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Bermuda Uyghurs' joy
as Guantanamo 'brothers' freed |
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The saga of the Uyghurs,
falsely imprisoned at Guantanamo
Bay, took another twist this
week when two of the remaining
prisoners were granted asylum in
Switzerland. |
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It's time for the
Obama administration to burst Beijing's bubble |
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In its first year, the Obama
administration went out of its way to cater to China's communist
leadership. It publicly put human rights concerns on a back burner,
delayed a presidential meeting with the Dalai Lama and did not press
Beijing hard about its currency manipulation. Now it appears that
effort produced the opposite of the intended effect. Rather than
respond with its own gestures of cooperation, Beijing is pressing
hard for more American concessions. Bursting with hubris about its
emergence as a global power, it is testing to see how far a new and
inexperienced U.S. president can be pushed. |
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Uighurs returned to
China 'disappear' says rights group |
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China must account for the
whereabouts of ethnic Uighurs forcibly repatriated from
Cambodia, a US-based rights group has said. |
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China cracks down on
text messaging in Xinjiang |
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Authorities in China's troubled
north-western region of Xinjiang have punished residents for
spreading rumours and "splittist" content via text messages, within
days of turning services back on, according to local media. |
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Internet still not
restored in Xinjiang |
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Despite claims by the Chinese
authorities that restrictions on Internet services and
communications are gradually being lifted in the northwestern region
of Xinjiang, this is not the case. Official websites such as
Xinhuanet.com and People.com.cn are again available but most of the
Internet is still cut off seven months after the riots. |
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Switzerland to accept
Chinese Guantanamo detainees |
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The Swiss
regional parliament of Jura
canton voted Wednesday by 45
votes in favor and three against
to accept two Chinese Uyghur
detainees confined at Guantanamo
Bay.
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New China-Tibet talks
highlight shift in Beijing¨s policies |
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BEIJING, China - New talks
with the Dalai Lama¨s envoys are highlighting subtle shifts
in China¨s approach to its restive, riot-scarred western
regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. |
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Ethnic Kazakh Writer
In China Nominated For Prize In Kazakhstan |
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ALMATY -- Kazakhstan's Institute
for Cultural Politics and Culture Studies has nominated
Qazhyghumar Shabdanuly, an ethnic Kazakh writer in China's
Xinjiang Province, for a Kazakh state literature award, RFE/RL's
Kazakh Service reports. |
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Drying of Lake
Balkhash threatens southeast Kazakhstan |
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Kazakhstan is already the site of one
of the world's worst environmental catastrophes, the drying of the
Aral Sea. Now there are fears of a similar disaster at Lake Balkhash
in the southeast of the country. |
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Clinton Warns China on
Iran Sanctions |
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PARIS ！ Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday that it would face
economic insecurity and diplomatic isolation if it did not sign
on to tough new sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program,
raising the pressure on Beijing to fall in line with an
American-led campaign. |
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It doesn't pay to
appease China |
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LONDON ！ When former Czech President
Vaclav Havel knocked on the door of the Chinese Embassy in Prague to
demand the release of the writer Liu Xiaobo, I had an eerie sense of
deja vu. Thirty-three years ago, Havel helped initiate Charter 77,
the landmark document that crystallized the ideals of all the
dissidents ！ and many others ！ trapped behind the Iron Curtain. |
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