Troubles at the frontier
Urumqi must be one of the most obscure cities of its size anywhere on Earth. Google Maps shows its location in the far north-western corner of China. It’s the capital of Xinjiang Province, whose indigenous population was mainly Muslim Uighurs. [...]
Detainees and protestors
Australia has been asked to take 17 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Held for the past 7 years, they were declassified as “economy combatants” back in 2005. They can’t go back to their home, in north-western China, because of the [...]
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