BEIJING (Reuters) - China announced the first charges to be laid in connection with violent unrest in July that shook China's northwest region of Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs. Twenty-one people had been charged with murder, arson, robbery and damaging property during ethnic riots that erupted in ...
Chinese President Visits Volatile Xinjiang
BEIJING — President Hu Jintao has been visiting the volatile western region of Xinjiang for four days, state news media reported Tuesday, in his first trip to the region since deadly rioting in July left scores of people dead and strained relations between ethnic Han and ethnic Uighurs. According ...
China’s Secretive Military Opens Up in Cyberspace
BEIJING — China’s military launched a long-promised strategic assault Thursday on its skeptics and detractors, a globe-spanning offensive powered not by arms, but entirely by charm. The weapon was the Defense Ministry’s new Web site, its sharp home page topped by a photograph of a winding Great ...
Rudd defends granting of visa to Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer
KEVIN Rudd today strongly asserted Australia's right to determine who enters the country amid the fallout over the visit by a woman China regards as a terrorist. The Prime Minister defended the granting of a visa to Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, a decision Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has ...