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Is U.S. ‘discombobulated’ by authoritarian China?

By Michael Allen on November 10, 2009

The U.S. administration’s policy of “strategic reassurance” to China, criticized as political timidity by some, should not deter President Barack Obama from using his “superlative skills as a communicator, bridge-builder, and moral beacon” to address issues of human rights and reform on his forthcoming debut visit, write Brookings’ analysts Cheng Li and Jordan Lee.
Last year’s [read full story]

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Beijing’s ‘ethnic drowning’, centralist tendencies and cultural chauvinism at root of Uighur unrest

By Michael Allen on July 16, 2009

The continuing unrest in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region is at least partly due to the communist authorities’ promotion of a Han-migration strategy that is “tantamount to cultural annihilation”, according to one analyst. The region, also known as East Turkestan, is home to the country’s Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group.
Demographically, Beijing is not pursuing [read full story]

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China’s repressive policies at root of Urumchi unrest

By Michael Allen on July 6, 2009

At least 140 people have been killed and hundreds more arrested following clashes in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, home to the country’s Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group.
The World Uyghur Congress, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy, explained that the peaceful protests were organized in response to a recent attack on Uyghur [read full story]

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