September 2010
UAA stands with the victims of terrorism on September 11
- Fri, 09/10/2010 - 12:00
Nine years ago, terrorists attacked America and the freedoms America stands for. The Uyghur American Association (UAA) mourns the loss of those killed in the attack, and stands with the victims of terrorism around the globe.
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China's wilder west
- Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:00
THIRTY years have passed since the reformist Communist Party general secretary Hu Yaobang - probably the most important mentor of current party boss Hu Jintao - climbed to the roof of the Dalai Lama's Potala Palace, looked out at the lavish government buildings in the poverty-stricken capital of Lhasa and resolved to turn his government's hardline policies upside down.
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China stirring resentment as its global influence grows
- Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:00
In a spasm of violence this spring, an angry mob toppled the Kyrgyzstan president, torched his office and ransacked other buildings associated with his hated authoritarian regime.
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Living with the Dragon
- Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:00
Living with the Dragon is a compact, cogent, and insightful volume to help American political leaders and the general public alike to understand the twists and turns of U. S.-China relations and China’s rapid rise in recent times.
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Challenges ahead, but China much happier
- Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:00
JULIA Gillard faces a raft of challenges with China, with Australia's biggest trade and export partner most concerned about her plans for the Asia-Pacific.
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Water becomes commodity
- Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:00
Water shortage is becoming one of the biggest problems of the 21st century. Each year the number of countries suffering from the lack of water is increasing.
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Microblogging websites to recruit censors to step up pressure on netizens
- Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:00
The ranks of China’s censors are visibly growing along with measures aimed at monitoring the public’s communications and personal data. The authorities have just announced that China’s microblogging websites – sites offering Twitter-style services – will be told to appoint “self-discipline commissioners” to be responsible for censorship.
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The Party-- The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
- Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:00
“Few outsiders have any realistic sense of the innards, motives, rivalries, and fears of the Chinese Communist leadership. But we all know much more than before, thanks to Richard McGregor’s illuminating and richly-textured look at the people in charge of China’s political machinery.... Invaluable.” — James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic
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Bumpy Months Ahead for U.S. and China
- Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:00
The visit of U.S. National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon that started Sunday kicks off a historically busy period of U.S.-China exchanges on which a lot is riding in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.
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Melons sweet with tastes of Central Asia
- Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:00
Immigrants from such places as Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and China's Xinjiang region yearn for the melons of home. Some grow the varieties here, persevering against challenges.
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