boycotted. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1013/1/Olympic-Word-Games/index.html The Beijing Olympics will launch on Aug. 8, 2008, one year from today. At once a coming-out party for China and a source of great national pride, the games have also raised hopes that Beijing might honor its promises to allow unfettered press freedom and even permit greater freedom of speech for the Chinese people. But as we enter the home stretch before the games, the prospects for media and free expression reform are not good. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1011/1/War-games-involving-China-Russia-and-their-allies/index.html Joint military exercises between the six-member Shanghai Co-operation Organisation will continue till August 17; fighting terrorists and criminals is one of their objectives. The games are allowing high-ranking officials from all member states to meet. Moscow is building up its fleet and Beijing needs Russian help to contain the United States. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1010/1/Beijings-broken-Olympic-promise/index.html China said hosting the 2008 Summer Games would be good for human rights. That was cynical, and not true zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1006/1/Maneuvers-to-Outflank-US/index.html The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) launches military exercises in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region and China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday. The maneuvers are designed to counter an uprising reminiscent of bloodshed in Uzbekistan in 2005 and aimed to show that Eurasia’s east has a powerful military and political alliance whose members are ready to close ranks in any situation. SCO leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin are to visit a training range in Chebarkul for the final stage of the drills. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1002/1/China-lauds-minority-rights-on-key-anniversary-/index.html China on Wednesday lauded the 60th anniversary of the founding of Inner Mongolia, its first self-proclaimed region run by ethnic minorities, saying the fate of minorities and the Han Chinese was inextricably linked. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1001/1/Beijing-smog-clouds-Olympic-forecast/index.html June's blue-sky tallies were the worst in seven years, but officials promise clear days for the Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1000/1/China-addresses-ugly-side-in-run-up-to-Olympics/index.html Officials, on track with the planning and building part, turn attention to human rights, sportsmanship and the environment. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/999/1/China-detains-third-Canadian-a-leader-of-activist-group-seeking-free-Tibet-/index.html A third Canadian has been detained in China for protesting Chinese rule in Tibet, a Tibetan rights group said early Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/997/1/Group-China-detaining-journalists/index.html China is harassing, intimidating and detaining foreign journalists who report on subjects deemed sensitive, violating its own media-freedom pledges a year ahead of the Beijing Olympics, a rights group said on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/995/1/Olympics-are-a-year-away-but-Beijing-is-quotreadyquot/index.html Releasing a pop song entitled "We're ready" with a year still to go until the world's biggest sporting event may appear premature, but the organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics have good reason to be confident. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/985/1/Chinas-deadly-scheme-to-harvest-organs/index.html In China, executed prisoners provide the main source of organs for transplantation. Physicians take blood samples from the prisoners and match tissue types to transplant recipients. Once they are killed, their organs are transplanted into patients wealthy enough to afford transplantation at Chinese hospitals. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/962/1/US-Federal-Bureau-of-Investigation-Seeks-Further-Cooperation-with-China/index.html The FBI, America's federal police agency, says it is seeking increased cooperation with its Chinese counterparts, and is offering the Chinese assistance for the 2008 Olympic games. An FBI official says one obstacle to cooperation is the lack of an extradition treaty, making repatriation of wanted individuals from one country to the other more difficult. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/959/1/Group-calls-on-China-to-define-state-secret/index.html What do mailing newspaper clippings to your husband, defending displaced tenants and writing a doctoral thesis using 50-year-old library records have in common? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/957/1/China-wanted-cash-to-discuss-human-rights/index.html Chinese diplomats offered to allow Canada to discuss sensitive human-rights issues if Canada paid for "goodwill gestures" such as foreign scholarships and sabbaticals for Chinese bureaucrats, a researcher says. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/952/1/China-angry-over-US-presidents-meeting-with-activist/index.html China has expressed anger over a meeting between US President George W Bush and a prominent exiled Uighur Muslim accused by Beijing of secessionist activities. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/951/1/Canada-called-easy-target-for-spies/index.html A Chinese defector who once estimated that 1,000 Chinese agents are operating in Australia says that Canada likely has a comparable amount within its borders. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/945/1/G8-urged-to-address-Chinas-rights-record/index.html China's human rights record should be properly addressed at this week's meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Germany, an exile group said on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/944/1/China-Tiananmen-Legacy-Defies-Olympic-Gloss/index.html China's total failure to account for the massacre of June 4, 1989 casts a pall on its efforts to project a new image and continues to spawn more abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/940/1/Ministry-of-Public-Securitys-Olympics-Scrutiny-Notice-Reveals-CCPs-Desperation-Violation-of-Human-Rights-and-Opposition-to-the-Olympic-Spirit/index.html Recently, Chinese authorities sent out the following directive: Since early-April, the Chinese police have been secretly issuing "Notification on Strictly Carrying Out Background Investigations on Candidates for the Olympics and Performing a Pre-Selection Test" to each province, autonomous region, police stations and bureaus in municipalities directly under the Central Government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/938/1/China-misses-key-opportunity-on-human-rights/index.html The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today condemned China's decision to walk out of an EU-China experts' seminar on human rights, which had been scheduled to take place on 10-11 May in Berlin. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/926/1/European-NGOs-calls-on-EU-to-Ensure-Human-Rights-in-China-Before-2008-Olympics/index.html After more than a decade of EU-China human rights dialogue, it is time to add up the results and draw conclusions, said a panel of NGOs at a press conference in Brussels in the run-up to the next round of EU-China dialogue in Berlin. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/923/1/Fire-attack-on-Maos-Tiananmen-portrait/index.html Chinese police say they have detained an unemployed man who set fire to the famed giant portrait of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong that hangs in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/919/1/China-Slams-US-Religious-Freedom-Report/index.html Beijing accused a U.S. advisory panel on Tuesday of taking "potshots" at China in a report that accuses the government of imprisoning and torturing people for practicing their religion. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/914/1/China-aghast-at-sacrifice-of-288-pupils/index.html When the first flames flared around the theatre’s stage, many of the excited Chinese children watching must have thought it was all part of the show. Within minutes 288 of them were dead, a tragedy that has haunted their parents for more than a decade but was forgotten by many as China began its headlong rush to prosperity. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/903/1/Identifying-Chinese-Agents/index.html German intelligence agencies seized the occasion of the second World Uighur Congress (WUC) in Munich in late November to identify Guoanbu agents. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/900/1/The-Future-of-Political-Economic-and-Security-Relations-with-China/index.html John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/893/1/International-Olympic-Committee-sidesteps-human-rights-issues-in-China/index.html The IOC will not pressure China on human rights or other political issues ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "We are not in a position that we can give instructions to governments as to how they ought to behave," Hein Verbruggen, chief of the IOC's coordination commission for the Beijing Games, said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/875/1/China-Pakistan-sign-13-agreements/index.html China and Pakistan on Tuesday signed 13 agreements on cooperation in fields such as space, telecommunications, education and legal assistance, vowing to raise their strategic partnership "to a new level". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/869/1/EMPOWERING-EVIL---CHINA-AIDS-SUDANS-KILLERS/index.html The death, destruction and human misery in Sudan's western region of Darfur may now be worse than at any time since the conflict started four years ago - if that's possible.  As the world struggles to end the bloodshed in Darfur, one of the biggest stumbling blocks is China's support of Sudanese President Omar al Bashir's Islamist government. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/861/1/Chinese-Embassy-Tried-to-Silence-TV-Network-in-Canada-Leaked-Document-Shows/index.html The Chinese embassy in Ottawa campaigned aggressively to keep a television network that is critical of the Chinese regime off Canadian airwaves, a document obtained by The Epoch Times shows. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/860/1/Amnesty-queries-China-over-Panchen-Lama-in-rare-talks/index.html Human rights group Amnesty International raised concerns in a rare meeting Friday with the Chinese government about the detained child chosen successor to Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/854/1/Chinese-Village-Struggles-to-Save-Dying-Language/index.html Seated cross-legged in her farmhouse on the kang, a brick sleeping platform warmed by a fire below, Meng Shujing lifted her chin and sang a lullaby in Manchu, softly but clearly. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/840/1/Kazakhstan-and-China-Deadlock-Over-Depletion-of-a-Major-Lake/index.html A conference that convened here this week to address the fate of an ecologically threatened Central Asian basin the size of California has ended in stalemate between Kazakhstan and China, the two countries most reliant on its waters. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/834/1/China-National-Peoples-Congress-Should-Adopt-Human-Rights-Reforms/index.html China's National People's Congress (NPC) should adopt reforms in 10 areas to strengthen human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today. The congress, which meets annually and is attended by more than 3,000 delegates, is meeting through March 15. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/816/1/China-holds-GTA-man-in-jail-without-charge/index.html A Chinese Canadian businessman from Mississauga has been detained – without formal charge – in Fujian, China, for four months in the midst of a business dispute with his distribution company's Hong Kong supplier. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/787/1/A-Palace-For-Sudan---Chinas-No-Strings-Aid-Undermines-the-West/index.html Last week China's leader, Hu Jintao, provided Sudan with an interest-free loan to build a presidential palace. With that gesture, Hu demonstrated his contempt for the Western understanding of the world -- and for Western policy toward his own country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/781/1/Chinese-Official-Publishes-Rebuke-of-Bush/index.html A senior Chinese government official issued a rare public rebuke of President Bush on Thursday, accusing him of waging a “unilateral battle against terrorists that had worsened global tensions. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/780/1/China-airs-rare-public-criticism-of-Bush-Iraq-policy/index.html President Bush should scrap his unilateral approach and respect religious diversity in his "war on terror" to resolve troubles in Iraq, a senior Chinese official said in comments published on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/771/1/The-rise-of-China-to-rival-US-may-take-longer-as-it-sorts-out-domestic-issues/index.html Last year, political and industrial leaders meeting here cited the rise of China as the No.1 long-term threat to the mighty American superpower, more so than the chaos in Iraq. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/756/1/Ethnic-tensions-simmer-on-Inner-Mongolian-plains/index.html Inner Mongolia, which covers more than a tenth of China's land mass, is supposed to offer a high degree of self-rule. In practice, though, Mongolians say the Han run the show. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/754/1/Flaherty-vows-to-raise-rights-issues-in-China/index.html Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, in China to boost trade ties and mend fences amid a string of diplomatic spats with Beijing, said Wednesday he still plans to raise human rights concerns during his talks with Chinese officials. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/742/1/China-rights-record-deteriorating-before-Olympics--group/index.html Human rights conditions in China deteriorated last year, dashing hopes the leadership would bring reforms and that there would be an improvement ahead of the 2008 Olympics, a watchdog group said on Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/726/1/Ethnic-tensions-still-a-problem-in-China-report/index.html Interference from outside countries, economic disparities and racial problems are causing friction between China's different ethnic groups, according to a newspaper article published Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/688/1/Peoples-Republic-of-China-AIDS-activists-at-risk/aids.html On World AIDS Day today, Amnesty International is highlighting the plight of HIV/AIDS activists in China who continue to face serious obstacles in their work, including arbitrary detention, harassment and intimidation, and other human rights violations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/673/1/Official-China-laundering-Colombia-drug-money/drug.html China has become a new money-laundering hub for Colombian drug gangs who buy Chinese products to import into Colombia for sale through legitimate channels, Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/656/1/From-flap-to-farce-Harper-Hu-meeting-may-be-on-again/Harper-Hu.html Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen wave on their arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam, for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/655/1/China-snubs-Canada-for-bilateral-meeting-at-APEC-conference/China-snubs-Canada-for-bilateral-meeting-at-APEC-conference.html Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not have an official meeting with his Chinese counterpart during this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, in an apparent snub by Beijing over the Conservative government's emphasis on human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/654/1/Canada-will-not-sell-out-values-in-exchange-for-dollars-in-China-Harper/china-canada.html Canada will not "sell-out" its position on human rights to cash in on trade and investment with China, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday, firmly putting his government\'s stamp on relations with the Communist powerhouse. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/631/1/Chinas-push-into-Africa-Who-really-benefits/Chinas-push-into-Africa-Who-really-benefits.html A growing push into the world's poorest continent has led Beijing to dub 2006 "China's Year of Africa", but pointed questions are now being asked about who really benefits from the relationship. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/628/1/Report-China-students-clash-with-police/Report-China-students-clash-with-police.html As many as 10,000 college students fought with Chinese police in four days of protests over their academic status, damaging cars and buildings and leaving at least 20 people injured, a foreign monitoring group said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/621/1/Zhang-Qingli-elected-Tibet-Party-chief/Zhang-Qingli-elected-Tibet-Party-chief.html Zhang Qingli was elected secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/606/1/Video-Disputes-Chinas-Claim-Shooting-Was-in-Self-Defense/Video-Disputes-Chinas-Claim-Shooting-Was-in-Self-Defense.html  A Romanian videotape that appears to show Chinese security forces shooting two Tibetan refugees in the Himalayas contradicts Beijing’s claim that the refugees were shot when soldiers acted in self-defense. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/603/1/One-Party-Rules-No-Fun/One-Party-Rules-No-Fun.html Any dicussion of China would be incomplete without sufficient mention of human rights violations. There's the case of Zhao Yan, made quite public in the States by the New York Times, but it's hardly emblematic of the systematic abuses regularly carried out. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/593/1/Olympic-Committee-Under-Fire-Over-Beijing-2008/Olympic-Committee-Under-Fire-Over-Beijing-2008.html Illegal arrests, forced labor camps, brainwashing centers, organ harvesting, torture, murder, no freedom of press, Internet blockades, widespread corruption, and nepotism. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/581/1/Beijing-2008-Forget-Olympic-Spirit/Beijing-2008-Forget-Olympic-Spirit.html Illegal arrests, forced labour camps, brainwashing centres, organ harvesting, torture, murder, no freedom of press, Internet blockades, widespread corruption and nepotism. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/567/1/Bronze-Statue-to-Honor-Victims-of-Communism/BRONZE-STATUE-TO-HONOR-VICTIMS-OF-COMMUNISM.html The construction of a memorial to honor millions of people killed by communist regimes will begin this week, after years of fundraising difficulties and downsized plans. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/564/1/Drug-report-reveals-up-to-12-million-Chinese-addicted/Drug-report-reveals-up-to-12-million-Chinese-addicted.html China has become the most important trafficking route for illegal drugs in the Asia-Pacific region and may have as many as 12 million drug addicts. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/563/1/China-approves-pipeline-to-move-imported-Turkmenistan-gas/Report-China-approves-pipeline-to-move-imported-Turkmenistan-gas.html Chinese planners have approved construction of a multibillion-dollar pipeline to carry gas imported from Turkmenistan to China's southern business center of Guangzhou, a news report said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/557/1/Chinas-fierce-Kyoto-rules-irk-foreign-investors/Chinas-fierce-Kyoto-rules-irk-foreign-investors.html For Lu Feng, the Kyoto Protocol is like a lottery ticket with a guaranteed winning number - a cash windfall that will make life easier but not something he can build business plans around. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/554/1/The-First-Five-Years---Shanghai-Cooperation-Organization-Reaches-a-Milestone/The-First-Five-Years---Shanghai-Cooperation-Organization-Reaches-a-Milestone.html Five years into its existence the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), led by Russia and China, is gaining importance as a counterbalance to America’s perceived dominance. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/552/1/China-urges-neighbor-states-to-take-harsher-steps-against-terrorism/China-urges-neighbor-states-to-take-harsher-steps-against-terrorism.html China wants neighboring states to take harsher legal steps against terrorism, citing laws it has itself passed in recent years — including some that critics have described as heavy handed and prone to human rights abuses. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/550/1/China-urges-tougher-counter-terrorism-measures-at-SCO-meet/China-urges-tougher-counter-terrorism-measures-at-SCO-meet.html China's top judges opened a two day meeting in Shanghai on handling terrorism, separatism and extremism with their counterparts from central Asian states and Russia. Senior judges from member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will discuss legal issues relating to the fight against the so-called "three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism."  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/546/1/Letter-from-China-China-seeks-once-again-to-dominate-the-media/Letter-from-China-China-seeks-once-again-to-dominate-the-media.html The question seemed innocuous enough when it appeared in online poll early this month on the popular Chinese Internet portal, Netease: Would you like to be Chinese in the next life? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/544/1/Congressional-Executive-Commission-on-China-Releases-2006-Annual-Report/Congressional-Executive-Commission-on-China-2006-Annual-Repost.html The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has released its 2006 Annual Report to the President and the Congress on human right conditions and the development of the rule of law in China.  The Annual Report is now available on the Commission's Web site - www.cecc.gov. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/540/1/China-Targets-its-Western-Regions-to-Help-Cover-its-Oil-Deficiencies/China-Targets-its-Western-Regions-to-Help-Cover-its-Oil-Deficiencies.html Recent huge leaps in China's economic and industrial growth have made China the world's second leading oil importing country after Japan and the second largest oil consumer in the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/522/1/-Chinas-headline-news/Chinas-headline-news.html China's leaders are defending a new regulation restricting press freedom of foreign news agencies in the country amid harsh criticism overseas. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/512/1/Chinese-Muslims-find-a-fortune-in-Arabic/Chinese-Muslims-find-a-fortune-in-Arabic.html Arab oil wealth has created an unusual job opportunity for an ethnic minority in a depressed and remote area of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/510/1/China-Criticizes-US-Use-of-Secret-Prisons/China-Criticizes-US-Use-of-Secret-Prisons.html China has criticized the United States following the confirmation this week by President Bush that the Central Intelligence Agency is running prisons overseas to house terror suspects. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/492/1/China-to-Tibet-Train-Derails-Delaying-Thousands/China-to-Tibet-Train-Derails-Delaying-Thousands.html One of China’s new trains to Tibet, the world’s highest railway, derailed, disrupting the line for five hours and delaying thousands of passengers, state news media said. No one was injured. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/490/1/Kangaroo-Express/Kangaroo-Express.html Trials of Chinese journalists and dissidents are coming thick and fast. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/489/1/China-jails-spy-reporter/China-jails-spy-reporter.html China sentenced Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, to 5 years in jail on charges of spying for Taiwan, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/487/1/China-to-relocate-240000-people-to-protect-environment/China-to-relocate-240000-people-to-protect-environment.html China will spend 1.29 billion yuan (161 million US dollars) relocating 240,000 people from areas requiring ecological protection this year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/486/1/-Sinopec-wins-bitumen-tender-in-Nigeria/-Sinopec-wins-bitumen-tender-in-Nigeria.html The  China National Petroleum Corporation  (Sinopec),  China's  second  largest oil company, won a USD 18.60 mln  tender  for  a  bitumen block in Nigeria on Tuesday, said the Nigerian Mines Ministry. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/484/1/China-says-foreign-map-makers-endangering-security-controls-to-be-tightened/China-says-foreign-map-makers-endangering-security-controls-to-be-tightened.html China will tighten controls on foreign mapmakers, who the government says are illegally surveying its territory and endangering national security, a state news agency said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/478/1/China-to-tackle-terror-at-judicial-summit/China-to-tackle-terror-at-judicial-summit.html The fight against "extremism, separatism and terrorism" is expected to take centre stage at a summit next month between judges from China, Russia and Central Asia, a Chinese official said on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/472/1/Double-track-railway-completed/Double-track-railway-completed.html Construction of a double-track line in China's longest railway tunnel has been completed, breaking a major transport bottleneck on the Eurasia Continental Railway Bridge. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/462/1/Chinese-legislature-mulls-pact-with-Pakistan-to-fight-terror/Chinese-legislature-mulls-pact-with-Pakistan-to-fight-terror.html All-weather friends, China and Pakistan, are all set to enhance cooperation in the fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism under a bill tabled for deliberation today in China's top legislature. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/456/1/Kazakstan-Moves-into-Chinese-Oil-Market/Kazakstan-Moves-into-Chinese-Oil-Market.html The first successful deliveries of Kazak oil to China will not impact negatively on Astana’s relationship with Russia, say experts. China, which sees Russia and Kazakstan as its best sources of energy imports in the long term, is not going to create opportunities for increased competition between the two countries. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/453/1/China-Kazakhstan-to-hold-joint-drill-against-terrorism/China-Kazakhstan-to-hold-joint-drill-against-terrorism.html China and Kazakhstan, both member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), will hold an anti-terrorism exercise from Aug. 24 to 26, China's Ministry of Public Security announced on Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/449/1/Top-Chinese-diplomat-tells-US-to-shut-up-on-arms-spending/Top-Chinese-diplomat-tells-US-to-shut-up-on-arms-spending.html China's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, throwing diplomatic language to the wind, has told the United States in no uncertain terms to "shut up and keep quiet" on the subject of Beijing's growing military spending. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/447/1/CHINA-The-Economics-of-Religious-Freedom/CHINA-The-Economics-of-Religious-Freedom.html China's country-wide desire and need to make money has a large, if under-reported, effect on religious communities and the country's religious freedom. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/444/1/Beijing-pledges-a-fight-to-the-death-with-Dalai-Lama/Beijing-pledges-a-fight-to-the-death-with-Dalai-Lama.html China’s new top official in Tibet has embarked on a fierce campaign to crush loyalty to the exiled Dalai Lama and to extinguish religious beliefs among government officials. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/436/1/The-riddle-of-Chinas-Area-51/The-riddle-of-Chinas-Area-51.html On the internet, a little mystery can go a long way. Six weeks ago, a man living in Germany and calling himself KenGrok, announced a fascinating discovery on a Google Earth Community forum. Poring over satellite images of China on the free Google Earth service, he came across a strange plot of land - approximately 900 metres by 700 metres, about the size of six Sydney Cricket Grounds. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/433/1/China-denies-forced-late-term-abortions-common/China-denies-forced-late-term-abortions-common.html China has denied that late-term forced abortions were common and insisted they were against established practice, as a man who exposed such cases languished in jail. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/432/1/Rights-group-urges-Western-laws-to-curb-China-web-censorship/Rights-group-urges-Western-laws-to-curb-China-web-censorship.html The United States and Europe must introduce laws to stop Yahoo, Google and other Western companies helping China censor the Internet, a leading human rights group has said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/425/1/China-to-promote-wild-animal-hunt/China-to-promote-wild-animal-hunt.html China is to auction licences for foreigners to hunt wild animals, including endangered species, according to local media. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/413/1/China-Tightening-Control-Over-Tibet/China-Tightening-Control-Over-Tibet.html China's Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/412/1/Hopes-for-change-hung-on-08-Olympics/Hopes-for-change-hung-on-08-Olympics.html Only two years from Tuesday, China, one of the world's oldest civilizations, hosts the Olympic Summer Games, one of the world's most prestigious events – for the first time. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/403/1/Banned-Blocked-Tibetan-Writer-Vows-to-Speak-Out-in-China/Banned-Blocked-Tibetan-Writer-Vows-to-Speak-Out-in-China.html A well-known Tibetan writer whose blogs have now been closed by Chinese authorities vowed Tuesday to keep speaking out and raising awareness in China of Tibetan culture. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/384/1/Hundreds-riot-in-southwest-China/Hundreds-riot-in-southwest-China.html Hundreds of people have rioted in southwest China's Yunnan province, overturning and smashing several police vehicles, state media and an official said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/374/1/Indian-military-sceptical-of-sustained-peace-with-Pakistan-China/Indian-military-sceptical-of-sustained-peace-with-Pakistan-China.html Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's upbeat statements on China, the resumption of trade at Nathu La after 44 years and the composite dialogue process with Pakistan notwithstanding, many in the Indian military establishment are sceptical of "true and lasting" peace with the two neighbours. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/373/1/Police-Witness-Tells-of-Organ-Harvesting-Deals/Police-Witness-Tells-of-Organ-Harvesting-Deals.html During an interview with New Tang Dynasty TV, a former policeman from Guangzhou Province disclosed this inside story on how the Chinese communist regime utilizes its five operating divisions to coordinate with the police system. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/340/1/Out-of-Africa/Out-of-Africa.html China makes more than its share of Orwellian announcements. But its call last week for "African countries to improve democracy and the rule of law" falls into a class of its own. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/317/1/Shanghai-grouping-moves-centre-stage/Shanghai-grouping-moves-centre-stage.html Leaders from Russia, China and Central Asian states meet in Shanghai on Thursday for what will be the most high profile meeting to date of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/320/1/SHANGHAI-SUMMIT-INDIAN-MISGIVINGS/SHANGHAI-SUMMIT-INDIAN-MISGIVINGS.html India will be the only country, amongst the members and observers of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), not to be represented at the level of the head of state or Government at the summit of the SCO being held at Shanghai from  June 15, 2006. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/310/1/Chinas-Shanghai-Summit-Shifts-Focus-to-Energy-From-Terror/Chinas-Shanghai-Summit-Shifts-Focus-to-Energy-From-Terror.html China is stepping up security for a summit tomorrow with leaders from Russia and four central Asian nations in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as attention focuses on an observer: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/318/1/US-cites-4-Chinese-firms-one-in-US-for-helping-Iran-WMDs/US-cites-4-Chinese-firms-one-in-US-for-helping-Iran-WMDs.html The United States cited four Chinese companies and one US firm as "proliferators of weapons of mass destruction," for allegedly helping Iran's missile program. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/305/1/China-Kyrgyzstan-issue-joint-statement-ink-13-deals/China-Kyrgyzstan-issue-joint-statement-ink-13-deals.html China and Kyrgyzstan issued a joint statement and also signed 13 deals in Beijing on Friday during Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's first state visit to China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/303/1/In-Africa-China-Trade-Brings-Growth-Unease/In-Africa-China-Trade-Brings-Growth-Unease.html Asian Giant's Appetite for Raw Materials, Markets Has Some Questioning Its Impact on Continent zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/302/1/Amnesty-slams-China-military-sales/Amnesty-slams-China-military-sales.html China's sales of military vehicles and weapons to Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar have aggravated conflicts and abetted violence and repressive rule in those countries, Amnesty International said in a report Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/297/1/China-Impacts-Developing-World/China-Impacts-Developing-World.html Chinese entrepreneurs look to Africa for new markets zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/295/1/China-America-and-nuclear-weapons/China-America-and-nuclear-weapons.html IF THE Pentagon is right, China's nuclear arsenal is on the verge of abig upgrade. As a deterrent against American nuclear attack, theChinese have long relied mainly on a handful of intercontinentalmissiles that are slow to fuel and highly vulnerable. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/292/1/China-Economic-Boom-Strains-Environment/China-Economic-Boom-Strains-Environment.html China's gross domestic product (GDP) has been booming since economic reforms began in the late 1970s. This economic success has meant substantial gains in real wages and living standards for many Chinese. But it has also been accompanied by environmental concerns such as pollution and the overuse of natural resources. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/288/1/Rumsfeld-urges-China-to-come-clean-on-military-spending/Rumsfeld-urges-China-to-come-clean-on-military-spending.html US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged China to explain its increased military spending to the world, saying it was in its interest to demystify actions that others find potentially threatening. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/236/1/What-Didnt-Happen-When-Bush-Met-Hu/What-Didnt-Happen-When-Bush-Met-Hu.html Why, then, was the most newsworthy event of the Bush-Hu summit last week the protests of a Falun Gong member on the White House lawn? zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/166/1/China-reports-two-new-bird-flu-outbreaks/China-reports-two-new-bird-flu-outbreaks.html China said Friday deadly bird flu had been detected in two new locations, bringing the total number of confirmed outbreaks over the past month to 15. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800