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The Urumchi Unrest Revisited

The violence in Xinjiang took place almost a month ago, but it continues to generate interesting commentary (see, for example, this thoughtful essay by Pallavi Aiyar). The early July events have also recently had two reverberations in Australia, as Jia... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Wed, Jul 29 2009

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12 Oct 08 visit Flight from Shanghai to Urumchi  »  YouTube video27th September 2008 - China Southern Airlines Flight from Shanghai Hongqiau to Urumchi in Xinjiang Province.
21 Jul 08 visit Mr Wu and Family, by Pallavi Aiyar  »  Danwei Smoke and Mirrors by Pallavi Aiyar Pallavi Aiyar is been the Beijing correspondent for Indian newspaper The Hindu, and has been living in Beijing since 2002. Harper Collins India recently published her book about about her experiences called Smoke and...
21 Jul 08 visit An Indian perspective on China: Pallavi Aiyar  »  Danwei Author Pallavi Aiyar with a Shaolin Monk Pallavi Aiyar, China correspondent for The Hindu and author of the new book 'Smoke and Mirrors', answers some questions about India and China. You can read an excerpt from the book on Danwei here. Q: What is...
08 May 09 visit Sorting fact from fiction – Tiananmen revisited (Part 1)  »  Blogging For China Foreword The following piece is the first installment of a two-part essay that explores the tumultuous events that occurred in Beijing during the spring of 1989. The essay is divided into seven sections, the first three of which appear here in Part...
08 Jul 09 visit China Journal Wrap: Xinjiang Violence Draws Hu Home, Rio Tinto Employees Detained  »  China Journal Further ethnic unrest in Urumqi prompted President Hu Jintao to cut short his trip to the G8 meeting to deal with the violence at home.
21 Jul 07 visit Xinjiang News for 2007.07.21  »  Opposite End of China No time or energy at the moment to flush things out with commentary, but there were two Xinjiang-related stories today that I'd like to share with you. Both developments are interesting for obvious reasons. The Times: Suicide attack directed against...

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