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Monthly Archives April 2008

The Awakened Land – Chapter Two, Part Four

Posted by Tewpiq on April 27, 2008 under The Awakened Land , Translations into English

The following is a serial translation of Abdurehim Ötkür’s 1985 historical novel Oyghanghan Zemin, Chapter Two, pp. 38-44. New readers are encouraged to start from the beginning, Chapter One, Part One. This translation is presented [...]

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Follow-Up: Video of Attack on Chinese Men in Pakistan

Posted by Tewpiq on April 26, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Recently, The New Dominion commented on a report regarding a video of an attack on three Chinese men, one apparently produced or packaged with the intent to rally Xinjiang Uyghur Muslims against Chinese rule. Venkatesan [...]

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Tightrope Walking, Uyghur Kids, and Norwegians

Posted by Porfiriy on April 24, 2008 under Links

The title may sound like the beginning of a contrived bar joke, but what I’m actually referring to is (what at least appears to be) an excellent documentary about Xinjiang called “On a Tightrope.” Take [...]

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The Awakened Land – Chapter Two, Part Three

Posted by Tewpiq on April 22, 2008 under The Awakened Land , Translations into English

The following is a serial translation of Abdurehim Ötkür’s 1985 historical novel Oyghanghan Zemin, Chapter Two, pp. 33-38. New readers are encouraged to start from the beginning, Chapter One, Part One. This translation is presented [...]

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Xinjiang Links Galore.

Posted by Porfiriy on April 19, 2008 under Links

After a casual weekend browsing session through my RSS aggregator and email I discovered that there are an unusual amount of interesting Xinjiang related articles floating around the Internet, and so now is as good [...]

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Survival Uyghur – Returns Next Week!

Posted by Tewpiq on April 19, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang , Survival Uyghur

Survival Uyghur, our series on speaking practical Uyghur, will return next Wednesday, as per usual! It was delayed this week by two days of really beautiful weather, two days of horrifyingly awful weather, and in [...]

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Report of Chinese Hostage Execution Video, Possible Central Asia Link

Posted by Tewpiq on April 15, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

UPDATE 4-26-2008: Writers at the New Dominion were able to view the video references in this article. Readers are invited to visit this follow-up post to see stills and commentary. According to a report on [...]

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The Awakened Land – Chapter Two, Part Two

Posted by Tewpiq on April 14, 2008 under The Awakened Land , Translations into English

The following is a serial translation of Abdurehim Ötkür’s 1985 historical novel Oyghanghan Zemin, Chapter Two, pp. 29-33. New readers are encouraged to start from the beginning, Chapter One, Part One. This translation is presented [...]

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“Female Special Forces:” Patriotic Women in Xinjiang will not be One-Upped by a Crazy Terrorist

Posted by Porfiriy on April 11, 2008 under Links

What happens when the bad guys up the ante by sending a naive, young, 19-year old girl to do the dirty work for them? You gather up the strongest, most motivated, and most patriotic girls [...]

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Details on New Olympic Terrorist Plot by Xinjiang Militants Emerge

Posted by Porfiriy on April 11, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Security announced at a Thursday press conference that yet another plot by “East Turkestan” terrorists has been thwarted by the authorities. Rather than conducting a spectacular military-style raid [...]

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Survival Uyghur: Lesson Six – Could I have a napkin?

Posted by Tewpiq on April 09, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang , Survival Uyghur

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Six: Could I have a napkin? Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last week, we learned to talk about [...]

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Chinese authorities link Xinjiang unrest to Hizb ut-Tahrir

Posted by Porfiriy on April 06, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

The International Herald Tribune spotted a Chinese language press release in which Chinese authorities fascinatingly attribute the protests in Khotan as well as various forms of unrest and troublemaking in Kashgar, Urumqi, and Kizilsu Prefecture [...]

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