April 2010
Uyghur Scholar Slams Exit Ban
- Wed, 04/28/2010 - 12:00
An ethnic Uyghur scholar based in Beijing has lashed out in an open letter and an interview at Chinese authorities for preventing him from traveling to Turkey to deliver a lecture.
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Activists campaign for jailed Chinese Christian
- Wed, 04/28/2010 - 12:00
Rights groups in London are stepping up their campaign on behalf of the jailed Chinese Christian Alimujiang Yimiti following the rejection in March of his appeal against a 15-year prison sentence.
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Secrets Law To Apply Online
- Wed, 04/28/2010 - 12:00
Chinese lawmakers are drafting a new state secrets law that will, if passed, require Internet service providers to release information about anyone who uses their networks to leak sensitive material.
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After Wang Lequan's departure from East Turkestan, flawed policies remain
- Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:00
On April 24, Chinese state media announced that 57-year-old Zhang Chunxian, formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan Province, had been appointed to the post of Party Secretary for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), replacing 65-year-old Wang Lequan, who has been made deputy secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee.
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Chinese Spying in the United States
- Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:00
A secret FBI videotape showing the transfer of classified military documents to a communist Chinese agent was released in February to the world, providing a brief peek at the shadowy world of espionage against America.
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Review for China race riot city after chief ousted
- Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:00
Chinese officials are touting a policy review in Xinjiang, the site of bloody race riots last year, after the removal of the region's long-running Communist Party chief. Xinjiang has been under a communications and security lockdown since July 5 when ethnic Uighur riots and then security and vigilante reprisals left about 200 people dead in Urumqi city.
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US judge 'scoffs' as he suggests Bermuda as a possible destination for more Uighurs
- Mon, 04/26/2010 - 12:00
US judge 'scoffs' as he suggests Bermuda as a possible destination for more Uighurs
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'Xinjiang King' removed
- Sat, 04/24/2010 - 12:00
CHINA has replaced the top official in Xinjiang, months after the restive region was rocked by violent ethnic riots, bizarre syringes attacks and massive demonstrations.
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China replaces party chief of riot-hit Xinjiang
- Sat, 04/24/2010 - 12:00
China has replaced the top official in energy-rich Western Xinjiang region, hit last year by deadly rioting and a scare over syringe stabbings, the official Xinhua agency reported on Saturday.
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Uyghur Teenager Gets Life
- Fri, 04/23/2010 - 12:00
A court in China’s troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang has handed a life sentence to a Uyghur youth for alleged murder during July 2009 unrest, but rights groups and relatives say his trial was unfair and he may have been tortured.
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