January 2011
In China, Kristof's blogs are shut down
- Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:00
Nicholas Kristof's Sunday column in The New York Times documents the latest in a series of tests the journalist has performed in Chinese cyberspace.
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How the U.S. Media Cover China
- Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:00
On Jan. 18, President Hu Jintao of China arrived in the U.S. for a four-day visit -- the highlight being a lavish black-tie dinner at the White House
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Xinjiang China's Muslim west
- Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:00
The Uighur language is written in the Arabic script, although it is a variant of Turkish which is now written in the Roman script.
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Uyghurs Held in Tajikistan
- Mon, 01/24/2011 - 11:00
Three Uyghur businessmen with Turkish citizenship have been detained by authorities in Tajikistan, sparking fears that the men may have been held due to pressure from China, according to Uyghur groups.
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U.S. Warning to China Sends Ripples to the Koreas
- Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:00
President Obama warned President Hu Jintao that if China did not step up its pressure on North Korea, the United States would have to redeploy its forces in Asia to protect itself from a potential North Korean strike on American soil, a senior administration official said Thursday.
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FPI Analysis: Time for a Strategic Reassessment of U.S. Policy toward China
- Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:00
As Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington this week, China is becoming increasingly assertive. With a rapidly growing economy, a population of more than 1.3 billion people, and a swiftly modernizing military, China’s actions over the past two years have raised questions about whether its rise will continue to be a peaceful one.
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Human rights? Hu will hear none of it.
- Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:00
Something about human rights just doesn't translate for Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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What I Told Obama About Beijing's Human Rights Problem
- Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:00
On January 13, President Obama invited me and four other activists and scholars--the writer Zha Jianying, whose brother is a former political prisoner in China; Andrew Nathan, a Columbia professor; author Bette Bao Lord; and Paul Gewirtz, director of Yale's China Law Center--to meet with him at the White House to discuss the current state of human rights and reform in China.
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U.S. must not overlook China's rights abuses
- Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:00
As Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington, the policy of the Obama administration is clear -- at least rhetorically. But will this approach deliver real results on improving human rights in China?
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Despite Lovefest, U.S.-China Tensions Will Mount
- Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:00
The reason Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao went to such great lengths during Wednesday's White House lovefest to declare that the U.S. and China can get along in peace and prosperity for years to come is that neither man is convinced they will.
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