This week it pointedly called for America to help in its fight against "separatism"—a dig at continued American support for Taiwan.
To what extent is regional separatism a product of economic incentives or local ethnic identity?
He was sentenced to death on charges of terror and incitement of separatism a few months later.
Any expression of dissent became synonymous with advocating "separatism" — a crime under Chinese law that can carry the death penalty.
This reflects several things: worries over globalisation, violence in neighbouring Iraq, renewed Kurdish separatism, a feeling of being slighted by the EU.
He has been accused by authorities of "separatism", a charge that potentially carries a jail term, for public statements that Crimea is part of Ukraine.
Well, those who drank the Kool-Aid in the '70s in the heyday of lesbian separatism — a lot of them have ended up in the academic world as historians or sociologists.
Turkey Keeps Close Eye on Iraqi Kurd Situation Turkish government officials exercise extreme vigilance against any possible flicker of Kurdish separatism, a watchfulness that continues to shape the country's response to the war in Iraq in potentially crucial ways.
