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Jonathan Fenby

A woman pushes at Chinese paramilitary police wearing riot gear as a crowd of angry locals confront security forces on a street in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region on July 7, 2009.

How China squeezes its Uighur minority — and how they’re fighting back

Conflict

China says it’s trying to modernize Xinjiang, the region in far western China that’s home to the Muslim Uighur minority. It also claims Uighurs may be training with ISIS militants in the Middle East, but locals say its all part of a fear campaign to stamp out their culture and religion.

Bo Xilai Trial Ends in China

Economy underpins power transition, political scandal in China

Business, Economics and Jobs

China Prepares for Leadership Transition as US Readies for Presidential Election

Chen Guangcheng: The Emblem of a New Kind of Dissent in China?

Chinese Dissident Leaves US Embassy

Prominent Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has left the U.S. embassy in Beijing a week after seeking shelter after escaping from house arrest. He is having a check-up at a Beijing hospital. His lawyer said he was “happy” and “free.”   A U.S. official said Chen Guangcheng had made no request to leave China. The announcement came […]

Figuring Out What is Going on in China

China is having a difficult time keeping critical and controversial comments about the Chinese Communist party from circulating on the Internet. This time the source of the problem is the people of China trying to understand what’s going on in their own government in the midst of the biggest political scandal in decades. The fall […]