Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: After Her Rise in China and Expulsion, a Uighur Becomes the Face of Her People

Friday, 10 July 2009

After Her Rise in China and Expulsion, a Uighur Becomes the Face of Her People

By ERIK ECKHOLM
Rebiya Kadeer, vilified by Beijing as the unseen hand behind Uighur protests in western China, is now a symbol of her people’s resistance against the Chinese.