Economist, Aug 18, 2012

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(1) Xinjiang   |  Fast and Loose; The party’s interference in the observance of Ramadan stokes grievances in China’s north-west.
http://www.economist.com/node/21560600
("Many Uighurs long for independence, which the region briefly enjoyed as East Turkestan in the 1930s and again in the 1940s. The emergence of independent Central Asian republics after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and then the toppling of Arab dictators in 2011 encouraged exiles to dream")

(2) Tibetan blogging  |  Tweets From the Plateau; A Tibetan blogger dares to challenge the party line.
http://www.economist.com/node/21560618

Note: Phoenix Weekly  鳯凰周刊

(3) Domestic violence   |  Beaten but Unbowed; An American victim lifts the lid on a social taboo.
http://www.economist.com/node/21560616
(Kim LEE 李金 and LI Yang 李阳 in divorce proceedings in Beijing; "Ms Lee has claimed custody of their three young children and decided to remain in China")

(4) ASEAN in crisis  Divided We Stagger; Can Indonesia heal the deepening rifts in South-East Asia?
http://www.economist.com/node/21560585
("Broadly, those members with claims in the South China Sea themselves—Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, supported by Singapore and Thailand—want ASEAN to register serious concerns over what they see as China’s belligerent actions to enforce its claims in the waters of the South China Sea and over the Spratly, Paracel and other islands and atolls. However, non-claimants, mainly Cambodia supported by Laos and perhaps Myanmar, are loth to alienate China. They go along with China’s insistence on dealing with the issue with each country in turn")

(5) Iran and China  The Latest Invasion; Iranians see burgeoning trade with China as a mixed blessing.
http://www.economist.com/node/21560614

Note:
(a) Qazvin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qazvin
(a city)
(b) The Get-Rich Diary of China’s Poorest Guy  
老康, 全中国最穷的小伙子发财日记. 2005.