Sentence examples for defuse unrest from inspiring English sources

But the company has also sought to defuse unrest by giving jobs and other benefits to area residents.

As ethnic discontent grows, so too does the discrimination, creating a vicious circle.Breaking this circle is crucial to China's efforts to defuse unrest in Xinjiang, Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas of other provinces, which collectively account for nearly one-third of China's land area.

HONG KONG, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of student activists camped overnight at major protest sites in Hong Kong as the democracy movement sought to re-gather momentum after the government called off talks on defusing unrest in the global financial hub.

During the relatively open nineteen-eighties, the Chinese funded the construction of mosques in Xinjiang, hoping to defuse political unrest.

The announcement from the state news agency Xinhua came shortly after the public security minister, Meng Jianzhu, blamed separatists for the reported assaults with hypodermic needles, as he arrived in the capital of China's restive north-western region of Xinjiang "to direct work to defuse ongoing unrest".

American officials focused on making sure Mr. Maliki went through with April elections in hopes of defusing political unrest.

Two researchers from China's finance ministry, Chen Xiaoqiang and Liu Ling, wrote in March that it was time to start returning land to the peasants, both to spur consumption and to help defuse growing rural unrest.

One issue on which the Government has made headway is in defusing swelling labor unrest.

His successful defusing of Wukan's unrest was widely seen as likely to boost his chances.

Now the military, which owns vast commercial interests here but has not fought in decades, must defuse demonstrations, quell widespread labor unrest and rebuild a shattered economy and security forces.

He was instrumental in the recovery of South Los Angeles after the Rodney King unrest, and helped defuse potentially destructive tension with his Days of Dialogue series.