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2012-01-05 China-Japan-Koreas

China says seven killed in Xinjiang wanted 'holy war'

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Posted by Fred 2012-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 And now they're munching on holy white raisins.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-05 01:01|| 2012-01-05 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a Scifi narrative in which the big ugly thing you're fighting turns out to be the only protection between you and something much larger and uglier. The Chinese may find out that their use of America as their foil will blind them to the discovery that it has been the one thing between them and something that is just next door looking for an opportunity to do much mischief upon their western borders.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-01-05 08:09|| 2012-01-05 08:09|| Front Page Top

#3 How many kidneys, corneas and livers does that make?

Posted by Shimble Guelph5793 2012-01-05 08:39|| 2012-01-05 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't have a high opinion of some of the Uighurs, because in the 40s, while the Japanese were destroying the rest of the country, the Uighur Muslims massacred the Uighur Christians. That said, during Mao's regime the cadres poured large numbers of Han Chinese into the Xinjiang region, taking all the jobs and resources. Also, in the competition for the most racist societies in the world, the Han and the Arabs are tied for Championship. Some friends of ours who were in Kashgar for two years in the late 90s observed a lot of the discrimination and pressure that the Uighurs live under.

Someone posted this item on the Burg the other day:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/xinjiang-procedure_610145.html
If you haven't read it, you need to.

Posted by mom 2012-01-05 09:27|| 2012-01-05 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, "mom" sometimes you can use good guys/bad guys criteria. Other times, you just have to think along us vs. them lines.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-05 11:45|| 2012-01-05 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Us vs Them gets confusing when a Westerner looks at the PRC vs Jihadists. I tend to favor the PRC but every once in awhile they support something foul (like Pakistani nukes) and I wonder if I haven't grossly underappreciated their capacity for evil.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-01-05 23:14|| 2012-01-05 23:14|| Front Page Top

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