China Uighur Protests

China's Media "Openness" in East Turkestan

Amy Reger | Posted 12.16.2009 | World

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As President Obama emphasized the benefits of the free flow of information in Shanghai last month, around 20 million citizens of China remained submerged in an ongoing Internet blackout.

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Xinjiang Riots: China Sentences 3 More To Death

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

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BEIJING — China sentenced three more people to death Thursday for murders committed during riots in the far western Xinjiang region in July, bri...

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Rebiya Kadeer, Exiled Uighur Leader, Claims 10,000 Uighurs Still Missing

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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TOKYO — An exiled Uighur activist blamed by China for deadly ethnic riots demanded Wednesday that Beijing allow an international investigation i...

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Fair and Balanced? Lhasa Vs. Urumqi

Alexander Davenport | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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Alexander Davenport

Why do rioting Tibetans generate more interest than rioting Uighurs?

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Xinjiang Mosques Reopen For Friday Prayers

Associated Press | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

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URUMQI, China (AP) - Mosques opened for worshippers in Urumqi on Friday, but shops nearby were forced to shut as security forces kept a tight grip on ...

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China Uighur Protests Traced To Questionable Exported Labor Program

Washington Post | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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When the local government began recruiting young Muslim Uighurs in this far western region for jobs at the Xuri Toy Factory in the country's booming c...

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China Mounts Defense of Myanmar after Junta Pledges to Free Some Political Prisoners

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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Evelyn Leopold

China's deputy U.N. ambassador has made clear that Beijing, a major trading partner of Burma, would not use its influence to bring about any major change in the isolated southeast Asian nation.

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China Protests: Al Qaeda Vows Retaliation For Crackdown On Uighurs

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

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UPDATE: ABC News reports that Rebiya Kadeer, the head of the World Uighur Congress who lives in Fairfax, Virginia and was recently blamed by the Chin...

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China Protests: Police Kill 2 Uighurs, Wound A Third

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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URUMQI, China — Police fatally shot two Uighur men Monday and wounded a third in western China, where violence has persisted despite the massive...

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China Protests: Muslims Condemn China's Uighur Crackdown

Ankara | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

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MUSLIMS in many nations have condemned China's crackdown in its Xinjiang region where at least 156 people have been killed in unrest over the past wee...

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China Uighurs Protest Coverage Shows Changes In State Media Blocks

Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

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News of Sunday's riots in Urumqi, the capital of China's far west Xinjiang region spread quickly on the Internet, where users posted amateur photos an...

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Uighurs And China Explainer

CFR | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

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Introduction The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), a territory in western China, accounts for one-sixth of China's land and is home to about...

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