Tag Archives: agriculture

Hakim Siyit’s Petition Video in Full

Thanks to a frequent commenter and invaluable contributor who goes by the name “Uyghur,” I now know that Hakim Siyit’s petition video, in which he and many other farmers air their grievances against farming practices [...]

Uyghur Farmer Produces Media Content to Air Grievances

The story of a disgruntled farmer gathering what is, for him, a significant amount of savings and traveling to Beijing to lay down his grievances before the authorities is nothing new to China. It is [...]

Xinjiang Economic News Roundup for 18-24 March 2008

In today’s economic news: Ürümchi takes measure to control inflation. Aid continues to pour in for areas affected by extreme cold. The City of Ürümchi is taking more concrete measures to control infla—I mean rising [...]

Society News Roundup: 11-17 March 2008

This is The New Dominion’s Society News Roundup for 11-17 March 2008. If you live in Ürümchi, you’ll have noticed that North Youhao Lu (友好北路) is being torn to pieces. The street, lined with two [...]

Economic News Roundup: 4-10 March 2008

The New Dominion.net’s Economic News Roundup for 4-10 March 2008 Housing prices in Ürümchi shot up 25% year-on-year in January, leading an overall 11.3% increase in housing prices across China for the same period, as [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 4 November to 10 November 2007

The first week of November saw a national level committee investigate AIDS statistics and prevention practices in Xinjiang, international level efforts to help protect Przewalski’s horses from the front-bumper menace, interested investors from Europe and [...]