Chinese Storm Troopers vs. Terracotta Soldiers of Xian
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 | Pop Culture Notions, Power & Politics
The New York Times published this picture of Chinese Storm Troopers accompanying their coverage of the government crackdown of Uighur ethinic minority group. Their armor reminded me of the Terracotta Army at emperor Qin Shi Huang’s burial site.
Read the NYtimes full coverage here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/asia/09hu.html?hp
The Bush II administration detained 13 Uighur men near the border of Afghanistan and they are only now being released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. They were innocent men, but some feared that if released and returned to China the communist regime would imprison, torture, or kill them.
Nytimes covered the release of a handful of the detainees to sunny Bermuda: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/world/americas/15uighur.html
-Tonky
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