Western Sources
Washington's Pacific preoccupations
- Mon, 11/21/2011 - 11:00
This is an edited version of an article from the ‘Oxford Analytica Daily Brief’. Oxford Analytica is a global analysis and advisory firm that draws on a worldwide network of experts to advise its clients on their strategy and performance.
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Obama Pacific Visit: President Asserts Growing US Stake In Asia
- Mon, 11/21/2011 - 11:00
President Barack Obama's close attention to the Asia-Pacific region signaled both a turn toward a part of the world experiencing solid growth and one away from Europe's dark economic woes, at least temporarily.
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Q & A: Frank Wolf on Liberty for the Captives
- Fri, 11/18/2011 - 11:00
The congressman pleads for a passionate American commitment to international religious freedom.
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U.S. Expands Military Ties to Australia, Irritating China
- Wed, 11/16/2011 - 11:00
President Obama announced Wednesday that the United States planned to deploy 2,500 Marines in Australia to shore up alliances in Asia, but the move prompted a sharp response in Beijing, which accused Mr. Obama of escalating military tensions in the region.
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Uyghurs challenged by life in Beijing
- Wed, 11/16/2011 - 11:00
For anyone moderately experienced with Beijing's bustling street life, the image of the swarthy, Caucasian-featured kebab street vendor is an easily identifiable sight.
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Unrest in Xinjiang: Diplomatic Sqaure's interview with Ms. Rebiya Kadeer
- Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:00
Xinjiang is China’s largest province that accounts for one-sixth of the country’s territory and a large muslim publication. Evidently, discord runs high in this region as in Tibet, where allegations of severe ethnic discrimination, human rights abuses and demographic changes by flooding these provinces with Han chinese are alleged.
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China moves, haltingly, to clean up environmental mess
- Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:00
After two decades of nonstop development that devastated the environment in many areas, Chinese leaders now say they want to clean up and restore the nation’s fabled rivers and ancient lands.
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Analysis: Chinese financial help could carry risk for Europe
- Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:00
As a cash-strapped Europe scrambles to woo China's support for a financial rescue package, human rights groups and dissidents are warning that in taking such help, the West will sacrifice some leverage over China.
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Is China Trying to Take Over in Central Asia?
- Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:00
No matter China's plans, or its economic influence, the politics of Kyrgyzstan still tilt overwhelmingly toward Russia
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China: Enforced Disappearances a Growing Threat
- Thu, 11/10/2011 - 11:00
Enforced disappearances by the Chinese government's security agencies have soared as a means to silence perceived dissent, Human Rights Watch said today at a news conference in Hong Kong.
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