upSpark TechnologiesSep 5, 20092 minDemonstrations Banned in Urumqi–Authorities Allege Use of “Soft Violence” by ExtreThe authorities of China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region have issued a notification banning all public demonstrations with immediate effect....
upSpark TechnologiesSep 5, 20092 minSituation Worsens: Internal Security Chief Rushes to UrumqiThe situation has deteriorated in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. The Chinese authorities admitted on the...
upSpark TechnologiesSep 5, 20094 minXinjiang: A Challenge to Hu JintaoLess than a month before the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, President Hu Jintao and the Chinese Communist Party face...
upSpark TechnologiesSep 4, 20092 minMysterious Syringe Attacks by Suspected Pro-Al Qaeda Elements Cause Panic in UrumqiThousands of residents of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province of China—-most of them Han Chinese but also including some Uighurs...