Recent riots in Urumqi have been attributed by the Chinese government to the instigation of Rebiya Kadeer and her World Uyghur Congress. This may distract from a potential public debate on ethnic policies that badly need reform. Years ago, in a high school politics class, I heard our teacher tell us a story about a Han soldier in Tibet. When this soldier saw broken pieces of … [Read more...] about Chinese Ethnic Policies and the Affirmative Action: One Rationale, Two Failures
Archives for July 2009
(Letter) Details And Time line of the Urumqi Riot
Details and time line of the incident as reported by China News Service: Details of Urumqi violence: rioters kill Han people on sight In the afternoon of 7/5, a crowd gathered in Xinjian's capital Urumqi, attacking pedestrians, torching vehicles. They toppled street dividers, causing traffic to stop. Police have arrived to maintain order. On 7/5, violent incidents involving … [Read more...] about (Letter) Details And Time line of the Urumqi Riot
Violence in Urumqi – Details still Sketchy
Chinese media has been reporting what appear to be ethnically-motivated riots in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. Xinhua reports that casualty may have reached 140, with more injured. Western press have also latched onto the story. Here is the latest report from the Wall Street Journal. … [Read more...] about Violence in Urumqi – Details still Sketchy
Topics on Democracy (Part 2) — A Model for the 21st Century
( A short thesis exploring the problems and viability of implementing a democratic system from a developing country’s point of view. The thesis concludes with an introduction of an interesting hybrid system that seems to be taking shape in the ongoing political evolutionary process in China. This article is the final part of the 2-part series on democracy, and was first … [Read more...] about Topics on Democracy (Part 2) — A Model for the 21st Century
(Letter from raventhorn4000) Honduras, Iran, and China, Part Deux, Detractors missing basic point
There has been much comments, analysis, blogs over the Honduran "Incident". But the detractors of the current "new government" of Honduras miss the fundamental contradictions of their own arguments. They argue that "this is not a coup, because ex-President Zelaya was removed for a good reason". But that is simply an "end justifies the means" argument. Military Coups are … [Read more...] about (Letter from raventhorn4000) Honduras, Iran, and China, Part Deux, Detractors missing basic point