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Gerry Shih

In this March 26, 2016 photo, people look at a building covered in posters of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shanghai. (Chinatopix via AP)
March 10, 2018, 10:54 am
China silences critics of move to abolish term limits for leader Xi
Political atmosphere surrounding action is laced with fear and confusion; many see it foreshadowing greater political repression
By Gerry Shih and Yanan WANG
In this image made from video run by China's CCTV, a rescue ship sprays water to put out a blaze at the Panama-registered tanker "Sanchi" after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China's eastern coast, January 8, 2017. (CCTV via AP Video)
January 8, 2018, 1:30 pm
Oil tanker burning off China’s coast at risk of exploding
Search and rescue teams say no sign of the 32 Iranian and Bangladeshi crew members missing since the vessel erupted in flames
By Gerry Shih
In this image from video run by China's CCTV shows the Panama-registered tanker "Sanchi" is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China's eastern coast on, January 8, 2017. (CCTV via AP Video)
January 8, 2018, 7:36 am
US joins search for missing Iran sailors after collision with Chinese freighter
China, South Korea also send ships and planes to help locate all 32 crew members missing since massive blaze
By Gerry Shih
In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, a man reads a book in a bookstore where flags which represents Turkey and 'East Turkistan,' the name Uighurs who oppose Chinese rule call their homeland, are hung in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu neighborhood. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
December 22, 2017, 9:57 pm
Uighur militants in Syria look to Zionism as model for their homeland
China has cracked down on the ethnic group, accusing members of terrorism; many have now joined jihadists in the Mideast to train themselves for war with Beijing
By Gerry Shih
This undated photo released by the Turkistan Islamic Party, a militant website, shows fighters from the group at an unknown location in Syria. (Turkistan Islamic Party website via AP)
April 23, 2017, 1:49 am
Chinese jihadis’ rise in Syria raise concerns at home
Organized, battle-hardened and numbering in the thousands, members of the Turkistan Islamic Party have fought in the ranks of al-Qaeda, Islamic State and other extremist groups
By Gerry Shih and Bassam Mroue
In this undated photo released by Turkistan Islamic Party, a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the Turkistan Islamic Party holds their weapons, at unknown place in Syria. ( Militant Website Turkistan Islamic Party via AP)
April 22, 2017, 4:05 pm
Chinese jihadis’ rise in Syria raises concerns at home
They are organized, battled-hardened and instrumental in ground offensives against Assad’s forces
By Gerry Shih and Bassam Mroue
This photo taken on February 27, 2017 shows Chinese military police attending an anti-terrorist oath-taking rally in Hetian, northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. (AFP Photo/STR)
March 13, 2017, 11:30 am
Chinese officials express jitters over jihadi threat
Xinjiang regional leaders say country has become destabilized by ‘international anti-terror situation,’ call for a ‘people’s war’
By Gerry Shih
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