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Chinese Researcher: ‘Hostile Western Forces’ Behind Great Leap Death Tolls

 

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Anger at a government think tank’s attempt to gloss over history erupts on Chinese social media. Continue reading

Pro-Democracy Students Are Arrested in Hong Kong

By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG SEPT. 26, 2014

HONG KONG — Student protests demanding democratic elections in Hong Kong ended in rowdy confrontation and arrests on Friday, when the police moved in with pepper spray against Continue reading

Hong Kong’s David and Goliath democracy battle

24 September 2014 Last updated at 05:08 ET

written by Carrie Gracie

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Students attend the rally at Chinese University on September 22, 2014 in Hong Kong Continue reading

NICHOLAS BEQUELIN:The Price of China’s Uighur Repression-Jailing of Ilham Tohti Will Radicalize More Uighurs

SEPT. 25, 2014

China’s sledgehammer approach to dissent was on display once more this week, when the authorities sentenced the Uighur economist Ilham Tohti to life in prison on Tuesday. The verdict attracted widespread international Continue reading

Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer

BY SUI-LEE WEE

Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Xinjiang region
BEIJING Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:19am EDT

 

Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Continue reading

Posts on Hong Kong student boycott deleted

The following post by ChrisTac, a Sina Weibo user with just 360 followers, was deleted sometime before 5:50PM yesterday, September 22, 2014. [See more deleted posts at the WeiboScope Search, by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre] Continue reading

US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence

24xinjiang02-master315-v2FILE – Outspoken Uighur scholar and advocate Ilham Tohti speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing.

Victor Beattie

September 24, 2014 2:18 AM

WASHINGTON—The Obama Administration has expressed its “deep concern” over the life sentence handed down Tuesday against prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Continue reading

Chinese Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case

By EDWARD WONGSEPT. 23, 2014

ALTAY, China — A university professor who has become the most visible symbol of peaceful resistance by ethnic Uighurs to Chinese policies was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after Continue reading