---The post below forgets that he is talking about a country of 1.32 billion people.

East Turkestan doesnt have 1,3 billion people.

The post below forgets that he is talking about a country of 1.32 billion people. So a few trouble makers in such a large population is hardly news. The murder rate or violent crime against a person in China, per 100,000 of population, is still much lower than USA or even Europe.

July 10, 2008

Police shot and killed five people in a Muslim region of western China during a raid on what they said was a group training to wage "holy war," as authorities across the country tighten security ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Two suspects were seriously wounded and eight others were arrested in the incident, which occurred Tuesday and was reported by state news media Wednesday. Police said the violence occurred after they moved in on an apartment in a residential neighborhood of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang province, in China's northwest. All 15 members of the group were Uighurs, the police said

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121561540376739307.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

August 5, 2008

Two men armed with knives and explosives ambushed a military police unit in China’s majority Muslim northwest Monday morning, killing 16 officers and wounding 16 others before being arrested, according to the state media.

I do not know who is going to protest etc. But when I was in Beijing during the Asian games held a little more than a decade ago, when passing by the Tinnamen Square, I raised my camera to take a picture. The driver of the taxi I was in snatched the camera from me and there came a very worried look on his face. On the other hand a group of college students that I had met a few day before at a tiny port city named Lianungang, South of Shanghai, were freely talking as if their only aim in life was to migrate to their El Dorado, the United states.

Big deal, so a few lunatics can hold up a few banners for a few minutes. So, what? What is the use, what is the purpose? How will that change the ways of Chinese government?

So, I think the writer above is correct that any one that has a serious plan, a doctrine, an alternative way to manage 1.3 billion people must come up and talk about it. It is a serious management issue and a few riots here and there will not cut the mustard.

GR
"western views"

my dear idiot, you lost me right here..

Finally some nuance, sophistication and understanding of the topic being covered instead of usual one-sided biased bashing with one broad stroke treatment on the topic in writing. Is the Post becoming more professional?

It is simply amazing to see the presumptions of the western views, that Chinese are not happy or they are missing something or that they must be guided by Western countries and societies that did not even exist when China was a major civilisation.

And I agree with the article that the Chinese culture is different. They are not the in-your-face protestors and have indirect subtle ways.