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Uyghurs Speak Out on Hotel Restrictions

Posted by Porfiriy on October 28, 2008 under Society and Culture in Xinjiang

In my last post on the subject, I stated my belief that the way a people react to civil rights violations is just as important, if not more so, than the violations themselves. In terms [...]

Comments (11) | Also tagged: beijing, civil rights, discrimination, hotels, law, message boards, police, PSB, restrictions, security, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, travel

The Uyghur Civil Rights Movement: No Uyghurs in our Hotel

Posted by Porfiriy on October 20, 2008 under Society and Culture in Xinjiang

Terrorists squirreled away in mountain hideouts, the Uyghur chairman spouting fire and brimstone at the podium, a teenaged, female mujahideen attempting to start a blaze as intense as her own fanatic fervor in an airplane [...]

Comments (25) | Also tagged: beijing, discrimination, ethnic policy, olympics, restrictions, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, travel, Xinjiang

Post-Olympic Miscellanea

Posted by Porfiriy on September 13, 2008 under Links

First, a quick apology. Both myself and the other writer for the site have been undergoing some major transitions, though again for the both of us these transitions are quickly getting wrapped up and both [...]

Comments (7) | Also tagged: crime, economics, education, executions, gas, islam, justice, law, Links, nur bekri, olympics, pipelines, ramadan, restrictions, violence

Kashgar Attackers ID’ed as Uyghurs

Posted by Porfiriy on August 05, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Though Mandarin language coverage of the incident remains subdued and restricted to the terse one-sentence announcement we linked in an earlier post, Chinese news agencies are continuing its policy of distinct reporting in different languages [...]

Comments (3) | Also tagged: 2008 kashgar attack, Kashgar, olympics, police, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, terrorism, violence, Xinjiang, Xinjiang in the News

Youku Reactions to Kashgar Attack

Posted by Porfiriy on August 05, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

As we await more clarifying information for China’s state organs, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to take a look at some assorted reactions Chinese citizens are making to the attacks on Mandarin language pages. I’ll [...]

Comments (2) | Also tagged: chinese, commentary, internet, media, olympics, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, terrorism, websites, xinhua, Xinjiang, xinjiang in the media, Xinjiang in the News, youku, 中文

Turkestan Islamic Party Leader Claims Responsibility for Numerous Bus Bombings and Attacks

Posted by Porfiriy on July 26, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

An interesting turn of events just in from various news agencies: a certain Commander Seyfullah of the “Turkestan Islamic Party” has claimed credit in a video statement for the bus bombing/flash-fire that occured in Shanghai [...]

Comments (5) | Also tagged: east turkestan islamic movement, information, kunming, media, olympics, security, shanghai, terrorism, unrest, videos, Xinjiang, xinjiang in the media, Xinjiang in the News

The one time a Han would want to be a Uyghur.

Posted by Porfiriy on June 21, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

I found on Reuters an amusing article describing the harebrained plot of three Shandong natives to pay off some rather steep gambling debts they dug themselves into. Common sense says that when you’re in such [...]

Comments (0) | Also tagged: qingdao, shandong, terrorism, uyghurs in the media, Xinjiang, Xinjiang in the News

Hong Kong Tabloid (Wildly) Speculates on Xinjiang Involvement in Shanghai Bus Fire

Posted by Porfiriy on May 08, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

I’m going to state right off the bat, unequivocally, that since portraying a truthful picture of affairs in Xinjiang is one of the top goals of The New Dominion, we’re automatically cautious when dealing with [...]

Comments (8) | Also tagged: hong kong, olympic torch relay, olympics, shanghai, shanghaiist, terrorism, transportation, Xinjiang, xinjiang in the media, Xinjiang in the News

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) | Also tagged: 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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