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SYDNEY (Reuters) -China has drawn up plans to upgrade an airstrip and bridge on one of Kiribati’s remote islands about 3,000km southwest of Hawaii, lawmakers told Reuters, in a bid to revive a site that hosted military aircraft during World War Two.
FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Kiribati s President Taneti Maamau shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China January 6, 2020. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
The plans, which have not been made public, involve construction on the tiny island of Kanton (also spelled Canton), a coral atoll strategically located midway between Asia and the Americas.
Ramadan in China: Faithful dwindle under limits on religion
07.05.2021
Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China s Xinjiang region, said he s fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not permitted for minors, he explained.
The 32-year-old ethnic Uighur wasn t complaining, at least not to a group of foreign journalists brought to his home outside the city of Aksu by government officials, who listened in on his responses. It seemed he was giving a matter-of-fact description of how religion is practiced under rules set by China s Communist Party. My children know who our holy creator is, but I don t give them detailed religious knowledge, he said, speaking through a translator. After they reach 18, they can receive religious education according to their own will.
Uyghurs and other members of the faithful pray during services at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists on April 19. (AP Photo)
KASHGAR, China Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he’s fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not permitted for minors, he explained.
The 32-year-old ethnic Uyghur wasn’t complaining, at least not to a group of foreign journalists brought to his home outside the city of Aksu by government officials, who listened in on his responses. It seemed he was giving a matter-of-fact description of how religion is practiced under rules set by China’s Communist Party.
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Uyghur Bazaar Naan, also known as nang bing or the naan bread, is a leavened flatbread baked in a tandoor oven.
A daily staple for the Uyghurs, Bazaar Naans are baked plain or with sesame seeds, while some have onions as the topping.
Bazaar Naans are baked plain or with sesame seeds, while some have onions as the topping.
(Pic by Malaysia4Uyghur)
An Uyghur human rights advocate society in Malaysia baked their traditional Uyghur Bazaar Naan for the police force to enjoy during iftar (breaking of fast).
The gesture was part of NaanTime, a new initiative to celebrate Uyghur culture organised by Malaysia4Uyghur.
Kashgar, China
Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim and ethnic Uyghur in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he’s fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not permitted for minors, he explained.
He wasn’t complaining, at least not to a group of foreign journalists brought to his home outside the city of Aksu by government officials, who listened in on his responses. It seemed he was giving a matter-of-fact description of how religion is practiced under rules set by China’s Communist Party.
“My children know who our holy creator is, but I don’t give them detailed religious knowledge,” he said, speaking through a translator. “After they reach 18, they can receive religious education according to their own will.”