The NYRB China Archive
02.07.19

‘Reeducating’ Xinjiang’s Muslims

James A. Millward
from New York Review of Books

In a courtroom in Zharkent, Kazakhstan, in July 2018, a former kindergarten principal named Sayragul Sauytbay calmly described what Chinese officials continue to deny: a vast new gulag of “de-extremification training centers” has been created for...

The China Africa Project
01.25.16

China’s Diplomatic Dilemma: Protecting its People and Property Overseas

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Chinese special operations forces are training in the western deserts of Xinjiang in complex search...

The China Africa Project
12.02.15

Terrorism Forces its Way onto the China-Africa Agenda

Eric Olander & Cobus van Staden

Terrorism and security issues will likely move close to the top of the agenda when Xi Jinping meets with 50+ African counterparts at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit. China’s vulnerability to terrorism was brazenly exposed when ISIS...

Media
11.20.15

China Censors Online Outcry After ISIS Execution

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian

On November 18, the Islamic State (IS) released photos of what it claimed were two executed hostages. The photos, appearing in the terrorist group’s English-language magazine Dabiq, depict two men with bloodied faces, the word “executed...

Conversation
11.19.15

Is China a Credible Partner in Fighting Terror?

Andrew Small, Chen Weihua & more

In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said, “China is also a victim of terrorism....

Viewpoint
07.07.15

U.S. Should Make More Public Statements About China’s Human Rights

Sophie Richardson

When China’s leader Xi Jinping comes to the United States for his first state visit in September, will U.S. leaders use the summit to address the country’s deteriorating human rights conditions?

Not if the U.S. performance at June’s...

Will China Close Its Doors?

The draft “Foreign NGO Management Law” is part of a package of legislation that includes strict laws on national security and antiterrorism.

Viewpoint
04.22.15

Will China’s New Anti-Terrorism Law Mean the End of Privacy?

Scott D. Livingston

A newly drafted Chinese anti-terrorism law, if enacted in its current form, will empower Beijing to expand its already nearly unchecked policing of the...

Caixin Media
02.17.15

Prosperity, International Cooperation, Civil Rights Key to Defeating Terror

The global fight against terrorism has entered a new stage with the emergence of the Islamic State (IS), and the battle lines have never been so clearly drawn all over the world.

On February 18, Washington will host the...

Sinica Podcast
01.19.15

China and Charlie

Kaiser Kuo & Jeremy Goldkorn
from Sinica Podcast

First there were the terrorist attacks in Paris. And then there was the global reaction to the attacks, with its spate of frenzied free-speech cartooning. And then there was the counter-reaction to the initial reaction, which played out mostly on...

Conversation
01.16.15

Why Did The West Weep for Paris But Not for Kunming?

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Taisu Zhang & more

In the days since the attacks that killed 12 people at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, Chinese netizens have watched the outpouring of solidarity. As our colleagues at Foreign Policy...

Conversation
09.26.14

Should the U.S. Cooperate with China on Terrorism?

Richard Bernstein, Ely Ratner & more

Richard Bernstein: Of course, they should.  But can they?  Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in the United States, China has defined almost any dissent from its policies there as examples of international terrorism.  It has also...

Sinica Podcast
09.05.14

ISIS and China

Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Goldkorn & more
from Sinica Podcast

With the recent capture of a Chinese ISIS soldier triggering speculation about the involvement of Chinese citizens in the Iraqi civil war, Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn are joined in our studio by Edward Wong from The New York Times and...

Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights

Human Rights in China
Throughout the world, terrorism continues to pose major threats to peace, security, and stability. Since September 11, 2001, intensified counter-terrorism debates and responses, including national, multilateral, and regional approaches, have been...