Uighurs are in the news: a handful were released from Guantanamo in June, and others rioted in western China in July. Huge numbers of Han Chinese have moved into the region, where the indigenous Uighers have been fighting domination by China since the 1800s. China let foreign reporters into the region, but immediately lost control of the story. Full Story »
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Appreciated the background in this piece. Link TV identifies some major contradictions in coverage of the Uighur uprising.
This story provides clips from a broad spectrum of sources, providing much more truth about the situation in Xinjiang(New Territories)/Eastern Turkmenistan than is usually readily available in the West.
I saw Han prejudice against all of the Chinese minorities, including Uighurs, when in China in 1988-89, 1995, and 1997.
The question is does the piece cover the event or cover the media coverage. It uses three (?) media sources to show somewhat different focuses on the violence, and to try to build a more complete story.
For years everyone has focussed on the Tibetans to the exclusion of other minorities in China. Now another group emerges with similar issues. ... More »
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