China's Far West provinces (inc. Tibet)

[goesh]

I seem to recall reading/hearing that China has a lot of energy reserves in that area - a whole different set of ROE in that neck of the woods and I imagnine the body count was much higher.

[marct]

I seem to recall reading/hearing that China has a lot of energy reserves in that area - a whole different set of ROE in that neck of the woods and I imagnine the body count was much higher.

I'd suspect so, Goesh. Here's CBC's take on it (and here), but it appears to have the same sources.

[bourbon]

I seem to recall reading/hearing that China has a lot of energy reserves in that area - a whole different set of ROE in that neck of the woods and I imagnine the body count was much higher.

Energy yes, in addition to access to Central Asian resources and access to Gwadar Port in Pakistan.

[marct]

From Prospect magazine:

The final stretch on the road to Yarkand, about 125 miles from China’s border with Pakistan, feels like the middle east. Each village is a collage of single-storey mud-brick homes with turquoise door-gates. People travel by donkey cart or scooter-rickshaw. Men greet each other the Muslim way (palm to the chest and a slight bow); women wear headscarves. In small villages many signs are still in Uighur, the local language. But for how much longer?
Source

[davidbfpo]

This BBC News report starts with the Turkish Prime Minister calling what has happened 'genocide' and then provides an update on the situation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/8145451.stm

Amazing that the Chinese have not stopped media arriving, but have detained some. IIRC the BBC had a reporter in town when this started, just like they did when Lhasa riots started.

davidbfpo

[Jedburgh]

16 Jun 09 testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (before the recent outbreak of violence):

Exploring the Nature of Uighur Nationalism: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?

Randall G. Schriver, Dpty Asst Secretary of State for East Asia from 2003 to 2005

Sean R. Roberts, Elliott School of International Affairs GWU

Dru C. Gladney, Pomona College

Shirley Kan, Congressional Research Service

Susan Baker Manning, Bingham McCutchen LLP

Bruce Fein

And 10 Jun 09 testimony to the same audience on The Uighurs: A History of Persecution

Felice Gaer, US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Kara Abramson, Congressional-Executive Commission on China

Rebyia Kadeer, Uyghur-American Association

Nury Turkel, Uyghur-American Association

[davidbfpo]

A UK newspaper story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ur-deaths.html

Appears to be based on a London-based analyst monitoring of websites; I am puzzled at the citing of 'the 50,000 Chinese workers in Algeria and elsewhere in Northern Africa'.

davidbfpo

[JarodParker]

I am puzzled at the citing of 'the 50,000 Chinese workers in Algeria and elsewhere in Northern Africa'.
davidbfpo

I don't know about North Africa, but there are a ton of Chinese workers in sub-Sahara Africa. During a recent trip to the horn, I was surprised at the sheer number of Chinese nationals participating in various infrastructure projects at every level from business admin types to heavy machinery operators. Some entrepreneurs even left their construction jobs to open up their own martial arts studios, restaurants, etc. From what I was told/saw the workers usually rent a small place in the rough part of town and share the cost of rent and utilities while sending the bulk of their income to family members back home. They’ve even got accustomed to chewing kot.

NPR: Army Of Shopowners Paved China's Way In Africa

Africans marvel, fret at China's hard workers

But he wonders about the Chinese practice of flying planeloads of laborers into a war-weary, politically fragile society where seven out of 10 adults under 30 has no job.
Algerian officials say the country had 19,000 Chinese workers in 2007, mostly builders and craftsmen implementing parts of a $200 billion national economic development plan. Some Algerians believe the real number is several times that.