May 29, 2008

U.S. interrogated Uighurs at Guantanamo on behalf of the Chinese

A report by the Justice Department’s Inspector General disclosed last week that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba interrogated ethnic Uighurs in cooperation with Chinese officials. The action has raised questions among human rights groups about whether the U.S. government should be assisting China’s security services with such interrogations. (FULL STORY)
Four ethnic Uighurs, former Guantánamo prisoners, outside a refugee center in Tirana, Albania.

Beijing pushes diplomacy with neighbors to offset U.S. encirclement 'conspiracy'

The leadership under President Hu Jintao is giving a big push to “good neighborly diplomacy” — firming up ties with nearby countries and regions such as Russia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan — even as the country is plunged into disarray by the killer Sichuan earthquake and unfettered xenophobic outbursts related to the Summer Olympics. (FULL STORY)
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, reviews an honor guard with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on May 27. AP Photo/Greg Baker
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