Tag Archives: economy

Color-coded Guide to Eastern Provinces-to-Xinjiang Economic Aid Pairing

Part of the major support package unveiled by the central government on May 20 is a plan to pair  China’s wealthier provinces and municipalities of the East to jurisdictions in Xinjiang. Just recently, the Beijing [...]

“Xinjiang People, I’m Sorry, Thank You”

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 [...]

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: 9 December to 15 December 2007

This week, Xinjiang saw a noble wild camel rescue operation, the unearthing of 2400 year-old wheat stalks, the temporary closure of Urumqi International Airport due to heavy fog, a flurry of end-of-the-year statistics, and more, [...]

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 [...]