February 2010

China's rise in crime is expected to continue

  • Sat, 02/27/2010 - 11:00

China faces rising crime rates and increased social unrest this year, according to the country's top think tank.

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China insider sees revolution brewing

  • Fri, 02/26/2010 - 11:00

China's top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of 'revolutionary turmoil'.

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Claims UN ignored Uighur deportation warnings

  • Thu, 02/25/2010 - 11:00

There are claims the United Nations' refugee agency (UNHCR) ignored repeated warnings about the imminent forced deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia to China last year.

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China's global role

  • Thu, 02/25/2010 - 11:00

Today the question is not about the rise of China but its role as a global power and how this will affect Asia and the world. The new US administration under President Barack Obama was to usher in a new and less conflictual relationship but has had to face opposition from rivals as well as allies and friends.

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US to rethink its relationship

  • Thu, 02/25/2010 - 11:00

The government’s deportation of 20 ethnic Uighur asylum seekers to China in December will likely force the United States to reconsider the nature of its relationship with Cambodia, a senior American official said on Tuesday.

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Demolishing Kashgar's History

  • Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:00

The second-story rooms of the centuries-old mud-brick houses were cantilevered atop log beams and nearly touched each other across an alleyway paved with hexagonal stones.

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China Vows Sanctions Against US Companies Will Go Forward

  • Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:00

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.

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Groups ask US for funds to break China 'firewall'

  • Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:00

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.

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China's Crises in Tibet and Xinjiang

  • Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:00

While those in charge of propaganda work to intoxicate the country with the image of a “harmonious society” at the behest of party leader Hu Jintao, frequent uprisings in China’s western ethnic provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang have, to the embarrassment of officials, laid bare the lie.

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China's Tibet Tactics

  • Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:00

Verbal attacks underline Beijing's insecurities, not its strength.

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