Word of Old Kashgar’s imminent destruction has reached The New York Times. The story broke in the American media back in March with the Washington Post, was picked up by the Emirati The National, and has been bouncing around the Web for a while, though it has received little attention in the Chinese media.
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Posted 28 May 2009
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I promised, a few posts down, another document that refers to “Xinjiang people”, not just Uyghur or Han or whatever.
Recently, the following post, once found at this address, was passed on to me by a friend. It seems to have circulated on the Web since perhaps early November. It is a lengthy and [...]
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Posted 03 July 2008
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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 prices. Trade with Tajikistan is about to get easier. Finally, Ürümchi might soon have a city [...]
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Posted 25 March 2008
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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 several sources have reported. (There seems to be some confusion in these articles over what, exactly, “year-on-year” means. It [...]
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Posted 10 March 2008
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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 triggered its level “blue” early warning pollution alarm for the first time, the Xinjiang PSB went to the other end [...]
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Posted 03 December 2007
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