November 2009
China to Tighten Grip on Twitter-style Sites
- Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:00
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.
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Chinese netizens leap Great Firewall of China to mark Berlin Wall's 20th
- Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:00
Chinese netizens are marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a little anarchy of their own.
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China and India tensions up again over Dalai Lama
- Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:00
Less than a month after tensions rose between India and China over the latter's territorial claims in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, India has announced it will bar foreign media from a trip by the 14th Dalai Lama, the de jure head of state of Tibet, to a monastery in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, territory of which is claimed by — you guessed it — China.
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Scientist Speaks Out
- Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:00
A prominent Chinese physicist takes aim at Beijing’s Uyghur policies.
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Guantánamo Uighurs In Palau: First Interview And Photo
- Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:00
In the first interview with one of the six Uighurs recently released from Guantánamo to the Pacific nation of Palau, Radio Free Asia in Washington D.C. spoke by phone to Anwar Hassan, who revealed that, although the men were enjoying their new-found freedom, they were all concerned that they were unable to contact their families.
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Who Are the Six Uighurs Released From Guantánamo to Palau?
- Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:00
Over the weekend, six of the remaining 13 Uighurs in Guantánamo -- Muslims from China's Xinjiang province -- were released to resume new lives in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau
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China replaces "biased" Uyghur judicial personnel, according to report
- Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:00
The UAA calls for investigation into a report that Uyghur prosecutors initially selected to preside over the cases related to July 5, 2009 unrest in the regional capital of Urumchi in East Turkestan were removed from their duties because of alleged ethnic bias.
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United States: Open Letter to Barack Obama
- Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:00
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.
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Palau hoping Australia will accept Uighurs
- Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:00
Palau is urging Australia to accept a group of Chinese Muslim Uighurs who spent seven years in detention at the Guantanomo Bay detention centre.
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Is China a global partner or strategic rival of U.S.?
- Tue, 11/03/2009 - 11:00
China today, say many analysts, is in a comparable position to U.S. at the beginning of the 20th century... an emerging power that the dominant global power of the time is trying to downplay. Then it was Great Britain vs. the United States. Now it is the United States vs. China.
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