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Tiliwaldi steps down, Bekri now acting chairman of XUAR

Posted by Porfiriy on December 31, 2007 under Xinjiang in the News

Members of the 10th Regional People’s Standing Committee accepted the resignation of Ismail Tiliwaldi from the post of Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. At the same meeting, Nur Bekri was given both the [...]

Comments (2) | Tagged: Ismail Tiliwaldi, nur bekri, Xinjiang in the News, xinjiang leadership

Xinjiang Roundup: 23 December to 29 December 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on December 31, 2007 under Uncategorized

This week saw even more year-end statistics, the publishing of software that can recognize Uyghur, Kazakh, and Kirghiz writing on scanned images, yet another closure of the Urumqi International Airport, the opening of the new [...]

Comments (0) | Tagged: annual statistics, aviation, banking, computers, crime, electricity, energy, gold, investments, Kashgar, kazakhstan, medical care, natural disasters, odditites, oil, pipelines, RPPCC, social welfare, SOEs, software, tourism, transportation, Xinjiang Roundup, XPCC

Xinjiang Roundup: 16 December to 22 December 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on December 26, 2007 under Uncategorized

Merry Christmas and Blessed Qurban Festival from The New Dominion! Beginning last Thursday Musilms throughout Xinjiang and China celebrated Qurban Heyt, which commemorates Abraham’s obedience to God when commanded to sacrifice his eldest son Ishmael. [...]

Comments (0) | Tagged: accidents, annual statistics, coal, cotton, education, gold, google earth, herders, holiday, india, international loans, international projects, international trade, kyrgyzstan, literature, medical care, military, mining, natural gas, pollution, ports, sanitation, social welfare, statistics, tajikistan, trade, Xinjiang Roundup, XPCC

Neweurasia’s Cross-Blog Survey: 2007 in Retrospect

Posted by Porfiriy on December 19, 2007 under Links

Neweurasia, which is in my opinion one of the internet’s best resources for the latest information out of Central Asia, is hosting an end of the year collaborative project in which Central Asia bloggers contemplate [...]

Comments (2) | Tagged: Central Asia, grains, inflation, Links, tajikistan

Xinjiang Roundup: 9 December to 15 December 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on December 17, 2007 under Uncategorized

This week, Xinjiang saw a noble wild camel rescue operation, the unearthing of 2400 year-old wheat stalks, the temporary closure of Urumqi International Airport due to heavy fog, a flurry of end-of-the-year statistics, and more, [...]

Comments (1) | Tagged: annual statistics, basketball, CBA, coal, cotton, crime, cultural sites, diseases, economy, education, energy, growth, Ismail Tiliwaldi, kazakhstan, Language in Xinjiang, mandarin, national parks, oil, pipelines, prices, statistics, the silk road, transportation, Wang Lequan, wildlife, Xinjiang Roundup, XPCC

Xinjiang Roundup: 2 December to 8 December 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on December 10, 2007 under Uncategorized

This week Xinjiang saw the founding of the “Frontier Nationalities Orchestra,” the groundbreaking of Xinjiang’s largest inland fishing port, an education seminar and a writing seminar in Urumqi, a crackdown on poaching, the topographical conquest [...]

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Xinjiang Roundup: 25 November to 1 December 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on December 03, 2007 under Uncategorized

This week, Xinjiang’s Olympic athletes began their final winter training session, the number four was banished from future Urumqi license plates, a medical specialist blew the whistle on lead poisoning problems among Xinjiang children, Urumqi [...]

Comments (0) | Tagged: 2008 Olympics, AIDS, basketball, car ownership, CBA, Central Asia, construction, crime, drugs, education, egypt, fishing, migrant workers, natural gas, oil, pollution, public health, SCO, standing committee, technology, Xinjiang Roundup

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