Crikey readers on Stern Hu, Xinjiang, Sydney airport and more.
Xinjiang
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Xinjiang: more than just “ethnic tension”
The Uighurs are not engaged in some context-free ethnic rivalry; they are protesting against the threat of becoming a minority in their own land.
The man who controls Xinjiang
Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan has run Xinjiang for 15 years with iron fist and velvet glove. He’s helped keep ethnic tensions under control by “subsuming Uighurs into a greater China”. Can it keep working?
China vow to execute riot killers
Anyone found responsible for one of the 156 deaths that occurred during the Xinjiang riots will be executed, a Chinese government official has announced.
Xinjiang uprising: will this revolution be tweeted?
Direct tweeting from China on the bloody Uighurs protests has been predictably quiet. Nevertheless, there are some lone voices in the wilderness. We list the journos and bloggers broadcasting 140-character news-bites from the middle kingdom.
Taking a stand on China
Australians have a vested interest in China’s economic growth. But problems like the ones in Xinjiang are not going to go away, writes Isabelle Oderberg.
Xinjiang riots: a Crikey wrap
Tensions boiled over in China’s Xinjiang autonomous region on Sunday night. We look at what the world’s media is saying about the country’s bloodiest conflict since Tiananmen.
China riots: over 150 dead
The death toll continues to rise from the police crackdown of riots by Uighurs in Xinjiang, China, with at least 156 now dead and 700 being detained by the government.
More coverage
- GUARDIAN: China’s wounds weep
- SALON: What if the Uighurs were Christians?
- WASH POST: Photo gallery
