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The article claims, “Four year later, on June 29, 2012, half a dozen Uyghur men attempted to take control of an aircraft flying in the Xinjiang Uyghur region using pieces of a metal crutch that had been sharpened to make crude weapons. This plot was also foiled.” This shows that the passengers have tried hijacking the aircraft. This also demonstrates that the plane might’ve been hijacked

water, to the rich, wet South. With many provinces in Northern China such as Hebei and Xinjiang exporting a large amount of water in crop despite having to dig 200m to find usable water, this means that the already poor provinces which are unable to fix its water crisis have to also export much of its clean water in crops to supplement income. The west of China faces the Gobi desert meaning provinces such as Xinjiang and Hebei are desperately stressed

Due to man’s pollution of environments all of the world, today’s rivers serve as chemical fingerprints, so to speak, for their respective ecosystems. They carry chemical cocktails, and a new study recently analyzed the nuanced differences between substances throughout a watershed to figure out more about the biological processes happening both in the water and on land. This was a Mississippi River watershed comprised of all the headwaters of the Upper Mississippi. The study, published in the niche

Final Paper INS 540 Student: Qian (Thalassa) Huang Instructor: Dr. E.M Restrepo The Cooperation In Intelligence Sharing Between the U.S. and China on Anti-terrorism War Abstract: With the globalization of the terrorism activities, it is necessary and urgent for the U.S. to seek for cooperation in intelligence sharing with countries other than the past allies such the UK and Europe. From 2013 China has started to establish activities fighting with the terrorism after being attacked by two horrible

Politics and art have always gone hand in hand in China. Be it the terracotta army of the first emperor of China (late 3rd BCE) or the propaganda posters during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), art has been an important tool for the Chinese rulers to pursue their political agendas to reach the common man. The interaction between art and politics was perhaps at its peak during the Qing period (1644-1911). The Qianlong emperor (乾隆, r. 1735 – 1799) is considered to be the forerunner of the project

An ethnic group is a group of people who share a common culture. Groups can have a shared history, common ancestry, religion, language, traditions, and beliefs. These things make up a common culture that is shared by members of an ethnic group. Arabs make up most of the population of Southwest Asia, Arabs also live in the United States, Canada, and in parts of Africa and Europe. In Southwest Asia, Arabs believe themselves to be descendants of Abraham. Arabs make up the majority of people who

Modern China has drawn the attention of the world with what appears to be aggressive actions beyond the border of China, one such action being the construction of an island in the South China Sea. One issue that connects modern China to the Qing dynasty is the Daili Lama and Tibet. The Qing dynasty expanded the Chinese empire through conquests after conquering the Ming dynasty, and this leaves scholars to argue whether or not Qing conquests created the template for modern China, and is the modern

electrifying Russian conquests of Central Asian Khanates (kingdoms) brought, those (Russians) very close to the northern fringes of the Karakoram Mountains, (Present day Tajikistan) near the Pamir. Also, Russia’s trade dealings with Tibet’s Kashgar (now in Xinjiang, was a famous city of the Leh-Yarkand-Kashgar silk route) too made the British worried of a possible Russian infiltration from Tibet’s

Human Rights A human right is defined as, a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person. They are often held to include the right to life, liberty, equality, and a fair trial, freedom from slavery and torture, and freedom of thought and expression. The Chinese government often denies any abuses of human rights, but many countries and international organizations argue otherwise. Many point out repeated abuses in areas such as….. Civil Society Civil society can be defined as the

The Tibetans disagreed but they could not change their minds, so they had to change their thinking. The Dalai Lama sought an audience with the Chinese. He had a plan that would include unifying Tibet under a singular ruler. This includes Tibet and parts of the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. This would make the Chinese and Tibetans equal under Chinese rule. The Chinese refused this idea because they believe that it is against the Chinese Constitution. This indirectly