Turkestan Islamic Party takes credit for bus blasts

Turkestan Islamic Party took credit for a number of bombings dating back to May 5 in Shanghai. Chinese officials, however, have denied their involvement, citing no evidence to back up the claim.

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China says foils terrorist plot to kidnap Olympians 38 weeks 6 days ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.

Uighur militants have been agitating to establish an independent East Turkestan in China's predominantly Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Sex and Shanghai / 欲望上海: A new girl 1 year 48 weeks ago

Seems as though Chinabounder is back with "Sex and Shanghai" in what seems like a reply to his manhunt by the Chinese online mob. The story comes back to life. Unbelievable.
http://www.filination.com/blog/2007/02/04/oh-my-is-chinabounders-sex-and...

Overseas Banks Eye Huge Chinese Credit Card Market 14 hours 29 min ago

Overseas banks see huge profit potential in the Chinese credit and debit card markets. They can’t help but notice that Chinese banks have already issued over 1.8 billion cards. According to industry analysts, credit cards in China will grow at about 35% between 2008 and 2012.

Chinese city locks down after bombings 21 weeks 2 days ago

KUQA, China - Soldiers with machine guns guarded the sidewalks and police yelled at residents who tried to leave their homes in China's restive Muslim territory Sunday, hours after officers battled bomb-tossing assailants in the second daring attack in a week in the region far from the Beijing Olympics.

Liba Girl Owes 60,000 RMB Credit Card Debt 9 weeks 5 days ago

A young girl on Liba asks others for help figuring out how to repay her 60,000 yuan credit card debt. She only makes 2000 per month. She does not have a boyfriend who can pay for her and her parents cannot help either.

Chinese authorities link Xinjiang unrest to Hizb ut-Tahrir 39 weeks 3 days ago

The Chinese government has abruptly and unexpectedly linked the protests in Xinjiang of a few weeks ago to the Central Asian Islamic political organization, Hizb ut-Tahrir. TND takes a look at this new development.

Do-nothing allies or obstructionist enemies? 2 years 12 weeks ago

A Chinese-Russian alliance is forming. The Chinese client state is North Korea; the Russian and Chinese trading partner is Iran. Like China, Russia is a capitalism-utilizing dictatorship with a history of Marxism and a belief in its eventual historical conquest. Like Russia, China is a Machiavellian political actor willing to play both sides of the Islamic-Western conflict against the middle. China and Russia are the global beneficiaries of the Islamic-Western clash of civilizations. They remain largely outside its purview while benefiting from its externalities.

Nearly 5,000 officials disciplined 1 week 4 days ago

A total of 4,960 officials above the county-chief level had been punished since last November, the Communist Party of China's top discipline inspection body said on Friday. The officials were involved in corruption, bribery, acting against public interest and other breaches of discipline or the law.

HHR Back Up! 1 year 6 days ago

Happy New Year, we're back online!

Mid-December HHR's domain came up for renewal, and with hosting expiring next month, I figured I'd just do a quick transfer rather than dealing with everything twice.

"Quick" turned out to be quite the subjective term, and delay after delay caused the site to remain down for most of the last half of the month.