China urges Spain to stop inquiry into Tibet crackdown
China has asked Madrid to take steps to ensure that a Spanish court drops its probe into a crackdown on unrest that erupted in Tibet against Chinese rule in March 2008, a court document showed Monday.
China’s Latest Tibet
After scolding the West for interfering in the internal affairs of Iran, Beijing’s public relations department will now be on the defensive following riots in Urumqi, the capital of the westernmost region of Xinjiang
Sinister echoes of Beijing’s handling of Tibet
Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, blamed what it called the “pre-meditated and organised violence” on exiled leaders of the Uighurs, the predominant Muslim people in the region
Riot police battle protesters as China’s Uighur crisis escalates
The challenge China faces as it attempts to regain control of its western-most Muslim region was underlined this morning when hundreds of angry Uighurs clashed yet again with riot police.