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Old Kashgar: Reconfiguring Space With Bulldozers

Posted by Tewpiq on May 28, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

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 [...]

Comments (7) | Also tagged: architecture, china, construction, culture, dautcher, government, History of Xinjiang, Kashgar, news, politics, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, uyghur, xinhua, Xinjiang

Earthquake in Chapchal

Posted by Tewpiq on January 27, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

Sunday, 25 January 2009 at 9:47 AM Beijing time (7:47 local time), an earthquake measuring approximately 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the Chapchal Sibe Autonomous County in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northwestern [...]

Comments Off | Also tagged: Chapchal, ghulja, news, reuters, RFA, sibe, xinhua, Xinjiang

23(-24?) March 2008: Protest in Xotän

Posted by Tewpiq on April 02, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Xotän (Hoten, Hétián, 和田, Khotan) is not a very nice place to be, these days. First, there were the recent earthquakes that destroyed thousands of structures and left their residents homeless. Now, the Chinese authorities [...]

Comments (6) | Also tagged: education, government, Khotan, news, politics, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, uyghur, women, Xinjiang, Xinjiang in the News

Xinjiang Economic News Roundup for 18-24 March 2008

Posted by Tewpiq on March 25, 2008 under Uncategorized

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 [...]

Comments (2) | Also tagged: agriculture, banking, coal, construction, energy, food, fruit, geology, government, grains, inflation, measles, news, ports, prices, production, tajikistan, trade, travel, weather, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Roundup

News Flash: Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Hits Khotan

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

News outlets in America are reporting a massive 7.2 Richter earthquake which hit the Khotan area at 6:33AM. Here’s the scoop on CNN, and here’s the story at the Associated Press. According to the articles, [...]

Comments (1) | Also tagged: Khotan, Xinjiang, xinjiang in the media, Xinjiang in the News

Xinjiang Roundup: 18 November to 24 November 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on November 26, 2007 under Uncategorized

This week, Xinjiang saw four television-worthy crimes, the defeat of a 50-year old coal mine fire, the passing of an old Xinjiang hand, the demise of both confusing toilet signs and the iconic outdoor kebab [...]

Comments (1) | Also tagged: astronomy, basketball, CBA, coal, conservation, crime, cultural sites, desertification, disposable income, drugs, firearms, health care, hospitals, islam, japan, kazakhs, meteorology, migrant workers, netherlands, PLA, pollution, power, qaramay, settlement programs, UN, USA, Xinjiang Roundup, XPCC

Xinjiang Roundup: 11 November to 17 November 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on November 19, 2007 under Uncategorized

This week, Xinjiang saw more and more national park action, continuing victories for the Flying Tigers, a great outpouring of charity for Xinjiang’s first “Donation Month,” a new bus route to Mongolia, and more, under [...]

Comments (1) | Also tagged: basketball, bilingual education, CBA, charity, conservation, corruption, cultural preservation, cultural sites, ecology, education, foreign trade, foreigners in xinjiang, geology, hospitals, Ismail Tiliwaldi, journalism, justice, kazakhs, law, legends, medicine, mongolia, nasreddin appendi, national parks, newspapers, Przewalski's horse, regional government, safety, sports, transportation, Xinjiang Roundup

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