Word: popularization
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...Indeed, the Uighurs and the popular Islamist Muslim Brotherhood have much to commiserate over. The Uighurs complain of religious and cultural persecution and economic marginalization by China's Han-dominated government. Not unlike Egypt's heavy-handed treatment of the Brotherhood - which is banned from participating in politics, and whose members are frequently subject to arrests and interrogations - China also limits the Uighurs' international travel and maintains a degree of control over the sermons they provide at local mosques...
...uninitiated, the Web may seem like some sort of a strange inside joke. Chuck Norris is more popular there than he ever was offline. Rick Astley is prone to popping up at random moments. And the cats. Always with the cats...
Still confused? The site has a team of "Internet scientists" whose instructional videos break down some of the more popular memes, like Keyboard Cat and Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Never mind the fact that the videos often run longer than the original memes (Keyboard Cat does his thing in 54 seconds, while it takes the scientists more than four minutes to break it down...
...that Jundullah had secretly received advice and encouragement from U.S. intelligence officials on their efforts to destabilize the Iranian regime. That same year, the U.S. government-funded Voice of America radio network broadcast an interview with Jundallah's leader Abdul Malik Rigi, identifying him as "the leader of a popular Iranian resistance movement" - rather than as a militant extremist. The U.S. government denies sponsoring terrorism in Iran, and was reported in May to be considering adding Jundullah to its list of international terrorist organizations...
...forced small-business owners to avail themselves of unusual lending schemes. In many regions, companies are forced to go around the traditional banking system altogether by borrowing from other businesspeople or even loan sharks. This sort of informal banking, which has a long history in China, has become more popular as the economy slows, says Du Xiaoshan, deputy director of Rural Development Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "It's hard for small and rural businesses to get bank loans, so there's generally more informal lending happening," says Du. (Read "The Argument Over China's Economic Prospects...