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Eighteenth-Century Map of Xinjiang

Posted by Tewpiq on July 20, 2009 under History 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 [...]

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Xanliq Madrasa Demolished – Played Important Role in Kashgar’s History

Posted by Tewpiq on June 18, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

Update: Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur service has now posted an article on the demolition. On 15 June 2009, around 10:30 AM local time, wrecking crews working on the “renewal” of Kashgar’s Old City demolished the [...]

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Swedish Uyghur Arrested on Charges of Espionage

Posted by Tewpiq on June 10, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) arrested a Uyghur man in Stockholm on charges of espionage. The man in question, whose identity is otherwise undisclosed, is 61 years of age, received asylum [...]

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Rabiyä Qadir in Il Manifesto: “Independence is impossible”

Posted by Tewpiq on May 10, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

When I started studying Xinjiang, I knew I would need a broad array of linguistic resources. I never imagined I would read so much in Italian. Here is my translation, doubtless below par, of a [...]

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Bilingual Education News

Posted by Tewpiq on February 03, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

It’s the beginning of a new year, and that means it’s time for Xinhua to publish statistics. Most interesting to me are some new figures on the PRC’s efforts to promote “bilingual” education. “Bilingual” education [...]

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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Uyghur Detainees

Posted by Tewpiq on October 08, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Today, Tuesday 7 October 2008, Washington, DC District Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered the release of the seventeen remaining Uyghur detainees at the American prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be released to US soil. [...]

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Suspects Arrested, Killed, in Kucha Attacks

Posted by Tewpiq on August 11, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Xinhua’s English-language site is now reporting that eight of the suspected bombers in Sunday morning’s attacks in Kucha (Quchar, 库车) have been shot and killed by security forces. Two more apparently committed suicide by way [...]

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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 [...]

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