http://uyghuramerican.org en-us http://uyghuramerican.org N/A zarapshan@gmail.com Sat, 10 May 2008 15:09:16 -0700 20 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1693/1/US-asks-Asia-to-impose-stiff-punishment-on-labor-traffickers/index.html The United States called on Asian governments Wednesday to slap stiff penalties on labor traffickers, some of whom it said were exploiting loopholes in bilateral agreements in the region. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1692/1/Chinas-Fear-of-Summer/index.html The Hash House Harriers is a social group of runners that meets in cities all over the world to go for a jog followed by a few beers. It calls itself "a drinking club with a running problem." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1689/1/Dui-Hua-Appeals-for-quotOlympic-Pardonquot-For-Long-Serving-Prisoners/index.html The Dui Hua Foundation has appealed to the Chinese government to grant an "Olympic pardon" in conjunction with the upcoming Summer Olympics in Beijing. The pardon would apply to long-serving prisoners who no longer pose a threat to society and are nearing the end of their sentences. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1681/1/Olympics-Could-Slow-China-Reform-Effort/index.html Beijing Olympics, once touted as a catalyst for openness and change in China, could wind up setting back the struggle for democracy and freedom in the world's most populous country, according to the editor of a new book about the impact of the games on human rights there. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1680/1/US-terror-report-cites-Venezuela-Iran/index.html Venezuela's associations with terror states, Iran's meddling in Iraq and the resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan top the concerns in a new State Department report on terrorism threats in countries around the world. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1679/1/US-ignores-religious-oppression-federal-panel-says/index.html China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1674/1/Shao-Jiang-China-remains-a-land-of-torture-and-repression/index.html As the Olympic torch heads up Everest on the next phase of its troubled journey next week, it is almost certain to attract more protests as it gets closer to Tibet. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1672/1/US-Jewish-leaders-call-for-boycott-of-Beijing-Olympics/index.html A wide-ranging group of U.S. Jewish leaders plans to release a statement Wednesday urging Jews worldwide to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing, citing China's troubling record on human rights and Tibet. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1670/1/Chinese-build-secret-nuclear-submarine-base/index.html China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region, it can be disclosed. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1669/1/China-not-India-to-be-focus-of-US-attention-in-rising-Asia/index.html China will be the focus of American attention in the 21st century with the rise of Asia as China, India, Japan and emerging powers compete for regional influence, the top US intelligence agency suggests. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1665/1/Chinese-pride-should-not-be-founded-on-oppression/index.html The dreaded Olympic Torch passed through South Korea yesterday. Considering the number of Chinese and Tibetans living in Korea, some kind of an eventful occurrence was to be expected. Both parties were granted permission from the authority to peacefully congregate. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1663/1/China-talks-aimed-at-saving-Olympics-not-Tibet-analysts/index.html As the Dalai Lama reflected Sunday on a surprise Chinese offer to resume talks, experts cautioned that Beijing may be looking more toward salvaging the Olympic Games than meaningful dialogue. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1657/1/Olympic-flames-then-and-now-/index.html I was in Red Square one day during the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow when some poor protester apparently tried to set himself on fire. We never learned who he was or what really happened because of the amazing reaction of the authorities, which was caught on film by a tourist. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1655/1/Torch-relay-a-success-despite-arrests/index.html The Australian leg of Beijing's troubled Olympic torch relay has been declared "an outstanding success", despite seven arrests and clashes between protesters and Chinese supporters. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1654/1/Chinese-Nationalism-May-Tarnish-Beijing-Olympics/index.html Chinese people, around the world, are increasingly showing their dissatisfaction with what they perceive to be Western China-bashing, in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.  Stephanie Ho reports from the Chinese capital. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1653/1/Chinese-hackers-prepare-to-defend-the-motherland/index.html Fuelled by anti-Western nationalism, patriotic Chinese hackers have come to the defence of the motherland in response criticism of Beijing's handling of recent pro-independence riots by ethnic Tibetans. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1652/1/China-Dampens-Patriotic-Fervor-/index.html China has begun moving to dampen a wave of mass popular anger among young people, sparked by recent protests during its Olympic torch relay over the recent crackdown in Tibet, according to journalists and academics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1650/1/Chinas--new-nationalists-revealed/index.html As the Summer Olympics approach, some disturbing aspects of contemporary China are coming into view. A worldwide audience has learned what human rights activists have long known about Beijing's complicity with dictatorships in Sudan and Burma. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1632/1/China-Outraged-by-US-Tibet-Resolution/index.html An indignant China said Friday the U.S. "seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people" when Congress passed a resolution calling on Beijing to stop cracking down on Tibetan dissent and talk to the Dalai Lama. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1631/1/Chinas-Olympic-Shame/index.html Why didn't they see this coming? Despite more than seven years' worth of meticulous, down-to-the-last-detail planning that has gone into the Beijing Olympics, China's leaders have seemingly been caught off guard by the most predictable of challenges zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1626/1/IOC-China-clash-over-human-rights-/index.html The International Olympic Committee and China clashed yesterday over human rights and the protest-plagued Olympic torch relay. IOC president Jacques Rogge acknowledged that the Olympics have plunged into crisis, then pleaded with China to respect its promises on human rights. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1624/1/Human-rights-protests-against-China/index.html At Washington Park and Embarcadero, it has been demonstration central. There was a lot of anger expressed towards the Chinese Government, but there was also mixed emotions among protestors over the rerouting of the Olympic flame. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1614/1/More-China-tensions-come-to-light/index.html Protests around the Olympic torch have focused the world's attention on Tibet, but discontent is rippling through other parts of China, too. In Xinjiang province, Muslim Uighurs are also asking for religious freedom and economic opportunity. Scott Tong reports. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1610/1/China-vows-swift-and-severe-punishment-of-Tibetans-accused-of-rioting-last-month-/index.html Amid signs of added unrest in Muslim areas of China, an official newspaper said Friday that courts would "use the weapon of the law" to "shock criminality and root out the base of the separatists." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1609/1/No-such-thing-as-anti-China-forces/index.html  Within China, many drumbeaters are stirring up anger against so-called "anti-China forces," referring to groups that are against the Chinese people, hold historical hostility toward the race, or have a conflict of interest with China or its people. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1605/1/The-High-Cost-of-Control/index.html What were the communist party cadres in Beijing feeling as they watched Lhasa burning in mid-March? Anger certainly. And worry about how the staging of the Olympic Games in August could be affected. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1604/1/Chinese-ambassador-pulls-out-of-torch-relay/index.html China's ambassador to Britain has pulled out of running in this weekend's Olympic torch relay ceremony in the first indication that growing international concern at the country's recent actions in Tibet is starting to become a major source of embarrassment for Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1598/1/Chinas-Wen-urges-unity-among-minorities/index.html Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised to boost support for poor ethnic minority areas but called for unity after a rash of Tibetan unrest and at least one protest in the far west dented propaganda claims of harmony. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1586/1/Free-China--Tibet-will-follow/index.html I don't care if Tibet is free or not. I care very much whether the people in Tibet are free. It's that distinction that seems to be missing in the discussion about the government crackdown on recent demonstrations. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1585/1/Michael-Richardson-Not-many-left-who-will-bait-the-dragon/index.html The recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet and several surrounding provinces in China have been watched with concern by governments in nearby South and Southeast Asia, especially India. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1584/1/French-foreign-minister-says-Dalai-Lama-could-be-invited-to-Brussels-shortly-/index.html The European Union could invite the Dalai Lama to Brussels, France's foreign minister said Tuesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1580/1/China-Tibet-Olympics-boycott-Germanys-Merkel-wont-go/index.html There was a time, long, long ago, when athletes from around the ancient world would gather, without clothes and without making political pronouncements, to let it all hang out - their enthusiasm for the spirit of competition, that is - and get on with games in which victories would bring resounding honor to the kingdoms, regions and powerful city-states they represented. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1566/1/Engineer-sentenced-to-24-years-in-China-conspiracy-case/index.html A federal judge says Chi Mak, 67, of Downey betrayed the U.S. by conspiring to export sensitive military technology. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1563/1/EU-tells-China-to-stop-using-force-against-Tibetan-protesters-/index.html  The European Union, United States and other Western nations urged China on Tuesday to stop using force against Tibetan protesters, and said the demonstrations should be peaceful. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1559/1/IOC-president-Rogge-in-silent-diplomacy-with-China-on-Tibet-and-rights-/index.html IOC president Jacques Rogge said Monday he is engaged in "silent diplomacy" with China on Tibet and other human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1558/1/FBI-Opens-Probe-of-China-Based-Hackers/index.html The FBI has opened a preliminary investigation of a report that China-based hackers have penetrated the e-mail accounts of leaders and members of the Save Darfur Coalition, a national advocacy group pushing to end the six-year-old conflict in Sudan. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1556/1/McCain-says-Chinas-conduct-in-Tibet-unacceptable/index.html U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain said on Friday that China was behaving unacceptably in Tibet and he urged Beijing to look for a peaceful end to clashes between anti-government protestors and police. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1507/1/China-and-its-minorities/index.html Non-Han minorities may comprise only 9 percent of China's population, but as the violence in Tibet and simmering resentment in Xinjiang  indicate, the problem is one that Beijing is unable to resolve. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1491/1/Chinese-Police-Clash-With-Tibet-Protesters-/index.html Violent protests erupted Friday in a busy market area of Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, as Buddhist monks and other ethnic Tibetans clashed with Chinese security forces. The protesters burned shops, cars, military vehicles and at least one tourist bus, according to witnesses. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1490/1/China-rejects-US-attack-on-human-rights-/index.html China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of "clinging to a Cold War mentality" and "practicing double standards." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1486/1/Beijings-unofficial-Olympic-slogan/index.html The official slogan of this summer's Beijing Olympics may be "One World, One Dream," but Beijing's real mantra has been something more prosaic, and in the end, much more problematic: no politics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1484/1/Chinas-Olympic-security-dilemma-/index.html China has spent millions of dollars over seven years on its security preparations for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1482/1/Chinas-Curious-Olympic-Terror-Threat-/index.html The dramatic news came in the midst of China's staid and boring annual legislature: a terrorist hijacking plot, perhaps meant to mar the coming Olympic Games, had been stopped. Security forces had thwarted a plot to "create an air disaster," Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang regional government, told reporters at the ongoing session of the National People's Congress (NPC). zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1481/1/Chinese-Embassy-Caught-Interfering-With-Spectacular-in-Prague/index.html The Chinese Embassy has been caught out sending letters to both the largest television station in the Czech Republic and politicians, asking them not to attend the Chinese Spectacular. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1480/1/China-dismisses-critics-bent-on-examining-countrys-rights-record/index.html China's foreign minister has dismissed critics who want to put the country's rights record under the microscope ahead of this summer's Olympic Games.  zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1474/1/Mongolian-Herdsmen-No-Longer-Free-to-Roam/index.html For as long as anyone can remember, Bator and his ancestors were horse-riding herdsmen, free to roam the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia with their animals. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1473/1/Recent-incidents-add-to-Chinas-edginess-about-terror/index.html A Chinese passenger jet en route to Beijing from the heavily Muslim Xinjiang region was forced to make an emergency landing Friday after the flight crew prevented at least two passengers from trying to crash the airplane, state media reported Sunday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1460/1/China-USCIRF-Calls-on-President-Bush-to-Request-Meeting-with-Prisoners-During-Beijing-Olympics-Attend-House-Church-Service/index.html The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom commends President George W. Bush for pledging Thursday that while attending the Summer Olympic Games in China, he will raise concerns about freedom of religion in China with President Hu Jintao. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1446/1/China-deeply-concerned-by-Kosovo-independence/index.html In a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry's website, China has expressed "deep concern" that Kosovo has declared its independence. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1445/1/Human-rights-protests-rattle-Olympics-/index.html With Steven Spielberg's announcement that he will not organise the opening ceremonies, the Olympic Games in Beijing may have already lost a battle. A growing chorus of athletes are starting to speak out. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1444/1/Now-Archbishop-Desmond-Tutu-urges-boycott-of-Beijing-Olympics-over-Chinas-failure-to-act-in-Darfur-/index.html Archbishop Desmond Tutu warned China could face an international boycott of the Beijing Olympics if they did not move to end the atrocities in Darfur. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1443/1/Spielberg-breached-Olympic-spirit-/index.html Organisers of the Beijing Olympics denounced any linking of sport and politics as a contravention of the “Olympic spirit” on Thursday following the resignation of Steven Spielberg, the US film director, as an artistic adviser on the games’ opening and closing ceremonies. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1442/1/China-Link-to-Darfur-unfair-/index.html Efforts to link China to the Darfur crisis are "irresponsible and unfair," a government spokesman said in comments published Thursday, following director Steven Spielberg's decision to drop out as a Beijing Olympics adviser on human rights grounds. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1441/1/The-power-of-protest-/index.html The Chinese foreign ministry argued that "it is understandable if some people do not understand the Chinese government policy on Darfur", and went on to urge America to stop its "Cold War thinking", accusing some of its detractors of harbouring "ulterior motives". zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1440/1/Beijing-Olympics-Wont-Change-China-/index.html The summer Olympic Games to be held in Beijing will probably be the most watched ever. That and the location -- China -- make it irresistible to those with a political cause to advocate, be that cause the host country's record on human rights, press freedom and political dissent, or its policies on Dafur. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1439/1/EU-President-Advises-Against-Protests-/index.html The European Union wants athletes to resist raising human rights and other sensitive political issues during the Beijing Olympics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1438/1/Bush-says-still-plans-to-visit-Beijing-Olympics-/index.html US President George W. Bush said Thursday he had not changed his plans to attend the Beijing Olympics, despite a growing row over China's support for Sudan amid the Darfur crisis. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1437/1/In-Olympic-year-China-urged-to-use-its-influence-in-Darfur-/index.html China has been called upon to abandon its support for Sudan by a coalition of Nobel Prize-winners and international athletes, who demanded that this year's Olympic hosts cease to trade with a regime which is held responsible by the world for the carnage in Darfur. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1436/1/China-tells-US-to-drop-Cold-War-attitude-after-spy-arrests/index.html China on Thursday told the United States to drop its "Cold War" attitude and stop accusing Beijing of espionage, after US authorities arrested four people on charges of spying for the Chinese. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1430/1/China-Spielbergs-Olympic-Pull-Out-Highlights-Foreigners--Responsibilities/index.html The decision by the film director Steven Spielberg to step down as artistic consultant to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games should prompt other influential outsiders to press China to reform, Human Rights Watch said today. Corporate sponsors, governments and National Olympic Committees should urge Beijing to improve human rights conditions in China, Human Rights Watch said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1428/1/DOJ-Chinese-Espionage-Marks-Return-to-Cold-War-Threats/index.html There’s nothing like an espionage story to help heat up this freezing Tuesday morning. And today’s top news story has all the elements: sleeper agents, stolen aerospace secrets and Cold War intimations. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1427/1/DOJ-Chinese-Espionage-Marks-Return-to-Cold-War-Threats.html There’s nothing like an espionage story to help heat up this freezing Tuesday morning. And today’s top news story has all the elements: sleeper agents, stolen aerospace secrets and Cold War intimations. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1423/1/Pentagon-official-three-others-held-over-China-spy-charges/index.html A US defense official, an ex-Boeing engineer and two others were arrested Monday on charges of spying for China involving sensitive military and aerospace secrets, including the space shuttle. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1418/1/China-Free-Activists--Guarantee-Press-Freedoms/index.html While three activists languish in detention and press freedoms remain illusory, Olympic Watch calls on China to defy expectations and act. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1416/1/US-urges-China-to-do-more-after-reporter-freed/index.html The United States called on China on Wednesday to free dissidents and respect media freedom after the early release of a Hong Kong-based reporter who was serving a five-year sentence for spying for Taiwan. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1415/1/US-military-officials-wary-of-Chinas-expanding-fleet-of-submarines/index.html For a procession of senior U.S. military commanders who have visited China in recent years, the complaint has become almost routine. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1414/1/Whether-at-home-or-abroad-China-is-silent-on-matters-of-democracy/index.html For months, as the Beijing Olympics draw nearer, China has been refining its arguments in favor of disassociating the Games from politics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1410/1/US-lawmaker-eyes-Chinas-military-buildup/index.html Ask Rep. John Murtha about the U.S. war in Iraq and the conversation eventually veers to China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1409/1/China-inflation-causes-economic-woe-political-challenge/index.html China is supposed to be getting richer, but for Liu Gaohua, rising prices on everything from cabbages to houses mean life is only getting tougher. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1408/1/IOC-has-broken-promise-to-push-for-media-freedom-in-China-/index.html The International Olympic Committee has broken its promise to push China for greater media freedom ahead of the Beijing Games, a journalist rights group said in Hong Kong yesterday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1407/1/US-lawmakers-set-stage-for-trade-sanctions-on-China/index.html US lawmakers are setting the stage for legislation slapping China with punitive sanctions over currency and other trade issues after another year of record trade deficit with the Asian giant. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1402/1/Chinas-media-curbs-loom-as-trade-issue/index.html China's restrictions on foreign media, long a concern of rights groups and press freedom advocates, have now become a trade issue. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1401/1/-China-shirking-Olympic-pledge-pressure-needed-HRW/index.html China is shirking its pledge to improve human rights for the Olympic Games and world pressure is needed to force Beijing to comply, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1398/1/FBI-chief-pleased-with-Beijing-Games-security/index.html The head of the FBI said on Wednesday he expects Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games to be "secure and safe" while offering China help against potential threats. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1397/1/Chinas-weapons-exceed-self-defence-needs-US-military/index.html The United States said Monday it was "troubling" that China's weapons systems capability exceeded the level Beijing defined as necessary for self-defence. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1396/1/Russian-arms-exports-to-China-in-collapse---report/index.html Russia's arms industry is suffering a near collapse in exports to China, as military top brass agonise over which technology the neighbouring country should be allowed, defence industry sources told Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1395/1/Tibet-group-Prince-to-boycott-Games/index.html Britain's Prince Charles will not attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing -- and a group that campaigns against China's human rights record said Monday that the future monarch's decision was in solidarity with its aims. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1394/1/Olympics-China-says-wont-submit-to-pressure/index.html China will never submit to taunting or political pressure from groups or governments wishing to use the Beijing Olympics to change Chinese policy, a leading state-run newspaper said on Tuesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1393/1/China-hits-out-at-attempts-to-politicise-Olympics-/index.html Any attempt to use the Beijing Olympics to discredit China or force it to change policy is doomed to failure, the leading communist party newspaper insisted in a commentary piece today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1392/1/China-Now-Pays-Troops-Involved-in-Nuclear-Tests/index.html China has begun paying military personnel involved in nuclear tests, as part of its effort to improve benefits for veterans, the state news media reported over the weekend. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1390/1/China-allows-US-warship-to-dock-in-Hong-Kong/index.html China on Monday allowed a U.S. warship to make a port call in Hong Kong, two months after it turned away a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group and set off a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1389/1/FBI-director-in-China-for-talks-on-cooperation-/index.html Robert Mueller, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, was scheduled to arrive in China Monday for talks with China's law enforcement officials, the US embassy said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1388/1/China-Wants-US-to-Do-More-to-Prevent-Taiwan-Vote/index.html China demanded Thursday that the United States do more to prevent Taiwan from holding a referendum that China views as a step toward independence, but a senior U.S. official said Washington has already done all it can to get the vote called off. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1386/1/Human-rights-questions-remain-for-China/index.html With a year to go before the 2008 Olympics get under way, questions linger over China's efforts to improve its human rights record. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1383/1/Chinese-president-calls-for-stepped-up-propaganda-work-ahead-of-Olympics/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao has told officials to breath new life into propaganda efforts, putting renewed emphasis on a key pillar of communist rule ahead of this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1376/1/Dutch-irk-China-with-debate-on-Olympics-and-rights/index.html The Netherlands irked Olympics host China on Thursday by going ahead with a discussion of the country's human rights record and the Games, despite a warning by the Chinese ambassador that the debate was offensive. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1375/1/Dutch-foreign-minister-says-China-must-improve-its-human-rights-record-/index.html Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said China's human rights record must improve and that the Beijing Olympics should be used as an opportunity to press for change. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1374/1/Brown-urged-to-press-China-on-human-rights/index.html Prime Minister Gordon Brown should use his visit to China starting on Friday to press Beijing on a range of human rights issues ahead of this year's Olympics, according to rights groups. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1372/1/US-concerned-over-China-military-build-up-Taiwan-admiral/index.html The top commander of the US Pacific Fleet raised concern Tuesday over China's military build-up and urged Beijing to clarify the intentions of its increasingly sophisticated armed forces. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1371/1/China-view-of-Africa-democracy-hits-sensitivities/index.html An official Chinese newspaper's assertion on Monday that Kenyan political turmoil showed Africa was unsuited to Western democracy touched a raw nerve on the continent trying to overcome the legacies of colonialism and "big-man" rule. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1370/1/China-defends-dissident-arrest-after-US-criticism/index.html China hit back on Tuesday at criticism from the United States about the arrest of a prominent Chinese dissident, saying he was a suspected criminal and would be dealt with by the law. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1369/1/Germanys-Merkel-Defends-China-Policy-Amid-Political-Rift/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her China policy Tuesday amid a major rift brought on by her meeting last year with the Dalai Lama, considered a dangerous separatist by Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1367/1/Congress-Uses-Olympics-To-Focus-On-China-/index.html The world will be watching China closely as it gears up to host the Olympics this year. So will U.S. lawmakers, who hope to use the attention generated by the summer games to highlight their complaints about China's government. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1366/1/China-says-military-buildup-does-not-threaten-US-/index.html China defended its growing military prowess on Monday, saying it did not threaten the United States, and again urged Washington not to sell weapons to Taiwan. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1365/1/India-and-China-pledge-new-era-of-cooperation/index.html China and India pledged Monday to strengthen trade and military links and seek a solution to a border row, as India's prime minister sought to cement a rapid improvement in ties with a landmark visit. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1364/1/Malawi-drops-ties-with-Taiwan-for-China/index.html The African nation of Malawi has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of relations with China, which has been using its rising political and economic clout to reduce the number of countries who recognize the island. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1362/1/China-may-seek-Indias-help-in-solving-Tibet-issue/index.html The Tibet issue is expected to figure in the discussions between officials accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and their Chinese counterparts during Singh's visit to Beijing beginning Sunday. The Chinese government might also try to find out if India would help it to resume dialogue with the Dalai Lama, sources said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1360/1/Taiwan-China-Could-Steal-Its-Allies/index.html  China could undermine Taiwan's diplomatic standing in the run-up to key elections this weekend, the self-ruled island's foreign minister warned Thursday, amid signs that two of Taipei's allies were considering switching ties to Beijing zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1357/1/Usual-scenes-of-violence-in-Chinas-Far-West/index.html Villagers rise up against the government which takes land without paying, business which sends gangs to beat anyone who protects workers rights, police who clash with workers asking to be paid. In the “society of harmony” the state fails to safeguard its citizens, who are forced to battle against public and private abuse. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1356/1/Taiwan-says-China-seeks-to-influence-islands-elections-by-wooing-away-its-allies-/index.html China is stepping up efforts to woo away Taiwan's diplomatic allies in an attempt to hurt President Chen Shui-bian's ruling party ahead of crucial elections, the island's top diplomat said Tuesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1355/1/China-planning-to-secure-North-Koreas-nuclear-arsenal-report/index.html China has contingency plans to dispatch troops into North Korea and secure nuclear weapons in the event of instability in the hardline communist state, according to US experts who have talked to Chinese military researchers. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1354/1/China-crackdown-flouts-Olympic-rights-vow-activists/index.html China's arrest of a prominent rights campaigner is part of an increasing crackdown on critics that breaks promises it made to land the Olympics, said activists who called for world pressure on Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1352/1/Canada-can-raise-human-rights-issues-and-still-do-business-with-China-Emerson/index.html International Trade Minister David Emerson says Canada is comfortable with criticizing China's human rights record while continuing to do business with the country. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1348/1/Letter-from-China-A-harmonious-society-hearing-different-notes-/index.html To pay attention in China is to be aware of the proliferation of the astoundingly wooden language that suffuses public life. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1346/1/China-increases-use-of-lethal-injections-in-executions/index.html China's executioners are to step up the use of lethal injections, a senior court official told state media today, in order to make executions "more humane" in the world's leading practitioner of capital punishment. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1345/1/China-Limits-Providers-of-Internet-Video/index.html China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of Internet videos — including those posted on video-sharing Web sites — to sites run by state-controlled companies and require providers to report questionable content to the governme zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1343/1/Taiwan-president-raps-China-over-missile-build-up/index.html Taiwan's president Tuesday accused China of attempting to change the status quo in the Strait by stockpiling more than 1,000 missiles, stepping up the rhetoric against Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1342/1/Doubts-raised-on-sales-of-US-high-tech-equipment-to-China-/index.html Six months ago, the Bush administration quietly eased some restrictions on the export of politically delicate technologies to China. The new approach was intended to help U.S. companies increase sales of high-tech equipment to China despite tight curbs on sharing technology that might have military applications. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1341/1/Hurdles-remain-as-Beijing-Olympics-near-/index.html Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have left nothing to chance for China's "coming-out party" this year but a few tricky hurdles still lie in wait ahead of the opening ceremony on August 8. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1340/1/Foreign-journalists-report-continued-harassment-in-China/index.html Foreign journalists working in China face continued harassment despite new reporting rules brought in for the Olympic Games, a report by the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Tuesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1338/1/German-AI-official-calls-on-IOC-to-pressure-China-on-human-rights/index.html The International Olympic Committee (IOC) must put more pressure on China on the human rights issue leading up to the Beijing Games next August, a German official for Amnesty International (AI) said on Thursday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1337/1/Pro-democracy-MP-detained-at-China-border/index.html AN outspoken Hong Kong lawmaker said he was detained Thursday at the China border while trying to fly to Beijing to push for full democracy as Chinese officials discussed political reforms in Hong Kong. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1336/1/China-faces-up-to-the-horrible-truth-about-its-Mao-made-economic-disaster/index.html WU JIHUAI turned 46 this year and has lived his life in a poor village called La Pa in China's poorest province, Guizhou. Those facts are enough for a thoughtful Chinese person to deduce that he comes from a privileged family and is lucky to be alive. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1335/1/The-truth-about-Chinas-economy/index.html China has been the darling of the West, showered with praise for the massive economic strides it has made. Until recently, the West has turned a blind eye to the falsified statistics China has routinely produced to impress the world. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1332/1/Self-interest-trumps-principles/index.html The Security Council is now deadlocked over the issue of Kosovo independence and the behaviour of Russia, China and Iran, which offers a textbook case of hypocrisy and a web of ugly realpolitik. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1330/1/China-Resolution-Places-Human-Rights-At-Centre/index.html The European Parliament has passed a resolution that criticizes China for not addressing its human rights situation, especially in East Turkestan and Tibet, and urges the European Commission to take a stronger stance. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1329/1/China-Says-Obamas-Toy-Ban-Pledge-Unreasonable/index.html U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's call for a ban on Chinese toy imports is ``unobjective, unreasonable and unfair,'' China's Foreign Ministry said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1328/1/China-denies-fresh-stand-off-in-troubled-village/index.html China on Friday denied there had been a new stand-off between residents and authorities in a troubled village where police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against a controversial power plant two years ago. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1326/1/China-and-India-start-first-ever-joint-military-exercise/index.html China and India began a small joint military exercise Wednesday, the first time two countries have cooperated militarily at that high a level. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1323/1/China-Embraces-Fast-Growing-Economy-With-Risks-Unrest-Pollution-in-2007--/index.html China continues to be one of the world's fastest growing economies, but in the past year, it faced many worries and criticisms ranging from concerns about inflation, social stability and environmental degradation to global complaints about the safety of Chinese-made goods. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1322/1/China-muted-on-Japans-missile-test/index.html China on Tuesday reacted mildly to Japan's successful test of a shipborne ballistic missile defence system, despite Beijing's longstanding concern that such shields could undermine regional stability. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1321/1/Economic-clout-of-China-and-India-is-overstated-World-Bank-says/index.html The World Bank has come up with a new way to look at the relative clout of economies, and it turns out most previous estimates have exaggerated the size of China's and India's economies by roughly 40 per cent. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1320/1/China-detains-cyber-dissident-who-criticised-Olympics/index.html A Chinese cyber-dissident who criticised the government over human rights abuses ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games has been detained on suspicion of subverting state power, his wife said Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1319/1/India-China-wargames-set-to-begin-on-Dec-21/index.html  India and China are getting ready for a unique game, where observers and the audience will count for more than the actual players. The two nations are set to hold their first joint military exercise from December 21 ending a year of both distrust and intense parleys to build friendship. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1318/1/Dalai-Lama-accuses-China-of-cultural-genocide/index.html The Dalai Lama has accused China of "cultural genocide" in Tibet, in an interview published on Tuesday in the online edition of the German political magazine Cicero. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1316/1/Its-Principles-vs-Profits-in-Dealing-With-China-/index.html German Chancellor Angela Merkel's principled diplomacy vis-a-vis China has become a hot topic among diplomatic circles in Hong Kong and Beijing in recent days. Merkel, an advocate of the so-called "value-oriented diplomacy" which attaches prime importance to human rights and freedom, met with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama who is the spiritual leader of Tibet, in her office in September. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1315/1/China-swamps-Nepal-over-Tibet--/index.html Anxious to retain Kathmandu's allegiance to its 'One China policy' that accepts Tibet as a part of China, Beijing has stepped up its Tibet campaign in Nepal with a blitzkrieg of delegations and propaganda. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1314/1/China-softening-stand-on-Arunachal-Pradesh-/index.html Is China readying to bury the hatchet with India in Arunachal Pradesh? For the first time Beijing granted a visa to a resident of Arunachal but the signals are mixed. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1313/1/Taiwans-Vice-President-Lu-raps-China-over-air-space-move-/index.html Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu on Sunday accused China of interfering with the island's upcoming parliamentary and presidential polls by trying to squeeze its air space. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1309/1/Pak-China-sign-extradition-treaty/index.html Pakistan and China on Tuesday signed an extradition treaty to make cooperation more effective on preventing and suppressing crimes, keeping in view the acts of international terrorism and organised crimes. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1306/1/The-China-Honeymoon-Is-Over/index.html For Europe, the "China honeymoon" is over. As the 10th European Union-China summit meeting convenes in Beijing this week, and after 15 years of rapidly and dramatically developing ties, there are numerous indications of new strains emerging in the relationship. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1305/1/China-says-Dalai-wants-feudal-Tibet/index.html China accused the Dalai Lama on Tuesday of wanting to restore feudalism to his exiled homeland of Tibet and dismissed a report by the spiritual leader's government accusing Beijing of sidelining Tibetans and endangering the remote region's environment. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1304/1/China-retreats-on-free-press/index.html The Olympics, to be held next summer in Beijing, are a source of immense national pride. China's communist government is presenting the Games as one huge coming out party, proof that it's a respected international power. To get the Olympics, it made promises on improving human rights in general and press freedom in particular. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1303/1/Group-Protests-Chinas-Web-Censorship/index.html A California free-speech group wants to force China to end Internet censorship and remove barriers to American e-commerce companies hoping to do business in China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1302/1/China-urged-to-free-jailed-writers-before-Games-/index.html An international writers' group has urged China's President Hu Jintao to free 40 jailed dissident writers and journalists, and honour freedom of expression ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1301/1/Sinopec-workers-stage-pay-protest-at-China-plant/index.html Hundreds of workers demonstrated over pay for nearly a week at an eastern China refinery owned by Sinopec Corp, in a rare display of protest in the Communist country. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1298/1/China-Needs-to-Change-and-Become-Democratic-Says-Tiananmen-Square-Leader/index.html Americans are paying far too much attention to China's phenomenal economic growth while ignoring the worsening social foundation of the Communist led society. Americans are really getting an illusory view of China, says Chinese dissident Wang Dan. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1297/1/Olympic-Officials-Must-Push-China-on-Human-Rights-Amnesty-Says-/index.html The International Olympic Committee must press China to improve human rights before the Beijing Games, Amnesty International said as the sports body prepared to meet in Switzerland today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1296/1/Reporters-Without-Borders-stages-demo-in-Hong-Kong-after-being-banned-from-mainland-China-eight-months-ahead-of-Olympic-games/index.html A large flag showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs was unfurled outside the Liaison Office of the central people’s government of China in Hong Kong today by five Reporters Without Borders representatives, including secretary-general Robert Ménard, in a protest to mark Human Rights Day. Two days before Chinese authorities refused to give visas to members of the press freedom organisation. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1292/1/Dalai-Lama-diplomacy-will-not-change-Tibet-China/index.html A wave of high-level visits by the Dalai Lama to Western countries will have no effect on the status of Chinese-ruled Tibet, and will only serve to harm relations with Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1291/1/China-and-US-presidents-speak-on-phone-about-improving-ties/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart, George W. Bush, spoke on the phone about building closer bilateral ties and resolving global disputes such as Iran, China said Friday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1290/1/Will-US-Asia-Tensions-Increase-In-08/index.html The deteriorating U.S. economy, presidential election season and tensions with Iran will influence U.S. Asia policy. However, beyond these important peripherals, Washington will confront increasing dissonance in Chinese foreign policy, new versions of old tensions over Taiwan and obstacles in the six-party talks on North Korea. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1289/1/US-Christian-Bosss-Chinese-Aid-Receives-Two-Years-Labor-Camp/index.html The Chinese assistant of an American Christian businessman remained detained Friday, December 7, after being sentenced to two years « education through labor » on charges of helping foreigners in « illegal activities », a Christian rights group said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1285/1/Burma-China-Slovakia-Named-Worst-Housing-Violators-/index.html The Geneva-based Center on Housing Rights and Evictions has given its 2007 Housing Rights Violator Awards to Burma, China and Slovakia. The citation is given to governments or public institutions that systematically violate housing rights and fail to abide by international law. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1284/1/US-Proposes-Nuclear-Dialogue-with-China-/index.html The United States has proposed starting a dialogue with China on nuclear weapons and strategy. VOA's Al Pessin reports the proposal came during an annual meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese defense officials at the Pentagon, which included military officers responsible for each country's nuclear weapons. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1283/1/EU-US-See-Chinas-Rise-as-Cause-for-Concern-/index.html A majority of Europeans and Americans said they perceive China's emergence as a major economic power as a threat, according to a survey published by the German Marshall Fund. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1282/1/China-says-it-is-cyber-espionage-victim/index.html Chinese Foreign Minister denies his country is cyber-spying on others - but says China is a victim of web-attacks zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1281/1/Xinjiang-Worker-Sentenced-to-Two-Years-Re-Education-Through-Labor-for-Assisting-American-Christian-Businessman/index.html China Aid Association has learned that Wusimanyiming, a former employee of Xinjiang Pacific Agricultural Resources Development Company, Ltd., has been sentenced to two years education through labor for allegedly assisting foreigners in illegal activities. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1280/1/US-Democrats-talk-tough-with-China/index.html Democratic presidential hopefuls on Tuesday vowed to crank up US pressure on China, accusing Beijing of flooding America with defective toys, ignoring global trade rules and abusing human rights. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1279/1/China-warns-US-to-keep-out-of-Taiwan/index.html A ROW between China and the US over port visits to Hong Kong has extended into a renewed move by Beijing to prevent foreign naval vessels sailing through the 180km-wide Taiwan Strait. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1278/1/Carter-says-China-acquiesced-to-Taiwan-arms-sales/index.html Former US president Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that when ties with China were re-established 29 years ago, Beijing privately acknowledged that the United States would keep selling arms to Taiwan. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1277/1/Group-China-to-Evict-15M-for-Olympics/index.html China continues to evict 13,000 people each month in preparation for the Beijing Olympics, despite worldwide attention and increased scrutiny, a housing rights group said Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1275/1/Strong-arm-tactics-alleged-in-struggle-for-Chinas-image/index.html A NON-PROFIT newsletter editor says Beijing security officials tried to bribe him before shutting down his publication and barring his re-entry to China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1274/1/China-welcomes-quotfair-and-objectivequot-media-to-Games-/index.html A Cupertino man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally exporting night-vision technology to China that could be used for military purposes. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1273/1/Cupertino-man-gets-2-years-for-exporting-military-technology-to-China/index.html  A Cupertino man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally exporting night-vision technology to China that could be used for military purposes. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1272/1/Why-China-cracked-down-on-my-nonprofit/index.html This chilling message – and it is a direct quote – was delivered to me in Beijing this summer by an apparently high-ranking Chinese security official who would tell me only his surname: Song. He was, he said, "in charge of watching terrorism and NGOs," and he was offering me a real, not theoretical, choice. I could become an elite propagandist for China, or I would have to leave the country, where I had lived continuously for 12 years, and would never be allowed back. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1271/1/-State-Security-Arrests-in-China-Doubled-in-06-Group-Reports/index.html The number of people arrested in China for "endangering state security" more than doubled last year, showing that the government is cracking down on the political crime of dissent despite pressure to improve its human rights record before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a human rights watchdog group based in the United States said Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1270/1/China-faces-the-dilemmas-of-success-/index.html On a recent visit to Beijing I was struck, like other visitors, by the confidence and ambition of China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1269/1/Chinas-see-no-evil-brand-of-diplomacy-has-got-to-change/index.html Ever since its founding, the People's Republic of China has adhered to a foreign policy of non-interference in other country's internal affairs - or so it claims. But with China's rapid ascent and ever-closer integration with the outside world, this doctrine has become increasingly anachronistic. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1268/1/Chinas-Kitty-Hawk-Problem/index.html One of the most striking aspects of China's emergence as a world power has been the sophistication with which the nation's complex and evolving new role on the global stage has been managed. A country that once was known for stonefaced spokesmen spouting slogans has displayed a remarkable finesse in forging new relationships and revivifying old ones. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1267/1/Stop-labour-at-China-schools-/index.html The Chinese government should abolish the use of income-generating child labour schemes in middle and junior high schools because of the chronic abuse they entail, a rights group said today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1266/1/Chinese-American-activists-decry-Chinas-communism/index.html They waved banners reading "Chinese Communism Collapsing," and chanted Chinese slogans denouncing the ruling communist party as a merciless tyrant. They called for former Chinese president Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice for alleged crimes against humanity, and hammered Tang drums to drive away evil spirits. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1265/1/Space-Company-Chief-Convicted-of-Spying-/index.html A court convicted the head of a rocket and space technology company Monday on charges of leaking sensitive technology to China - the latest case involving a Russian scientist who was prosecuted despite claims the sensitive materials were in the public domain. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1264/1/Workers-in-China-strike-over-rising-food-costs----officials-/index.html Police in southern China used batons and dogs to keep thousands of workers from leaving their factory premises after they went on strike over rising food costs, officials and reports said Monday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1262/1/China-tells-more-US-vessels-to-keep-out/index.html China has refused nine U.S. Navy ships and one Air Force jet entry to Hong Kong in the past month, U.S. military officials said Friday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1261/1/Britain-accuses-China-of-web-based-espionage/index.html The Government has openly accused China of carrying out state-sponsored espionage against vital parts of Britain’s economy, including computer systems of major banks and financial services firms. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1259/1/Rights-group-lashes-IOC-chief-over-China-controls-/index.html The International Olympics Committee has failed to ensure that China honors promised media freedoms ahead of Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games, a press rights group has claimed. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1255/1/In-the-Case-of-the-Beijing-Olympic-Games-China-Falls-Short-of-Even-the-Bronze-Medal/index.html The timing of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is crucial for China because of significant political issues at play, issues that the spirit of the Games mask, and ones that the international community cannot ignore. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1254/1/Merkel-puts-rights-at-heart-of-foreign-policy/index.html Angela Merkel used a keynote parliamentary address to stress the importance of human rights in German foreign policy on Wednesday, in her toughest rejection to date of criticism of her meeting with the Dalai Lama. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1253/1/China-Explains-Decision-to-Block-US-Ships-/index.html China denied permission for a United States aircraft carrier battle group and other American warships to visit Hong Kong last week because of the Bush administration’s proposal to sell upgrades to Patriot antimissile batteries to Taiwan, Chinese state media said today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1252/1/China-Reports-Riot-in-Southwestern-Tibet/index.html Rioters in Chinese-ruled Tibet destroyed shops and government offices following a dispute between Buddhist monks and a local shopkeeper, the government's news agency reported Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1250/1/China-PM-Merkel-should-say-Dalai-Lama-meet-was-error/index.html China and Germany can remain friends as long as Chancellor Angela Merkel admits making a mistake in meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1249/1/HIVAIDS-discrimination-widespread-in-China-UN/index.html China's efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination have failed to stamp out "widespread" stigmatization of sufferers, United Nations. officials said on Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1248/1/China-political-arrests-increasing---rights-group/index.html Arrests in China on charges of "endangering state security" nearly doubled last year, a sign of increasing pressure on political activism, a U.S.-based human rights watchdog said on Wednesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1247/1/New-Statistics-Point-to-Dramatic-Increase-in-Chinese-Political-Arrests-in-2006/index.html Chinese arrests for "endangering state security" (ESS) doubled in 2006 over the previous year, according to official statistics recently released by the Chinese government. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1246/1/US-criticizes-China-for-barring-US-ships-from-port/index.html  Senior U.S. military officers on Tuesday criticized China for denying a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier group and two smaller ships access to the Hong Kong port, saying Beijing was not living up to its obligations as a "responsible nation." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1245/1/Chinas-Thanksgiving-Snub/index.html The military relationship between China and the U.S. isn't always smooth sailing. But last week's stormy waters came as a surprise. On Wednesday evening, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied permission for the USS Kitty Hawk and its carrier battle group to make a four-day port call to Hong Kong for the Thanksgiving holiday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1244/1/China-Quickly-Condemns-Dalai-Lamas-Call-for-Referendum-on-Succession/index.html The Dalai Lama says that his successor will be chosen outside of Tibet if he dies in exile.  He also is considering different methods for that to happen, even before his death. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1236/1/Thousands-protest-over-China-ant-aphrodisiac-scheme/index.html Thousands of people in north-eastern China have protested on the streets and surrounded government offices demanding help recovering money from a get-rich-quick scheme to raise ants to make an aphrodisiac tonic. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1235/1/Clinton-fires-China-Christmas-toys-warning/index.html Democratic 2008 front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday blamed China for a tide of millions of toy exports which she warned could be defective and endanger American children at Christmas. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1233/1/China-jails-four-Tibetans-for-quotsplittistquot-activity/index.html China has jailed an ethnic Tibetan villager for eight years for "inciting to split the country" after he spoke at a gathering in support of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1232/1/Report-Dalai-Lama-may-appoint-successor/index.html The Dalai Lama says he may appoint a successor or rely on an election before his death in a break with tradition, a Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday, following recent orders that China must approve Tibet's spiritual leaders. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1231/1/Germany-looks-to-Asia-at-Chinas-expense-/index.html Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc is studying a strategic partnership with Asia that would shift the German government's focus away from China and link economic ties and human rights more closely to the rest of the region, the authors of the report said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1230/1/China-Calls-US-Commission-Report-On-Currency-Libelous/index.html China lashed out on Monday against a U.S. commission that accused it of currency manipulation and called for legislation imposing penalty tariffs on Chinese goods. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1229/1/China-to-Reject-Imposing-Sanctions-on-Myanmar-Update1/index.html China will reject sanctions on Myanmar at a meeting of Asian leaders in Singapore this week, and won't press for a timetable for democratic reforms sought by the U.S. and the United Nations, a Chinese official said. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1225/1/US-slams-Chinas-rights-record/index.html An angry American official took to the microphone at a plenary session of the US-Africa Business Summit on today to protest at what he saw as a reluctance in Africa and at the summit itself to note the differences between the contributions of the United States and China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1224/1/-Can-you-Yahoo-safely-in-China/index.html Yahoo's apology and financial settlement with the families of two prisoners in China are warnings to American business. Ethical behavior does not begin and end with the law. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1223/1/China-Says-Protesters-at-Olympics-Will-Be-Dealt-With-Harshly/index.html A Chinese official says security forces are prepared to stop protests during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1221/1/Chinas-spying-called-a-threat-by-US-panel-Security-feared-for-tech-secrets/index.html China's extensive spying inside the United States is the greatest threat to the security of American technology secrets. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1220/1/German-Finance-Minister-Cancels-Beijing-Visit-After-China-Snub/index.html China has given further indications of the strain in its relations with Germany. The Chinese finance ministry cancelled a scheduled meeting with German Finance Minister Peer Steinbr&uumlck in Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1218/1/Report-China-spies-threaten-US-technology/index.html Chinese spying in America represents the greatest threat to U.S. technology, according to a congressional advisory panel report Thursday that recommended lawmakers consider financing counterintelligence efforts meant to stop China from stealing U.S. manufacturing expertise. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1215/1/China-Tracks-Summer-Olympics-Journalists-/index.html The Chinese government has created profiles on thousands of foreign journalists coming to report on next summer's Beijing Olympics and is gathering information on thousands more to put into a database, a top official said in comments published Monday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1214/1/China-Denounces-US-Arms-Sales-To-Taiwan-/index.html China on Tuesday angrily denounced U.S. weapon sales to Taiwan, saying the transfers were emboldening independence-minded President Chen Shui- bian and threatening cross-strait peace. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1213/1/Finding-significance-as-a-journalist-in-China-/index.html Under a crystalline sky in western China in 2006, I sat in a black sedan with Zhu Youke, one of China's most prominent journalists telling him about an illegal coal mine threatening endangered species. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1209/1/China-To-Face-UN-Human-Rights-Bodys-Scrutiny-in-2009/index.html According to the decisions of the UN Human Rights Council during the first segment of its Sixth session in September 2007, China’s human rights record will come up for scrutiny by the UN’s highest human rights body in early 2009. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1205/1/Press-Freedom-in-China-Under-Scrutiny-on-Journalists-Day/index.html China marked "Journalists Day" Thursday with state-run media hailing a new era of increasing press freedom in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but Western rights groups are largely unimpressed. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1204/1/Report-China-Issues-Broad-Olympic-Ban/index.html China has secretly issued an order banning those the government considers a threat from next year's Olympics — a group that includes terrorists, Falun Gong activists, some media workers and frequent traffic-law violators, an overseas monitoring association said Friday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1203/1/China-attacks-quotsubjectivequot-IEA-energy-outlook/index.html Beijing officials attacked an International Energy Agency report that said China would soon be the world's top energy user and carbon dioxide emitter, calling it subjective and politically ill-judged. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1187/1/Militants-energy-top-of-China-Central-Asia-meeting-/index.html Fighting militancy and boosting energy cooperation between China, Russia and Central Asia will top the agenda at a summit in Uzbekistan later this week, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1185/1/China-blasts-Canada-for-Dalai-Lama-reception/index.html The Chinese government blasted formal meetings yesterday between the Dalai Lama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General Michaëlle Jean, warning they will "gravely undermine" the relationship between Canada and China. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1158/1/Chinese-Communist-party-aims-for-harmonious-congress/index.html Once every five years, the Chinese Communist party plays power politics at the highest level. On the surface, all is "harmony," as President Hu Jintao likes to say. But behind closed doors, most of the decisions that will affect China - and ultimately the world - for the next half decade are fiercely debated. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1156/1/China-Warns-US-on-Dalai-Lama-Trip-/index.html Chinese officials warned the United States today not to honor the Dalai Lama, saying a planned award ceremony in Washington for the Tibetan spiritual leader would have “an extremely serious impact” on relations between the countries. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1149/1/Chinas-Leader-Closes-Door-to-Reform-at-Meeting-/index.html Delivering the opening address at the ruling Communist Party’s 17th National Congress today, President Hu Jintao promised to address social fissures, a degraded environment and rampant corruption during his second term as China’s top leader, but he all but ruled out more than cosmetic political reform. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1148/1/In-China-new-crackdown-on-dissidents/index.html As China's ruling Communist Party holds its most important conclave in five years, the government has launched an unusually harsh crackdown on potential troublemakers, say Chinese and international human rights groups. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1146/1/Chinas-Olympic-Blacklist-is-many/index.html Following is the full text of a translation of an edited excerpt of a purported official Olympics blacklist of China published by Human Rights in China zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1144/1/Bush-to-Honor-Dalai-Lama-/index.html Risking heightened tensions with China, President Bush will attend a ceremony to award Congress' highest civilian honor to the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader whom Beijing reviles as a separatist. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1143/1/Beijing-08-Let-the-Politics-Begin-/index.html THE Communist Party expends much effort trying to remove politics from daily life in China, and now it wants to remove politics from the Olympics, too. Beijing Olympic officials are taking the line that political protesters agitating about China are violating the spirit and charter of the Games. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1142/1/China-Opposes-US-Honor-for-Dalai-Lama-/index.html China has criticized the U.S. Congress for awarding its highest civilian honor to the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.  VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Beijing. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1141/1/Two-American-Companies-and-Two-Chinese-Companies-Ordered-to-Shutdown-in-Xinjiang-for-Alleged-Religious-Infiltration/index.html China Aid Association learned that Xinjiang government has ordered at least four companies to shutdown revoking their business licenses and visas for alleged religious infiltration among Xingjiang muslims. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1139/1/China-Pre-Congress-Clampdown-Intensifies/index.html The Chinese government is intensifying repression ahead of the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which opens in Beijing next week, as the climax of a months-long campaign to silence dissent and impose a veneer of social harmony on the capital, Human Rights Watch said today. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1137/1/Censors-grip-tightening-on-Internet-in-China/index.html Internet censors in China are becoming more systematic and sophisticated in how they monitor the Web and eradicate content deemed sensitive, according to a Chinese technician working for an Internet firm. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1136/1/Chinas-Hu-to-test-power-at-Party-Congress/index.html Chinese President Hu Jintao will seek to shake off the lingering influence of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, and anoint an heir when the Communist Party gathers next week for its most important political meeting in five years. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1134/1/Crackdown-ahead-of-Chinas-Party-congress/index.html All news is good news this week. China’s ruling Communist Party is determined to make sure that its five-yearly congress goes without a hitch and is remembered as a glorious moment in its 58-year rule. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/1133/1/China-Issue-Moratorium-on-Executions-Before-Olympics/index.html China should impose a moratorium on all executions as a goodwill gesture before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued its call for a moratorium in advance of the World Day against the Death Penalty on October 10. China is estimated to execute more people than the rest of the world combined. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700