Commentary
Treading carefully on China and Tibet
- Sun, 10/04/2009 - 12:00
THE OBAMA administration achieved a rare moment of bipartisanship in deciding not receive the Dalai Lama at the White House this week. Both Democrats and Republicans found common ground criticizing the administration for kow-towing to China.
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China must face up to its own history
- Sun, 10/04/2009 - 12:00
The 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China is an occasion for celebration and reflection. Indeed, there is much to celebrate.
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China celebrates its rosy future without dealing with the past or present
- Sun, 10/04/2009 - 12:00
Shows and perfect organization for the grand celebration of 60 years of communism. The party celebrates the greatness of the country to assert its power. But its celebrations ignore Tibet, Xinjiang and many unsolved problems.
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The Ethnicization of Discontent in Xinjiang
- Sat, 10/03/2009 - 12:00
One of many disturbing long-term effects of the recent violence in Urumqi is an increased ethnicization of anger on all sides. Ethnic tensions are of course nothing new in Xinjiang, and ethnically targeted state policies have long made it difficult to distinguish between anti-government and ethnic discontent, but until now Uyghur resistance has been aimed at the state.
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The People's Republic of China at Sixty: The Fear of Self-Examination
- Thu, 10/01/2009 - 12:00
October 1, 2009 marks sixty years since Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing.
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China's Minority Problem--And Ours
- Thu, 10/01/2009 - 12:00
On October 1, the People's Republic of China will mark its 60th anniversary with the largest military parade in its history. The ruling Communist Party is not commemorating 60 years of ideological stability and continuity, however, but a period of speedy change and dramatic reversals.
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The Meaning of Freedom
- Tue, 09/29/2009 - 12:00
Why the Supreme Court should step in to decide the latest detention controversy
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Empire State Building Goes Red & Yellow for China; Outrage Ensues
- Tue, 09/29/2009 - 12:00
The Empire State Building's publicists inform us -- like they're proud of it! -- that tomorrow ESB will glow red and yellow to honor the 60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China. At 10 a.m. members of the Consul General of the People's Republic, including Consul General Peng Keyu, will "flip the light switch on a scale model of the Empire State Building," and either America will blow up or the lights will go on.
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Rebiya Kadeer and Taipei - The Ma government missteps
- Mon, 09/28/2009 - 12:00
Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou was elected last year largely to improve the island's economy through closer links with China. His government is misinterpreting that mandate to include closer ties with China's authoritarian politics, too.
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Documentary on Kadeer will screen at film festival
- Mon, 09/28/2009 - 12:00
The Kaohsiung Film Archive and the organizing committee of the 2009 Kaohsiung Film Festival yesterday announced it would go ahead with plans to screen The 10 Conditions of Love, a documentary about exiled Uighur rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, during the festival beginning on Oct. 16.
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