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Chinese Fear of Aviation Terrorism by Pro-Al Qaeda Uighurs
On March 7,2008, the Chinese authorities had claimed to have foiled an attempt by three Uighurs to blow up a plane of the China...

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Aug 2, 20095 min read
Anger Against Beijing in Xinjiang- An Update
The anger against the Chinese in the Xinjiang province has two dimensions -ethnic and religious. 2.The ethnic dimension is due to the...

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Jul 16, 200911 min read
Urumqi: No Fresh Violence, But Tension Persists
There have been no fresh reports of violence from Urumqi, but tension persists. This tension is partly due to the anger of the Uighurs...

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Jul 13, 20095 min read
Relative Normalcy in Urumqi: Uighurs’ Psywar Boomerangs
In a report carried on July 10, 2009, the “China Daily” has projected the situation in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province of...

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Jul 10, 20096 min read
Turmoil in Xinjiang – Beijing has a Problem
The Chinese authorities are usually loath to admit any weakness or anything wrong with the system, stability or their control. Thanks to...

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Jul 9, 20096 min read
Chinese Internal Security Chief Flies to Urumqi: Transparency Continues
The situation in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Province of China, continues to be tense with sporadic acts of violence of a minor...

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Jul 9, 20097 min read
Urumqi Riots Force Hu to Cancel G-8 Participation
The seriousness of the situation in the Xinjiang province of China would be evident from the fact that President Hu Jintao, who was on a...

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Jul 8, 20094 min read
Dangers of Balticisation of China’s Periphery
There has been an uneasy calm in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Province of China, after nearly 36 hours of bloody rioting by over...

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Jul 7, 20093 min read
Situation in Urumqi Worsens
In a report disseminated at 2-30 PM Beijing time ( 12 noon Indian Standard Time) on July 6, 2009, the State-controlled Xinhua news...

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Jul 6, 20093 min read
Widespread Violence in Urumqi
At least three Han Chinese were allegedly killed and many others injured in widespread violence directed against the Han Chinese in...

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Jul 6, 20095 min read
Chinese Aid to Pakistan in Counter-Terrorism : Response to US Request?
Replying to the debate on the budgetary demands of the Ministry of the Interior in the National Assembly on June 24,2009, Rehman Malik,...

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Jun 29, 20095 min read
Obama And Counter-Insurgency In Chinese Colours
Nothing illustrates more starkingly the helplessness and confusion that prevails in the corridors of the Obama Administration over its...

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May 27, 20094 min read
China: Cracks in Party-Army Unity?
It is not surprising that the open call given by a top Chinese military leader (‘Qiu Shi’, the theoretical organ of the Chinese...

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Apr 10, 20096 min read
Fresh Friction In Sino-US Relations Over “Naval Espionage”, Tibet
Less than a month after the highly successful (from Beijing’s point of view) visit by Mrs.Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, to...

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Mar 12, 20096 min read
Need For Co-Ordinated Counter-Piracy Strategy
An important lesson from 2008 having a bearing on national, regional and global economic security is the need for a global co-ordinated...

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Feb 19, 20097 min read
Chinese Counter Terror Module – Compatibility to Nov 26 Mumbai Type Terror Attacks
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has reasons to bask under glory in having been able to deter any terror attack during the 2008...

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Dec 26, 200814 min read
If Pirates Can Hijack An Oil Super-Tanker With Such Ease, So Can Al Qaeda
(To be read in continuation of my article of October 19,2008, titled “India At Long Last Wiser To Maritime Threats From The West ”...

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Nov 19, 20086 min read
US, Chinese Unhappiness Leads to Transfer of ISI Chief
The General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army announced on the night of September 29,2008, that Major-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the...

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Oct 1, 20088 min read
China’s Jundullahs: Home-Grown Jihadis
The phenomenon of Jundullahs (Soldiers of Allah), which refers to angry young Muslims not belonging to any organisation taking to acts...

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Aug 15, 200810 min read
Chinese Delink Xinjiang Incident From Olympics
In an attempt to reassure the participating countries and foreign visitors that the terrorist strike by two persons, since identified as...

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Aug 6, 20082 min read
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