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CRF 2006, No.4 - Ethnic Groups in China
News Roundup: August - October 2006
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Development for Whom?
Woeser reveals the sadness behind the celebrations over the inauguration of the new Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
Namlo Yak examines public sentiment on the Internet over the new railway.
A poem by A.E. Clark.
Enghebatu Togochog warns that Mongols are gradually disappearing as a distinctive ethnic group because of Han Chinese migration.
Temtsel Hao recounts how Communist land reform followed by capitalistic privatization has deprived Mongols of what they had considered their birthright.
A poem by Woeser.
Sara L.M.Davis observes how the Tai minority in Yunnan Province has managed to preserve key elements of a culture endangered by tourism and official homogenization.
Stacy Mosher interviews Sara Davis about ethnic cultural preservation.
Empowering Communities
This excerpt from a joint report by Human Rights in China and Minority Rights Group International stresses the importance of genuine political participation as a means of ameliorating ethnic tensions.
Rebiya Kadeer talks to Stacy Mosher about her efforts on behalf of the Uyghur people.
Alim Seytoff describes how Uyghur activists in exile are making the international community increasingly aware of their concerns.
Temtselt Shobshuud talks to New Tang Dynasty Television about the genocidal violence perpetrated against the Mongols during the Cultural Revolution, and why bitter resentment lingers.
Chinese authorities censored this Southern People Weekly article profile of the increasingly popular Yabshi Pan Rinzin Wangmo, daughter of the 10th Panchen Lama.
Namlo Yak believes "the future of the Dalai Lama" is not the real issue behind the "Tibet question."
By Namlo Yak and Woeser.
The Price of Cultural Expression
The International Campaign for Tibet reports on the shooting of a young Tibetan nun by Chinese border patrols, and the social and political factors that make such tragedies inevitable.
Chen Weijian, a Han Chinese journalist, expresses his condemnation of the Nangpa Pass shooting.
Tibetan writer Woeser relates her ultimately unsuccessful efforts to evade China's censors.
Excerpt from an interview with an outspoken minority poet.
An excerpt from Yuan Hongbing's autobiographical novel of political repression against the Mongols.
Yuan Talks to Voice of America about his books on ethnic repression in China.
An excerpt from the short story that led to the imprisonment of Nurmuhemmet Yasin.
Ting Ting Cheng overcomes suspicion and fear to observe musical rituals that can only be performed in secret.
Regular Features
Sun Xiaodi receives international nuclear activism award.
Temtsel Hao reviews Kerry Brown’s The Purge of the Inner Mongolian People's Party in the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Roger Garside reviews Mao’s Last Revolution, by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals.
Jonathan Mirsky reviews Christine Loh’s memoir, Being Here: Shaping a Preferred Future.
Web and print materials relating to ethnic minorities in China.
Imprisoned ethnic minorities
Huseyin Celil