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» How China Twists the History and Events of East Turkestan
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/26/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
A foreign journalist's special dispatches during her recent trip to East Turkestan organized by the China's Foreign Ministry in order to mislead the foreign journalist group to confirm the Chinese government's interpretation of both history and events in East Turkestan.
» How to hold a news conference, Chinese provincial style
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/24/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
Follow along with Mary Kay Magistad’s special dispatches on her trip to the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, in China’s far west and the largely ethnic Tibetan province of Qinghai. Part 3
» Make China Account for Its Dismal Human Rights Record
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/23/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
China’s human rights record is dismal and not improving. Successive editions of the U.S. Department of State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices have documented China’s lack of progress in human rights, ranging from continued abuses in Tibet to imprisonment and harsh treatment of political prisoners to a general crackdown on religious groups that are not sanctioned by the government.
» On the Road with the Chinese Foreign Ministry: Anatomy of an Explosive Story
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/20/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
Follow along with Mary Kay Magistad’s special dispatches on her trip to the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, in China’s far west and the largely ethnic Tibetan province of Qinghai.
» China’s Secure Communications Quantum Leap
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/20/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
In May 2010 a team of 15 Chinese researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing and the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences, a government-directed research center, published a research paper announcing a successful demonstration of “quantum teleportation” (liangzi yinxing chuan) over 16 kilometers of free space. These researchers claimed to have the first successful experiment in the world.
» Hawks vs. Doves: Beijing Debates “Core Interests” and Sino-U.S. Relations
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/20/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
An intriguing divergence of views has been exposed within China’s foreign-policy establishment on how to handle the country’s worsening ties with the United States that may highlight a growing dissonance between China’s civilian and military establishments.
» PLA Expands Network of Military Reconnaissance Satellites
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/20/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
On August 9, China launched the remote sensing satellite Yaogan-10 (military designation: Jianbing) into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
» Stability and Development Twin Concerns for China in Central Asia
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/18/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
China has tied its western development to its foreign policy initiatives, pushing roads and communication links west at the same time it is building influence and prestige through programs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and low interest loans in exchange for concessionary oil and gas rights.
» China's Border Patrol
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/18/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
The Pentagon just released its annual report to Congress on China's military. Weapons programs got ink, especially its cyberwar programs, its expanding navy, ballistic missile projects.
» General and scholar test reform waters
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/11/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
About two years before President Hu Jintao and other top Chinese leaders retire from office, there are growing public calls for them to start political reforms.
» China: Make Ramadan Restriction Free
By UAA Administrator | Published 08/11/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urges the Obama Administration to raise prominently the issue of religious freedom in China, particularly the wide-ranging restrictions on peaceful religious activity and assembly faced by ethnic Uighur Muslims.
» Why a Uyghur Journalist Was Sentenced 15 Years
By UAA Administrator | Published 07/31/2010 | Western Sources Unrated
On July 23rd, 2010, a Uyghur journalist, activist and blogger named Gheyret Niyaz (a.k.a. Heyrat Niyaz, 海莱特·尼亚孜) was sentenced to 15 years in prison. 


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