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China boosts Cambodia aid after Uighurs deported
15 hours ago ago from KI Media
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (left) held talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen Monday, December 21, 2009 By Suy Se AFP PHNOM PENH China signed pacts worth one billion dollars in aid to Cambodia Monday and thanked Phnom Penh for its controversial decision to deport a group of Uighurs seeking refuge back to Chinese soil. The 20 Muslim Uighurs, who had fled the far western Xinjiang region after unrest erupted there in July, were ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009 By TINI TRAN AP BEIJING Ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated over the weekend had warned the U.N. refugee agency they feared long jail terms or even the death penalty if they were sent back to China, according to statements seen Monday by The Associated Press. The 20 Uighur Muslims had fled to Cambodia in search of asylum after witnessing and documenting violent ethnic riots in the restive ...
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December 21, 2009 by sridhar Filed under World Newz Leave a Comment Cambodia has deported back to China 20 Muslim Uighurs who fled the country after deadly ethnic violence this year, a government official said on Sunday, despite concerns they will face persecution by Beijing. The Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim ethnic group involved in rioting in western China that killed nearly 200 people in July, were smuggled into Cambodia in recent ...
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December 21, 2009 Print This Article Kazkhstan mulls China land deal Kazakhstan has a unique problem. It's long on land and short on the people to farm it. The Central Asian country is huge - about six times the size of France - but has less than one-quarter of France's population - just 16 million people. Although Kazakhstan's desert and mountainous regions are not arable, its ample steppe land is, and enough of the Kazakh ...
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Shirong Chen BBC News China analyst Social unrest is on the rise in China, according to an analysis by a Chinese think-tank. The country is grappling with more acute social problems than ever before, according to a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Crime is also up, despite a nationwide campaign to shore up social stability. Although continued economic growth has provided a greater number of jobs, China has seen ...
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BBC News - Social unrest 'on the rise' in China
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By Shirong Chen BBC News China analyst Large-scale violence, like Urumqi's riots, have spread in 2009 Social unrest is on the rise in China, according to an analysis by a Chinese think-tank. The country is grappling with more acute social problems than ever before, according to a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Crime is also up, despite a nationwide campaign to shore up ...
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping thanked Cambodia on Monday for deporting 20 Muslim asylum-seekers while handing the country $1.2 billion in aid , the government spokesman said. The 20 ethnic Uighurs deported Saturday were sought by China in connection with violent anti-government protests. Human rights activists are concerned that they will face persecution in China. The United States said Sunday it was ...
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