China steps up controls in unruly Xinjiang as Ramadan approaches | Reuters
Some local governments in China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang are stepping up controls on the Islamic faith followed by the Uighur people ahead of Ramadan, including making officials swear...
View ArticleAt least 18 dead in attack in China’s Xinjiang: Radio Free Asia | Reuters
At least 18 people are dead after ethnic Uighurs attacked police with knives and bombs at a traffic checkpoint in China’s western Xinjiang region, Radio Free Asia reported on Wednesday. The attack...
View ArticleChina’s Communist Party: Still Big, and Getting Bigger – China Real Time...
Quality over quantity. Less is more. Those have been the watchwords of the Chinese Communist Party ever since its top leaders declared in early 2013 that its membership would be controlled in a bid to...
View ArticleHome on the Range, Chinese Style – China Real Time Report – WSJ
It’s a small step in the right direction, driven more by necessity than enlightened policy. That’s the view from economists on China’s move this year to put forward a range for its economic growth...
View ArticleChina’s other Muslims | The Economist
THE faithful are returning from the haj. Waiting for prayers outside the Great Mosque in Tongxin, a remote town in the western province of Ningxia, Li Yuchuan calls his pilgrimage a liberation: “Our...
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