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Who cares what we believe, just as long as those with different opinions or alternative perspectives shut the hell up. Comparisons between the riots in Urumqi and 9/11 are not quite right (a closer parallel can be found in the race riots which swept US... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Tue, Aug 25 2009

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14 May 08 visit What's really going on in Tibet, the Background to the Riots  »  YouTube videoA closer examination of the Background to the Riots, the role of the Tibetans and the Chinese and what to do about it.
26 Jul 09 visit Debate with Fenqing Characteristics…  »  Granite Studio Who cares what we believe, just as long as those with different opinions or alternative perspectives shut the hell up. I’ve not seen the movie in question, so I’m not judging it good or bad, but I do think the filmmakers and the organizers...
27 Oct 09 visit Murderers in Urumqi riots won't appeal  »  People's Daily Three people who were given death sentences for their crimes in the July 5 riots in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, will not appeal the rulings. Eight of 21 defendants tried in court for their violence in the deadly riots,...
08 Jul 09 visit Urumqi Riots, Western & Chinese Narratives, & Truths In The Middle  »  CN Reviews Seeing both sides of the ethnic violence and resentment between Uighurs & Han Chinese that led to the Urumqi riots, and finding what's missing in the narrative.Post from: CN Reviews Urumqi Riots, Western & Chinese Narratives, & Truths In...
08 Jul 09 visit Experience Urumqi as a journalist would.  »  Shanghai Scrap From a media standpoint, Urumqi riots seem to signal a shift in the manner in which reporters are allowed to cover “sensitive” events in China. Unlike, say, last year’s riots in Tibet, the relevant authorities in and out of Xinjiang very...
08 Jul 09 visit Chinese open up – slightly – over Uighur riots  »  NBC World Blog By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent  URUMQI, China – Thousands of riot police have descended upon the Western city of Urumqi as Chinese authorities try to control the ethnic tensions that sparked riots on Sunday and left at least 156 dead. Fea...

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