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Office building bombing in Urumqi

A man detonated a bomb in downtown Urumqi, killing himself and injuring two others, according to the People’s Daily Online. The attacker, Han Wushun, went to Xinjiang Beixin Road and Construction Company’s offices with the explosives in a black bag, demanding 4500 RMB of unpaid wages. Originally he held 3 employees hostage; one escaped and [...]

Posted 03 April 2009 † Porfiriy § News Updates ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

Heartbroken Beitun Man Continues Fire Theme

We cover a region that seems to have a disproportionate amount stories involving fire or explosions (here, here, and here), including, most prominently, the Beijing self-immolators who appear to be Uyghurs (and thus have a Xinjiang connection!). In the spirit of continuity, a heartbroken Beitun resident named Wang Xiaoming decided to resolve his breakup issues [...]

Posted 03 March 2009 † Porfiriy § Random ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Xinhua Version of Kashgar Attack Addresses NYT Doubts

This is the second sentencing we’ve covered at The New Dominion (the other being the sentencing of conspiracists captured in January 2007) and both have been quite informative because sentencing is when the authorites release to state media networks the official version of events as established by the trial. And so when it was brought [...]

Posted 18 December 2008 † Porfiriy § News Updates ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Post-Olympic Miscellanea

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 we and the site should get back to normal quite soon.
And so for now, I’d just like to share just [...]

Posted 13 September 2008 † Porfiriy § Links ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Victims of Latest Violence all Uyghurs

The victims of the latest bout of violence in Jiashi/Peyziwat County were all Uyghur police officers local to the area, according to the information-laden latest report from Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, the attack was linked to the previous checkpoint attack at Yamanya. This is definitely a milestone as its the only attack so far whose [...]

Posted 30 August 2008 † Porfiriy § News Updates ‡ Comments (15) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Associated Press Releases Photos of August 4th Kashgar Attack

As usual, after the numerous attacks that occured in the weeks leading up to the Olympics, it was noted by many that government provided no solid proof of the attacks, resulting in speculation that some or all of the stories coming out of Xinjiang could have been exagerrated of fabricated to play up the terrorist [...]

Posted 21 August 2008 † Porfiriy § Links ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,