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June 10, 2021

China
A Review of “The Perfect Police State” by Geoffrey Cain

Eric Schluessel is assistant professor of modern Chinese history at George Washington University. The Xinjiang region of northwest China (or East Turkestan) is the homeland of the Uyghurs, a group…

A Chinese police officer takes his position by the road near what is officially called a vocational education centre in Yining in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China on September 4, 2018.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

May 25, 2010

China
China’s Cultural Icons Turn Political

David Gray/Courtesy Reuters There are new voices on China’s political scene. While political activists such as Hu Jia and Charter 08 leader Liu Xiaobo languish in jail and AIDS activist Wan Yanhai f…

Chinese artist Ai WeiWei (C) walks past police as he arrives to give support to Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s most prominent dissidents, outside the courthouse where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country’s sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of
Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound

October 12, 2011

South Korea
State of the U.S.-ROK Alliance

H.E. Han Sung-Joo May 14, 2010. (Arnd Wiegmann/Courtesy Reuters) In anticipation of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak’s state visit this week, I asked former South Korean foreign minister and amb…

Chairman of South Korea’s bid committee Sung-Joo Han submits the official bid book for the 2022 Soccer World Cup to FIFA President Blatter in Zurich
Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound

November 5, 2013

China
China’s Xinjiang Problem

This post first appeared on CNN’s GPS blog and can be found here. In the aftermath of an apparent suicide attack in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on October 27 that injured dozens of people and killed …

A child looks out from a door as a Uighur woman walks by in a residential area in Turpan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on October 31, 2013 (Michael Martina/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound

March 7, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of March 7, 2014

Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Mass stabbing in Kunming, China, leaves thirty-three dead and 130 injured. Ei…

Policemen check unclaimed luggage at a square outside the Kunming railway station after a knife attack, in Kunming, Yunnan province on March 2, 2014. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters)
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