Ethnic Tensions in China

Ethnic Tensions in China

More than one hundred fifty people have died as ethnic tensions rise in western China. A panel joins Diane to discuss what's behind the violence and the challenge it presents to China's leadership.

More than one hundred fifty people have died as ethnic tensions rise in western China. A panel joins Diane to discuss what's behind the violence and the challenge it presents to China's leadership.

Guests

Shai Oster

correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal Asia

John Pomfret

diplomatic correspondent, "The Washington Post"; author of "Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China."

Cheng Li

senior fellow and research director at the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center, a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and the author of "China's Changing Political Landscape."

Nury Turkel

attorney; past president, the Uyghur American Association

Baodong Wang

spokesman and press counselor for the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C.

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