Urumqi Riots

What Does China Have to Do with Islam and Democracy?

Haroon Moghul | Posted 05.25.2011

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Haroon Moghul

While there are a large number of Muslim-majority countries that are not democracies, the majority of the world's Muslims live in democracies. Given that, why do so many authors paint the Muslim world as undemocratic?

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China Jitters

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

The Middle Kingdom has taken its place among the world's most important economies, and China is jittery.

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If Only the Uyghurs had Twitter

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allison Kilkenny

It's not that Americans don't care about Uyghurs. They just don't hear about the systematic slaughter of the Uyghur people by the Chinese government.

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China Riots: Violence Followed By Beauty Contest

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of the recent fatal riots in Urumqi, China, an international beauty contest will open in the city this weekend, reports Xinhua. Forty gir...

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China: Rioters Behind Killings Will Be Executed

AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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URUMQI, China — Thousands of Chinese troops flooded into this city Wednesday to separate feuding ethnic groups after three days of communal viol...

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