March 2011
Development Could Widen Ethnic Divide
- Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:00
Beijing plans to stabilize ethnic tensions in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by developing the capital Urumqi into a regional financial hub, but experts and exile organizations say the move will further alienate Uyghurs and fuel unrest in the region.
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Germany charges alleged Chinese agent for spying on Uighur exiles
- Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:00
Prosecutors have charged a Chinese national with spying on ethnic Uighur exiles in Germany on behalf of the government in Beijing.
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China Hedges Over Whether South China Sea Is a 'Core Interest' Worth War
- Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:00
When President Hu Jintao of China dropped in on Washington this winter, one hot-button topic was notably absent from the agenda: the South China Sea. Nor will Chinese officials be keen to discuss it during a summit meeting between the countries planned for May in Washington.
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China military policy paper lays out worries about U.S.
- Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:00
China said on Thursday it faced an increasingly "volatile" Asian region where the United States has expanded its strategic footprint, maintaining that better military ties between Beijing and Washington rested on respect for each other's interests.
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The PLA's "Orient Express": Militarization of the Iron Silk Road
- Wed, 03/30/2011 - 12:00
China’s rise on the international stage has been accompanied by an increase in its military's presence. Beijing's expanding ambition is prompting calls on the country's leaders to be more proactive in protecting its national interests.
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Compromise of Human Rights Under Cover of Counter-Terrorism ¨C Human Rights in China Releases a Whitepaper on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
- Wed, 03/30/2011 - 12:00
In recent years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), comprising six states with deeply troubling human rights records ¨C China, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan ¨C is increasingly embraced by the international community as a partner in countering terrorism and forging peace and security.
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China: Government Tells U.N. Agency Not to Interfere
- Tue, 03/29/2011 - 12:00
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday that human rights monitors at the United Nations should respect China’s sovereignty, in effect rebuffing a demand that a prominent dissident lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, be released immediately from secret detention.
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China Executions Still Lead Those of All Other Countries Combined, Rights Group Says
- Tue, 03/29/2011 - 12:00
China is believed to have put to death thousands of people in 2010, the human rights group Amnesty International said Monday. The estimate dwarfs the number of recorded executions in other countries, which the group says dropped from 714 in 2009 to at least 527 last year.
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Nobel Laureates, World Leaders, Rights Defenders, Tech Entrepreneurs to Unite at 2011 Oslo Freedom Forum
- Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:00
This morning the Oslo Freedom Forum, an international conference founded to address today’s most challenging humanitarian issues, announced its 2011 speakers.
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UN asks China to release of missing rights lawyer
- Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:00
A U.N. committee is asking China to release a prominent human rights lawyer who has been missing for nearly a year.
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