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Monthly Archives July 2009

Video: Gunned Down in the Streets of Urumqi, Machete in Hand

Analysis of this video is pending. It appears to be footage of the mosque incident on 7/14. It shows some guys stirring up some folks in a mosque, and then later actual footage of two men charging at the police with machetes and getting shot in the street.
This appears to be Urumqi — there is [...]

Posted 27 July 2009 † Adwokat § News Updates ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Eighteenth-Century Map of Xinjiang

Dear readers, we interrupt your regularly schedule posting to bring you a neat old map.
What you see below is the 新疆總圖 or “General Map of Xinjiang.” This particular version is from the work 欽定新疆識略 Imperially-Commissioned Outline of Xinjiang, produced in 1821 by Song-yun, published again in 1894 as a typeset and annotated edition, and [...]

Posted 20 July 2009 † Tewpiq § History ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Chinese Consulate Officials Attempt to Block Australia’s Showing of Uighur Film

Chinese consulate officials in Austrailia attempted to have a film withdrawn from Melbourne’s International Film Festival because it focuses on Rebiya Kadeer and her family. The festival’s director refused, and later commented to the media that he
“…had no reason to withdraw the film from the festival and she then proceeded to tell me that I [...]

Posted 16 July 2009 † Sherin § Links § News Updates § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (11) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Chinese Bloggers Call for Kurdish Independence from Turkey

In an ironic twist, a number of Chinese bloggers have begun calling for Kurdish independence from Turkey — a riposte to increasingly vocal Turkish support for Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Appearing on Junshi.cn ["MilitaryAffairs.cn"] — a popular online military and national security discussion forum — this emerging theme comes on the heals of statements by Prime [...]

Posted 15 July 2009 † Adwokat § Random § Xinjiang Media ‡ Comments (32) °

Two Uighurs Shot Dead in Urumqi by Chinese Police

Two Uighurs were shot dead by Chinese policemen today in Urumqi, according to the BBC. Another man was injured in the shooting. A spokesmen for the Chinese government claims that the shooting occurred as a result of the policemen trying to prevent the three Uighurs from attacking a fourth Uighur. The governent comments allege that [...]

Posted 14 July 2009 † Sherin § Links § News Updates § Uyghurs ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,

Chinese Military Bloggers Respond to the Unrest in Xinjiang

Chinese military blog-watching may be a particularly unscientific form of analysis, but I’ll be darned if it ain’t the best place to find colorful, downright nasty things to say about people involved in the recent unrest in Xinjiang. Says one commenter about the East Turkistan Movement (blog article here):
杀… 杀… 杀. [kill... kill... kill.]
Another offers [...]

Posted 13 July 2009 † Adwokat § News Updates § Random ‡ Comments (4) °