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Chinese officials quickly reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he expressed sympathy with the people of East Turkestan.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, expressed solidarity and support for Muslim Uighurs yesterday, raising the spectre for Beijing of closer co-ordination between opponents of Chinese rule and minority groups in territories that have seen ethnic rioting in the past two years.
The United States criticized China's human rights record Thursday, raising concerns about restrictions that Beijing has imposed on citizens who question its policies.
U.S. citizens living or visiting near Xinjiang province will be able to take advantage of U.S. Embassy services on Monday, March 22. RSVP is required and location details will be e-mailed.
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.
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.
China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency warned this week of a third summer of ethnic clashes in the Muslim Uyghur-dominated autonomous region of Xinjiang. But scholars say that recent deployments of thousands of Chinese police could quell a potential uprising.
The Chinese central government and the administration of Tibet strongly attack the speech given yesterday by the Buddhist leader: "It distorts reality and foments separatism within China."
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