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China Archive

Archives for July 2016

America isn’t weaker than China and Russia — it’s just held to a different standard
China

Measuring a country’s strength isn’t as easy as you think.

By Ali Wyne
There are more than 20 million Muslims in China. For some, piety is a dangerous political act.
China

For Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang autonomous ethnic region, religious piety is a symbol of resistance to Beijing’s control.

By James Palmer