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...cultural heritage that is markedly different from that of the rest of China. And while six decades of communist Chinese rule have brought tremendous prosperity to some, modernization has also raised a profound disconnect between the region's old inhabitants and newer arrivals. Encouraged by Beijing, millions of Han Chinese have migrated west, imbued with a state-sanctioned spirit of manifest destiny. As skyscrapers loom where bazaars once stood, many Uighurs see themselves crowded out of their own homeland. (See pictures of the unrest in Urumqi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shifting Sands in China's Stark Xinjiang Region | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...deals. Having watched commodity prices rise wildly before last year's downturn, Beijing is scurrying to lock in supplies now, while prices are stable. That search has a significant effect on how China interacts with the world. "Energy is a big issue for Chinese diplomacy," says Han Hua, an associate professor at Peking University's School of International Studies. "We have to diversify and get energy not just from the Middle East but from Russia. After decades of discussion, this agreement is really important for China's growth." (See pictures of China's infrastructure boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia and China: An Old Alliance Hinges on Energy | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...while the old Cold War allies may still want to counterbalance American influence, Moscow and Beijing are linked by 21st century economic concerns. "We cannot be as close as we were in the 1950s," says Han. The communist neighbors grew apart starting in 1956, and even after the fall of the Soviet Union, trade between Russia and China remained slow. In recent years it has expanded rapidly, from $10.7 billion in 2001 to $56.9 billion in 2008. "Half of that is energy," says Zweig. "Energy is a very important component of the bilateral trade relationship. In many ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia and China: An Old Alliance Hinges on Energy | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...what of America's liberal political ideology, which used to inspire suppressed peoples everywhere? I recently gave a talk to about 30 students from China at a journalism class at a Hong Kong university. Riots had erupted in China's Xinjiang province between the indigenous Uighurs and Han Chinese immigrants only days before. The subject quickly turned to Western press coverage of the upheaval, which tended to portray the Uighurs as a beleaguered minority deprived of opportunity. Why, the students asked, do Western media report stories so differently than the Chinese (state-controlled) media? What quickly became clear was their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Lament | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...country's far west who chafe under Beijing's rule. Uighurs complain of government discrimination, from being frozen out of jobs to having their language and religion suppressed. Those grievances and frustrations seemed to boil over this summer, when ethnic riots city of Urumqi left nearly 200 people, mostly Han Chinese, and were answered by a ruthless state crackdown. The Chinese hope, said Libi, "for [the Uighurs'] demise and destruction so that their numbers would decline and Islamic identity would be dissolved." He exhorted fellow Muslims to rise up and aid militant Uighurs, a sign, suggest some observers, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al Qaeda Leader: China, Enemy to Muslim World | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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