Xinjiang, a Year Later

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Lauren Keane, One year later, China's crackdown after Uighur riots haunts a
homeland. Washington Post, p. A1, June 15, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405055.html


-----------------Separately
(1) Uttam Kumar Sinha, Tibet's watershed challenge. Washington Post, p. A17,
June 14, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061303331.html
("By 2030, China is expected to fall short of its water demands by 25
percent")

My comment:
(a) riparian (adj): "relating to or living or located on the bank of a
natural watercourse (as a river)"  www.m-w.com
(b) I was a bit surprised by the phrase "Tibet's unresolved political status
," which I had not seen before. I then glanced at the bottom for author's
affiliation. It turns out that he is Indian.

(2) Adrian Higgins, Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the much
reviled tree of heaven. Washington Post, p. A7, June 14, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061304822.html
("The tree of heaven was introduced in 1784 from China and was valued for
its rapid growth ["five feet a year"] in poor soil in an age when trees
provided vital shade in summer to people and livestock. 'It was a hot plant
in the 1840s'")

Note: Ailanthus altissima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_altissima
(臭椿; a deciduous tree; native to both northeast and central China and
Taiwan. Unlike other members of the genus Ailanthus, it is found in
temperate climates rather than the tropics)

My comment: I did not see it back in Taiwan. The tree is everywhere in
greater Boston area. Until today I did not know it originates from China.


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choi

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Lauren Keane, One year later, China's crackdown after Uighur riots haunts a
homeland. Washington Post, p. A1, June 15, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405055.html


-----------------Separately
(1) Uttam Kumar Sinha, Tibet's watershed challenge. Washington Post, p. A17,
June 14, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061303331.html
("By 2030, China is expected to fall short of its water demands by 25
percent")

My comment:
(a) riparian (adj): "relating to or living or located on the bank of a
natural watercourse (as a river)"  www.m-w.com
(b) I was a bit surprised by the phrase "Tibet's unresolved political status
," which I had not seen before. I then glanced at the bottom for author's
affiliation. It turns out that he is Indian.

(2) Adrian Higgins, Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the much
reviled tree of heaven. Washington Post, p. A7, June 14, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061304822.html
("The tree of heaven was introduced in 1784 from China and was valued for
its rapid growth ["five feet a year"] in poor soil in an age when trees
provided vital shade in summer to people and livestock. 'It was a hot plant
in the 1840s'")

Note: Ailanthus altissima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_altissima
(臭椿; a deciduous tree; native to both northeast and central China and
Taiwan. Unlike other members of the genus Ailanthus, it is found in
temperate climates rather than the tropics)

My comment: I did not see it back in Taiwan. The tree is everywhere in
greater Boston area. Until today I did not know it originates from China.


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