Widening Income Gap Between Han and Minorities

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, shows China’s own statistics released yesterday (July 21). Although Han Chinese resent the preferential treatment accorded minorities, the latter have fared worse (relative to Han), especially those who live in rural areas where most China’s minorities live.

Ian Johnson, Beijing’s Ethnic Policy Faces Data Challenge. Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124816735513967749.html

Note:
(a) Mentioned in the caption of the photograph is:

Qiang people 羌族
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiang_people
(“a population of approximately 200,000, living mainly in northwestern part of Sichuan province”)

(b) pogrom (n) [Russian]: “an organized massacre and looting of helpless people usu. With the connivance of officials”  Webster’s (3rd ed., 1961)


---------------Separately
(1) 自由派学者建议中国取消少数民族区域自治. VOA Chinese, July 21, 2009.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-07-21-voa83.cfm

Quote:

“有些美国学者则认为，中国的民族矛盾积怨已深，无论哪种制度，都很难达到和谐共处。 * * * 美国麦阿密大学的政治学教授金德芳 [June Teufel Dreyer] 说，'实际上，目前的中国 * * * 汉人和少数民族都不高兴。 * * * 中国和美国的情况不同。在美国，大家都认为，印第安人自愿留在美国。在这种情况下，就产生一种共识。那就是，印第安人要服从美国宪法。而在中国，这些少数民族并没有自己决定要留在中国。'

(2) Gordon Fairclough, Sarah Childress and Marc Champion, Probes Involve Firm Linked to China Leader's Son. Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124820142767869383.html

Besides Namibia, the "European Union is investigating whether Nuctech engaged in unfair trade in its sales of X-ray scanners in Europe, following a complaint it was selling the products at abnormally low prices. * * * The EU and Namibia cases don't appear to be related.” In neither case, President Hu’s son is a suspect.

(3) Shai Oster, Dispute Raises China’s Iron Costs. Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124821170916369861.html

(4) 莫斯科移民局抓获上百违法中国人. BBC Chinese, July 22, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8160000/newsid_8163500/8163547.stm
(“在莫斯科经商近20年的台湾商人彭莫乔周三向BBC中文网表示，查封市场不是突发，因为市场本身就是不合法的，只是所有里面的商贩都抱着侥幸的心理。”)

(5) 澳影展纪录片争议 中国两导演退出. BBC Chinese, July 22, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8160000/newsid_8164000/8164044.stm

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