http://www.thenewdominion.net/371/new-york-times-raises-doubt-over-kashgar-attack-cites-witnesses-photos/ Your source for all things Xinjiang Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thenewdominion.net/371/new-york-times-raises-doubt-over-kashgar-attack-cites-witnesses-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-3126 The New Dominion » Kashgar Attackers Sentenced to Death Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:46:58 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/?p=371#comment-3126 [...] was it? In September a tourist traveling in Kashgar at the time gave the New York Times some pictures he took during the aftermath of terrorist attack and the only eyewitness account of it, which was, frankly, befuddling and vague but nonetheless was enough to cast doubt on the official [...] [...] was it? In September a tourist traveling in Kashgar at the time gave the New York Times some pictures he took during the aftermath of terrorist attack and the only eyewitness account of it, which was, frankly, befuddling and vague but nonetheless was enough to cast doubt on the official [...]

]]> http://www.thenewdominion.net/371/new-york-times-raises-doubt-over-kashgar-attack-cites-witnesses-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 C. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:22:04 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/?p=371#comment-2482 In any case, the absolutely non-transparent handling of the issue by Chinese authorities leaves room for unlimited speculation of what really happened. Since this speculation is restricted to media space outside of the realm that ordinary Chinese have access to, it doesn't bother the authorities much of course. If the eye witness is reliable to any degree, his accocunt of the scene being hosed down a few hours after the events adds to this speculations. In the best of scenarious this reveals hair-raisingly unprofessional police work (not that unlikely), in the worst it hints at deliberate distortion of events. In any case, the absolutely non-transparent handling of the issue by Chinese authorities leaves room for unlimited speculation of what really happened. Since this speculation is restricted to media space outside of the realm that ordinary Chinese have access to, it doesn’t bother the authorities much of course.
If the eye witness is reliable to any degree, his accocunt of the scene being hosed down a few hours after the events adds to this speculations. In the best of scenarious this reveals hair-raisingly unprofessional police work (not that unlikely), in the worst it hints at deliberate distortion of events.

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