East Asia

Tiananmen Square: futility of revisionism

The hyper-security in Tiananmen Square on the 25th anniversary of the 1989 massacre speaks to well-grounded fear of a social explosion on the part of China's rulers.

Central Asia

Xinjiang: officials sentence 55 in public rally

Chinese officials in Xinjiang held a public rally at a sports stadium for the mass sentencing of accused "terrorists," in which 55 were sentenced before a crowd of 7,000 people.

East Asia

Uighurs feel pressure in Flight 370 case

The presence of an acclaimed Uighur artist among those on the missing Malyasian airliner has fueled speculation about terrorism—prompting protests from the Uighur diaspora.

Central Asia

Han-Uighur solidarity amid Xinjiang violence

As another deadly clash is reported from Xinjiang, Shanghai journalist Yang Haipeng has started donning a Uighur skullcap at security checkpoints as a gesture of solidarity. 

Central Asia

Uighurs recall independent East Turkestan

In a Capitol Hill ceremony, Uighur exile leaders commemorated the founding of an independent East Turkestan Republic on Nov. 12 in both 1933 and 1944.

East Asia

Tiananmen Square suicide attack?

Police are said to be seeking two ethnic Uighurs in the apparent suicide attack on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, with exiled Uighur leaders warning of a "fierce crackdown."