Comments on: “Hey, Xinjiang actually isn’t that bad!” Media Blitz http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/ a blog about xinjiang Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Porfiriy http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/comment-page-1/#comment-3698 Porfiriy Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:42:58 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/#comment-3698 We made a <a href="http://www.thenewdominion.net/48/tiliwaldi-steps-down-bekri-now-acting-chairman-of-xuar/“ rel="nofollow">short post</a> about Nur Bekri's rise to the chairmanship when it happened a little more than a year ago, When it happened, I did the requisite digging to find out more about Bekri but oddly there was little written about him except for the typical "list of previous posts" you can dig up on most Chinese officials. Even the normally thorough China Vitae didn't and still doesn't have a page on Bekri, so really there's little to go by except his occasional comments to the press and that massive speech he gave which indeed says a lot about his worldviews. Most Uyghurs I talked to expressed disdain for him, and for Tiliwaldi, too. I think most XUAR Chairmans are really disliked for the reasons you mentioned, but I remember reading (or hearing) somewhere that one chairman in the 90s was pretty admired by the Uyghurs. Those were troubled times and maybe this guy called for compromise in the vein of Zhao Ziyang. I should've asked more about him. What I'd be interested to know is what Han people think of Bekri. We made a short post about Nur Bekri’s rise to the chairmanship when it happened a little more than a year ago, When it happened, I did the requisite digging to find out more about Bekri but oddly there was little written about him except for the typical “list of previous posts” you can dig up on most Chinese officials. Even the normally thorough China Vitae didn’t and still doesn’t have a page on Bekri, so really there’s little to go by except his occasional comments to the press and that massive speech he gave which indeed says a lot about his worldviews.

Most Uyghurs I talked to expressed disdain for him, and for Tiliwaldi, too. I think most XUAR Chairmans are really disliked for the reasons you mentioned, but I remember reading (or hearing) somewhere that one chairman in the 90s was pretty admired by the Uyghurs. Those were troubled times and maybe this guy called for compromise in the vein of Zhao Ziyang. I should’ve asked more about him.

What I’d be interested to know is what Han people think of Bekri.

]]> By: The New Dominion » Alright then, Xinjiang *is* that bad: A Place of Exile http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/comment-page-1/#comment-3697 The New Dominion » Alright then, Xinjiang *is* that bad: A Place of Exile Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:36:06 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/#comment-3697 [...] then, so in the last post I talked about what I perceived to be a media blitz by Xinhua and its ilk to sort of compensate for [...] [...] then, so in the last post I talked about what I perceived to be a media blitz by Xinhua and its ilk to sort of compensate for [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 Josh Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:27:40 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/#comment-3686 Wish I would have connected the dots here...it all makes sense, though. I noticed a flood of Xinjiang articles the other day but I didn't think to ask why. The one on religions and the Id Kah mosque were quite informative, just like you said. I enjoyed reading them. As a side note I've been doing a little research on this Nur Bekri guy. Obviously to get to this position he has to compromise quite a bit and therefore lose a lot of Uyghur support, but from what I've read he is heavily disliked. What do you think? Wish I would have connected the dots here…it all makes sense, though. I noticed a flood of Xinjiang articles the other day but I didn’t think to ask why. The one on religions and the Id Kah mosque were quite informative, just like you said. I enjoyed reading them.

As a side note I’ve been doing a little research on this Nur Bekri guy. Obviously to get to this position he has to compromise quite a bit and therefore lose a lot of Uyghur support, but from what I’ve read he is heavily disliked. What do you think?

]]> By: EMA http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/comment-page-1/#comment-3685 EMA Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:13:18 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/686/hey-xinjiang-actually-isnt-that-bad-media-blitz/#comment-3685 Nice job. Thanks for posting this. Nice job. Thanks for posting this.

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