Category Archives: Politics in Xinjiang

Color-coded Guide to Eastern Provinces-to-Xinjiang Economic Aid Pairing

Part of the major support package unveiled by the central government on May 20 is a plan to pair  China’s wealthier provinces and municipalities of the East to jurisdictions in Xinjiang. Just recently, the Beijing [...]

Blogger Sends Refreshingly Thoughtful Reflections and Suggestions to Secretary Zhang

I hope anyone and everyone interested in social justice and ethnic issues in China will take the time to read the letter a Hui individual in Xinjiang has sent to the new Secretary, Zhang Chunxian. [...]

Secretary Wang Lequan transferred, replaced with Zhang Chunxian

On 14 April 2010, Wang Lequan (王乐泉) was removed from his post as Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by order of the Central Committee of the [...]