China
China’s police-state crackdown in Xinjiang creates international tensions
By John Chan, July 17, 2009
The Chinese regime’s ongoing police-military suppression of unrest in the north-western province of Xinjiang has created international tensions.
Arrest of Rio Tinto executive points to deepening economic crisis in China
By John Chan, July 15, 2009
The arrest of Stern Hu, Rio-Tinto’s China iron ore executive, signals a more aggressive policy by the Chinese regime toward its economic rivals amid an ongoing slump in export orders and rising unem...
Xinjiang unrest reveals fragility of Chinese state
By John Chan, July 13, 2009
The unrest of Xinjiang’s Uighur workers and students, and the brutal military response of the Chinese government, reveal that the very foundations of a unified China of 1.3 billion people, 56 ethnic...
China forced to delay Internet censorship measure
By John Chan, July 11, 2009
The Chinese government abruptly announced late last month that it had postponed its July 1 deadline for all personal computers sold in China to be installed with government-developed Internet filterin...
Chinese leadership demands “severe punishment” of Xinjiang protestors
By John Chan, July 10, 2009
At a crisis meeting on Wednesday night, China’s Stalinist leadership ordered severe police repression against the unrest in the north-western province of Xinjiang.
China: Xinjiang crisis deepens
By John Chan, July 9, 2009
Heads of state at the G8 summit in Italy were taken by surprise yesterday when Chinese President Hu Jintao suddenly decided to return home to deal with the ongoing crisis in Xinjiang.
China: Protests in Xinjiang point to deepening social tensions
By John Chan, July 8, 2009
Chinese security forces brutally suppressed a protest by thousands of people in the western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The ethnic tensions are an indication of a growing social and political c...
China’s exports plunge further
By John Chan, June 25, 2009
The world’s second largest exporter, China, registered a record fall in exports of 26.4 percent in May from a year earlier.
Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal collapses
By John Chan, June 23, 2009
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto abandoned its controversial deal with the Aluminium Corporation of China involving a $US19.5 billion investment. The outcome is a significant blow to Beijing’...
Two summits in Russia: A cautious challenge to the US
By John Chan, June 22, 2009
Two summits in Yekaterinburg last week involving the emerging powers—Russia, China, Brazil and India—signal a shift in economic and strategic alignments under the impact of the global financial cr...
Mass Hong Kong vigil marks Tiananmen massacre
By John Chan, June 15, 2009
An estimated 150,000 people turned out at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to commemorate the anti-government protestors who were killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Origins and consequences of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre
Part 3
By John Chan, June 6, 2009
This article is the conclusion of a three-part series examining the origins, consequences and political lessons of the Tiananmen Square massacre twenty years ago.
