• Western China explodes into Ethnic Violence without anybody noticing.
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[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-controls-narrative-of-violence-in-tense-west/2014/08/04/d54b4242-1bb8-11e4-9b6c-12e30cbe86a3_story.html[/url] [QUOTE]BEIJING — When a remote county in China’s far west exploded last week in what appeared to be the country’s worst ethnic violence since 2009, it took the government six days to put out an exact death toll. It isn’t clear when a full picture of what happened might emerge, if ever, given Beijing’s iron-fisted grip on the minority region. The Chinese government uses expansive controls and propaganda to maintain a virtual monopoly on the narrative in the tense region of Xinjiang, where minority Uighurs complain of oppression under Beijing’s rule. This limits outsiders to a one-sided view on escalating ethnic unrest that has killed dozens of people over the past year and poses a major test to Beijing’s rule. “With no independent media coverage, it is easier for the state to demonize its enemies,” said Bob Dietz, Asia coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists. “But the fact that it doesn’t allow the rest of the world, foreign and Chinese journalists, to report independently throws the official version of events into disrepute.”[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Authorities routinely seal off areas with paramilitary troops whenever there is conflict, and disrupt Internet and mobile phone services to strangle the flow of information to the outside world. Local officials stonewall inquiries. The unrest often occurs in communities where communication with Uighur-speaking residents can be difficult for outsiders.[/QUOTE] You know... these guys have been rebelling regularly for centuries. Perhaps they should be given their own nation.
[quote]You know... these guys have been rebelling regularly for centuries. Perhaps they should be given their own nation.[/quote] That's going to happen when Lady Liberty gets off its column and starts doing the Samba.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;45590450] You know... these guys have been rebelling regularly for centuries. Perhaps they should be given their own nation.[/QUOTE] Pahaha, I doubt the notion has ever come across the minds of anyone in charge of China
What an absolutely horrifying battery of information control.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45590466]That's going to happen when Lady Liberty gets off its column and starts doing the Samba.[/QUOTE]don't tell Dr. Venkman's team
Meanwhile Tibet is extremely peaceful.
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