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Hiatus ending soon.

We are going to re-launch soon. I would say “please stay tuned” but I’m thinking at this point, after such a long hiatus, the only people paying attention are RSS reading folks anyway. So hello, RSS readers, I’m hoping if things go well you’ll be getting a flurry of activity from this corner of the [...]

Posted 01 March 2010 † Porfiriy § ‡ Comments (1) °

Hiatus

The New Dominion is on indefinite hiatus.

Posted 13 October 2009 † Porfiriy § ‡ Comments (3) °

Unrest Spreading to Kashgar

The BBC is reporting that the July 5 events in Urumqi were carried over into today, July 6, in the city of Kashgar.
The unrest spread to a second city on Monday, with police breaking up fresh protests in Kashgar, dispersing more than 200 “rioters” at its main mosque.

Posted 07 July 2009 † Sherin § ‡ Comments (2) °

Remarks on the Urumqi Demonstrations

So far, the only official statements made by the U.S. on yesterday’s demonstrations in Urumqi are found in today’s State Department press briefing. The U.S. State Department spokesperson, Ian Kelly, discusses the issue with reporters, the transcript of which appears in full below.
QUESTION: Yeah, on China. There was a major riot in the Xinjiang region [...]

Posted 07 July 2009 † Sherin § ‡ Comments (0) °

Follow us on Twitter!

The New Dominion has a Twitter feed! With information streaming in from all sides, this is a good way to keep up with the Urumqi demonstrations.
This Twitter feed is keeping especially close tabs on the situation.

Posted 06 July 2009 † OpkeHessip § ‡ Comments (0) °

Some Xinjiang News Updates

I’m just going to have to run through this since I’ve been pretty busy recently.
Uighurbiz, an online forum and community for Uyghurs based in China, whose observations on racism in China figured prominently in a post here, has been shut down. According to one of our commenters, this could be permanent, and apparently the founder, [...]

Posted 25 March 2009 † Porfiriy § ‡ Comments (6) °