Alexandra Grey

Alexandra Grey is completing a PhD at Macquarie University, focusing on Zhuang language maitenance, state policy and social change in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Articles by Alexandra Grey (2)

Alexandra Grey 12 Oct 2015 16:59

Guangxi bombings: Does speculation of ethnic minority activism hold up?

In part one of an analysis of the 30 September bombings in Guangxi, South China, Alexandra Grey examined how fury over corruption and uneven economic progress can turn deadly. This piece examines suggestions ethnic unrest had a role in the blasts. Mourners at the scene of the Kunming Railway Station attack, March 2014. (Flickr/Zhoumingjia.)
Alexandra Grey 8 Oct 2015 16:05

Guangxi bombings: Corruption and power-abuse take their toll

Seventeen parcel bombs exploded in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last Wednesday, and there was a further explosion on Thursday. There were ten deaths, more than 50 casualties, and photos of a five storey building partly collapsed. The story did make international news, but only just, and by the weekend it had faded, including from the homepage of China Daily Mandarin edition.

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Alexandra Grey

Articles by Alexandra Grey (2)

Guangxi bombings: Does speculation of ethnic minority activism hold up?

Guangxi bombings: Corruption and power-abuse take their toll