Hu Jintao’s flight from the G-8 meet shows how grave the situation is in Xinjiang: The China Beijing would like the world to see is one of measured modernisation. Thus, when the president of the country, Hu Jintao, is whisked away from international obligations (at the G-8 meet in Italy) to settle domestic woes, the alarm bells start ringing and begin the process of damage co ....Read more