Rebiya Kadeer mocked by netizens over lies on Urumqi riot

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Rebiya Kadeer mocked by netizens over lies on Urumqi riot


The head of the separatist World Uygur Congress Rebiya Kadeer has been mocked by netizens for her remarks about the deadly July 5 riot in Urumqi that left 184 dead.

An article The Real Uygur Story by Kadeer, posted on the Wall Street Journal website, online.wsj.com, on July 8, told her version of the violence. She claimed "hundreds of Uighurs are now dead for exercising their right to protest", or in what she called a "peaceful assembly".

"She is like thousand miles from the epic center. How can she know the real story?" questioned Siu Tsang, in a comment forum linked to the article, on Saturday.

"Maybe indeed she had special channels to the Uygur area and is the mastermind behind the mob killing..." Tsang said.

"I did not know who this woman was, but after reading her so called opinion on the WSJ, I now believe that it is highly plausible this woman could be the mastermind behind the riots," said T. J. Chen in the same forum.

"... I just cannot get over the eerie feeling it was written before the riots took place," Chen said.

Kadeer was jailed in 1999 on charges of harming national security in China. She left for the United States shortly after she was released on bail in 2005. She is now the leader of the World Uygur Congress, which has close contact with terrorist organizations.

She was once the richest woman in Xinjiang and was named by Forbes in 1995 as the eighth richest on the Chinese mainland. She also served as a member of National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top advisory body of the country.

In her article, Kadeer claimed "years of Chinese repression of Uighurs" was the cause of the current Uygur "discontent".

But a post by Benchi Sun in the forum refuted the accusation with "a few interesting facts" that he found after watching an interview with Kadeer.

"She (Kadeer) had 11 children, which confirms that Uygurs were not subject to China's one-child policy," Sun said in his post.

"She was born to a family with no background. She started her business with a roadside convenience store and worked her way to the richest person in Xinjiang. This proved Uygurs can earn their business success through hard work," the netizen continued.

He also cited Kadeer's experience as a member of CPPCC National Committee to show that Uygurs were not excluded from political life in the country.

"The author should stop telling lies. You know, God is always fair, no matter which God you believe in. God will punish those who tell lies. Can we agree on this?" the post said.

In her article, Kadeer used "East Turkestan" to refer to Xinjiang.

"If Rebiya Kadeer did not have separatist intentions, why does she use 'East Turkestan' as the name of the province and not the Chinese name Xinjiang?" said Tony Tan in the same forum.

Kadeer mentioned "China's heavy-handed reaction to Sunday's protest. But it was criticized by readers with hard facts.

"Real??? Are you kidding? Don't ignore the fact that the so-called protesters killed 156 innocent people, including Han and Uygur," said another post entry by Bridget Ch, before the latest death toll, 184, was announced Saturday by the Xinjiang regional government.

"It is not a demonstration, but a bloody massacre. Criminals must be punished," the post said.

The riot has also left 1,680 injured, and hundreds of vehicles and shops vandalized and looted and other public facilities destroyed. The regional government said Saturday among the dead, 137 were Han and 46 were Uygur.

In a Tuesday interview with Al Jazeera, Kadeer showed a testimonial photo which purported to show "peaceful Uygur protesters" in Urumqi and how they were treated by the police. The photo was later found to be cropped from a Chinese news website image on an unrelated June 26 protest in Shishou, Hubei Province.

"This untruthful woman likes to put herself in the spotlight. But she should bear in mind that more public appearances will only bring her more shame, if she continues to lie," said a Chinese netizen named "nineteen years of knife for killing cows" in a forum.

(Xinhua News Agency July 13, 2009)

 

[SinoIndusFriendship]

Using wrong photo, Rebiya pleads case


Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the separatist World Uyghur Congress, has attempted to gain public sympathy for the Uygur ethnic group in Xinjiang - using wrong news photos.

Kadeer, whom police say is the mastermind of the deadliest riot to strike China in decades, displayed a news photo in an interview with the Al Jazeera news outlet Tuesday that she asserts was taken in Xinjiang.

In actuality, the photo depicted a protest in Shishou, Hubei province, on June 26. The photo was first published on Nanfang Weekly's website the day of the incident. The Xinjiang riot occurred on July 5.

Kadeer explained Tuesday that the World Uyghur Congress was not responsible for the recent violent clashes in the Uygur autonomous region, in which at least 156 people were killed and another more than 1,000 were injured.

In the photo, police officers are lined up in seven rows on the street to stop a group of people from moving forward.

"This is how the peaceful protesters in Urumqi were treated by the police," said an emotional Kadeer. "How could my people attack anyone under that circumstance?"
One of Kadeer's followers used a similar tactic Tuesday as he was demonstrating in front of the Chinese Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.

In a picture released by the Uyghur American Association, the demonstrator is seen holding a photo depicting the "victims of the violence of the riot in Urumqi".

The photo, however, shows the scene of a traffic accident in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 15.

"How stupid is Kadeer and her organization to make such mistakes?" said a netizen after news of the misleading photos spread over the Internet.

Using wrong photo, Kadeer pleads case

(China Daily July 10, 2009)

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Rebiya Kadeer's past exemplifies China's policy on ethnic harmony


By Tian Ye

If Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of the World Uygur Congress, thought about her own past, she would count herself among the numerous Uyghurs who had benefited from China's policies to promote ethnic harmony.

The tale of Kadeer, who spent 40 years in Xinjiang and was listed as the richest woman in Xinjiang and the eighth richest on the mainland by Forbes in 1995, is a rags-to-riches story.

But AFP on Monday quoted Kadeer as saying the deeper cause of Sunday's riot in China's far northwest Xinjiang, which left at least 156 dead, was "six decades of Chinese rule, during which the Uyghurs have endured a litany of human rights abuses such as arbitrary detention, torture, discrimination, religious repression, forced abortion and removing Uighur language teaching from schools."

"Abuse" is hardly an appropriate word to describe the lives of Uyghurs in Xinjiang -- least of all in her own life, which started off in poverty, but later flourished on Chinese soil.

She built her business empire and became "The Millionairess" in Xinjiang within 10 years. But, if her allegations of "discrimination" against the Chinese government were true, only Han Chinese would have been allowed such opportunities.

Her identity as a Uygur also allowed her to have six children while most of her Han counterparts were limited to one.

Human rights abuse accusations by Kadeer, including religious repression and removing Uygur-language teaching from schools, fall flat as achievements made by both local people and the government are a matter of record.

Kadeer's accusation of "discrimination" in her interview with AFP does not hold water as can be seen by the number of minorities holding sought-after government posts.

In Xinjiang, minority people hold more than half of government posts, which are usually hotly contested in China's competitive job market. About 360,000 government employees in Xinjiang are ethnic minorities.

Official statistics show the number of middle school bilingual classes (in both Mandarin and Uygur) was 4,500 in 2007, with total enrollment of 145,000 students, compared with only 27 in 1999, when the figures were first compiled. The bilingual classes were first introduced in the early 1990s.

Jume Tahir, 69, imam at the Id Kah Mosque, the biggest in Kashgar with a history of almost 600 years, said the government had invested 1.5 million yuan (219,500 US dollars) to renovate the mosque in 1999.

Tahir says, "Our lawful religious beliefs are fully protected."

China has respected and recognized its minorities' freedom to religious faith since it adopted its first Constitution in 1954. More importantly, enshrined in the Constitution is the aim to "promote common prosperity for all ethnic groups."

That explains why the government cherishes a hard-won stable and peaceful environment and has called for restraint by both Han and Uyghurs.

Kadeer denies government accusations that she and her followers instigated the protests that later started the riot and said Wednesday the death toll from the unrest was far higher than the figure of 156 given by Chinese authorities, according to an AFP report.

Admittedly, the development of Xinjiang is far from perfect. Both Uygurs and Han face problems such as poverty and disease, and challenges brought about by globalization.

These are the elements that stand in the way of Xinjiang's development and require ethnic unity to overcome.

People in Xinjiang need to address those problems in peaceful ethnic co-existence.

And yet, all this would be impossible without a stable Xinjiang from which Kadeer sprang and benefited.

(Xinhua News Agency July 9, 2009)

 

[Righteous_Fire]

Nice thread Bro!

it seems that the anti Chinese propaganda is dying out for now

 

[SinoIndusFriendship]

Rebiya Kadeer: a self-abandoned ethnic extremist


By Luo Huaiyu

The Xinjiang regional government said Tuesday it holds "solid evidence" that Sunday's riot in Urumqi was an organized and systematic violent crime instigated and directed abroad by the exiled, ethnic separatist Rebiya Kadeer and her ilk through the so-called World Uygur Congress.

Up to July 7, the "beating, smashing, looting and arson" by mobs had caused at least 156 deaths. More than 1,080 people were injured and hundreds of shops and vehicles, including police cars, were burnt. The casualties are expected to mount, according to hospital sources.

Urumqi, a lustrous pearl on the nation's stately crown, is now a sad and turbid shadow of its former self. Despite continuous government efforts to heal the public trauma and restore social order, terror still haunts people's fragile minds, and their tears are hardly dry from hellish nightmares.

Yet, in an interview with the Associated Press, Kadeer spoke as innocently and helplessly as she could and denied any relations to the July 5 riot. Like other Chinese criminals under U.S. political asylum, she understands too well a game rule of American media: Sympathy, albeit false, is always incredibly abundant there.

Different identities

While raising her 11 children, Kadeer managed to accumulate great wealth and finally became a famous female entrepreneur in Xinjiang. According to the Forbes ranking 1995, she was the richest person in Xinjiang and the eighth richest in China.

In recognition of her achievements, she was elected deputy chief of the Xinjiang Federation of Industry and Commerce and member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top advisory body, marking her transition from entrepreneur to political figure.

But Kadeer did not cherish her political career. Besides tax evasion and other dishonest records, she sold state secrets to foreign agencies through her husband (second and present one), who had fled to the United States amid ethnic separation charges, and was hence detained by China's security department. But shortly thereafter, she was set free on parole for medical reasons after promising she would never again engage in anything that might harm state security.

Soon she turned out to be not as good as her word. After joining her husband in the U.S., she quickly developed close links with the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, an internationally recognized terrorist organization.

Two powers

To some extent, Kadeer has also been used. She has already become a symbol, a trademark or a rallying trumpet for the originally sporadic and nomadic Uygur separatist forces. As a woman, mother and person with wide homeland influence, she is the ideal candidate for these forces to mingle.

One power that she exercises is organizational, that is, her capacity as WUC chair. With a couple of capable aides and advisors, she can make decisions to create violence more efficient. The other power that she possesses is spiritual. As Spiritual Mother, she assumes a somewhat "religious leader" role.

But neither of these two powers is sustainable. At the end of the day, people of the world will make their own judgments, with China becoming more visible and accessible to them and with China's power and influence continuing to rise as a more responsible and democratic power in the world.

One future

Peace and development remain the themes of today's world. They are all that China is pursuing. All the efforts of this country—be they political, economic, diplomatic or cultural—point to these two goals.

Democracy and freedom, as essential elements of a modern civil society, have already been recognized by the Chinese government, and the Chinese people and this country have been exploring their own routes to them for decades. Although more progress is yet to be made, democracy and freedom can never be realized by violence and hatred. They can only be won by the joint efforts of the 56 ethnic groups of the same motherland.

Think of the fundamental interests of all ethnic groups on this land including the Han and the Uygur people. What do they want? They want a happy and affluent life; they want to stay ever closer to hope and promise; they want to enjoy the dignity of being in a strong and rising state; they want peace of souls, harmony of communities, freedom from want and solidarity for common good.

Therefore, there is no future if Kadeer and the WUC cling to their present course because it stands in the way of the trend of history and will undoubtedly get swept over and split asunder. They will fail, fail and fail again. And the just cause of the people shall forever prevail.

(China.org.cn July 9, 2009)

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Rebiya Kadeer: a self-abandoned ethnic extremist


By Luo Huaiyu

The Xinjiang regional government said Tuesday it holds "solid evidence" that Sunday's riot in Urumqi was an organized and systematic violent crime instigated and directed abroad by the exiled, ethnic separatist Rebiya Kadeer and her ilk through the so-called World Uygur Congress.

Up to July 7, the "beating, smashing, looting and arson" by mobs had caused at least 156 deaths. More than 1,080 people were injured and hundreds of shops and vehicles, including police cars, were burnt. The casualties are expected to mount, according to hospital sources.

Urumqi, a lustrous pearl on the nation's stately crown, is now a sad and turbid shadow of its former self. Despite continuous government efforts to heal the public trauma and restore social order, terror still haunts people's fragile minds, and their tears are hardly dry from hellish nightmares.

Yet, in an interview with the Associated Press, Kadeer spoke as innocently and helplessly as she could and denied any relations to the July 5 riot. Like other Chinese criminals under U.S. political asylum, she understands too well a game rule of American media: Sympathy, albeit false, is always incredibly abundant there.

Different identities

While raising her 11 children, Kadeer managed to accumulate great wealth and finally became a famous female entrepreneur in Xinjiang. According to the Forbes ranking 1995, she was the richest person in Xinjiang and the eighth richest in China.

In recognition of her achievements, she was elected deputy chief of the Xinjiang Federation of Industry and Commerce and member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top advisory body, marking her transition from entrepreneur to political figure.

But Kadeer did not cherish her political career. Besides tax evasion and other dishonest records, she sold state secrets to foreign agencies through her husband (second and present one), who had fled to the United States amid ethnic separation charges, and was hence detained by China's security department. But shortly thereafter, she was set free on parole for medical reasons after promising she would never again engage in anything that might harm state security.

Soon she turned out to be not as good as her word. After joining her husband in the U.S., she quickly developed close links with the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, an internationally recognized terrorist organization.

Two powers

To some extent, Kadeer has also been used. She has already become a symbol, a trademark or a rallying trumpet for the originally sporadic and nomadic Uygur separatist forces. As a woman, mother and person with wide homeland influence, she is the ideal candidate for these forces to mingle.

One power that she exercises is organizational, that is, her capacity as WUC chair. With a couple of capable aides and advisors, she can make decisions to create violence more efficient. The other power that she possesses is spiritual. As Spiritual Mother, she assumes a somewhat "religious leader" role.

But neither of these two powers is sustainable. At the end of the day, people of the world will make their own judgments, with China becoming more visible and accessible to them and with China's power and influence continuing to rise as a more responsible and democratic power in the world.

One future

Peace and development remain the themes of today's world. They are all that China is pursuing. All the efforts of this country—be they political, economic, diplomatic or cultural—point to these two goals.

Democracy and freedom, as essential elements of a modern civil society, have already been recognized by the Chinese government, and the Chinese people and this country have been exploring their own routes to them for decades. Although more progress is yet to be made, democracy and freedom can never be realized by violence and hatred. They can only be won by the joint efforts of the 56 ethnic groups of the same motherland.

Think of the fundamental interests of all ethnic groups on this land including the Han and the Uygur people. What do they want? They want a happy and affluent life; they want to stay ever closer to hope and promise; they want to enjoy the dignity of being in a strong and rising state; they want peace of souls, harmony of communities, freedom from want and solidarity for common good.

Therefore, there is no future if Kadeer and the WUC cling to their present course because it stands in the way of the trend of history and will undoubtedly get swept over and split asunder. They will fail, fail and fail again. And the just cause of the people shall forever prevail.

(China.org.cn July 9, 2009)

 

[SinoIndusFriendship]

Nice thread Bro!

it seems that the anti Chinese propaganda is dying out for now

What really bothers me is the lies and ignorance and prejudice of some people! East Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese) are VERY HONEST AND HONORABLE PEOPLE -- if it is true we reflect on it and improve.

For these "Western" (aka zion-white) Media to resort to NASTY LIES and UNDERHANDED DIVIDE-&-CONQUER 1950's techniques is really LAME!

 

[Righteous_Fire]

^ I agree with you SinoIndusFriendship ! Those who have their own vile interests in the West use underhanded ways, and their guns are directed ever so more against China

Viva La Sin!

Long live China and Pakistan

 

[pmukherjee]

Rebiya Kadeer mocked by netizens over lies on Urumqi riot
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"This untruthful woman likes to put herself in the spotlight. But she should bear in mind that more public appearances will only bring her more shame, if she continues to lie," said a Chinese netizen named "nineteen years of knife for killing cows" in a forum.

(Xinhua News Agency July 13, 2009)

And the Empire (Chinese) strikes back.............

 

[gpit]

Using wrong photo, Rebiya pleads case

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But Western China-haters love those brainless clowns.

US congress, where foolish people are palpable everywhere, via NED thus allots $200K a year to Rebiya for her excellent job in revealing the "truth".