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...government discriminates against them in areas ranging from job opportunities to issues such as the teaching of the Uighur language, which has been heavily curtailed, and the issuance of international passports, which Uighurs now say has been halted until after the Olympic Games in August. (An official surnamed Wu at the Foreign Affairs Department in Khotan said he wasn't aware of such a policy.) Some Uighurs, who are a central Asian people ethnically much closer to Turks than Chinese, expressed fears that their culture and way of life could be threatened by a steady influx of Han Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In China's Wild West | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

Counterpoint: The Wu-Tang Clan does not abide devilry of any kind

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe and James A. Mcfadden | Title: Concert or Discord? | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...Wu-Tang is here forever, motherfucker,” boasts Ol’ Dirty Bastard in the group’s hit 1997 single “Triumph.” Ironically, he died of a drug overdose only seven years later...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe and James A. Mcfadden | Title: Concert or Discord? | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...quiz: What legendary group did future pop-producing machine Scott Storch join in his teens and then quit? What does EPMD stand for? How many original members of the Wu-Tang Clan are there? Answers one by one, all in good time; bear with me for a word or 800. I’ve been a vocal and unapologetic critic of Yardfest in the past, but I’m in full support of tomorrow’s concert, featuring the Wu-Tang Clan (Gavin DeGraw, I have no idea who you are, but I’ll give...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Way of the Wu | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...crackdown on the two groups once again proved that the "Chinese security force is fully prepared to safeguard the life and property of the people, as well as the coming Olympics," Wu Heping concluded at the ministry's press conference. But that promise alone would not do for an event under such international scrutiny. "This sounds like a typical PR line by the Ministry of Public Security," said Bequelin, "I think China doesn't need to reassure the international community with this. What they need to do is to be more precise, objective, and factual in disclosing and presenting criminal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Murky Olympic Terror Threats | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

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