An attack in Xinjiang amid further crackdown on Uighurs
Politics & Current Affairs
Top politics and current affairs news for February 15, 2017. Part of the daily The China Projectย news roundup "A surprise win for the Trump brand in China."
- Armed police out in full force after deadly Xinjiang terror attackย / SCMP
Three knife-wielding attackers, identified anecdotally as part of the Uighur ethnic minority group, killed five and wounded five residents of Pishan County in far-western Xinjiang Province. Police on high alert now patrol every 10 to 20 meters in Pishan, SCMP reports. The last year has seen an intensification of the police state in Xinjiang under its new provincial Party boss, Chen Quanguo ้ๅ จๅฝ. For more on the state of affairs for Uighurs in Xinjiang, see a detailed roundupย published earlier in the month by the Jamestown Foundation. - Chinaโs military progress challenges Western dominance, says IISSย / Deutsche Welle
A new report from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies claims that China is reaching โnear-parityโ with Western countries in military technology, particularly air power. Though China remains far behind the United States in military spending, it has comfortably claimed the number two spot and is now far ahead of any single European country. Advanced Chinese air-to-airย and nuclear-enabledย missiles, as well as the nationโs striking advances in โintelligentโ weaponry, have recently received much attention.
- Amid protests, China aluminum firm says eco standards metย / ABC News
- EU preparing early China summit in message to Trump – sourcesย / Reuters
- Analysis: Stuck in the middleย – on the self-censorship of Chinese media / China Media Project
- Opinion: Maybe Trump worries Xi, but another matter is of more immediate concernย – argues that Xi is far more concerned with internal Party disciplineย / Politics from the Provinces
- China considering making foreign submersibles travel on surfaceย / Reuters
- Chinese students in the U.S. are using โinclusionโ and โdiversityโ to oppose a Dalai Lama graduation speechย / Quartz
