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China Sets 100% as Target for Bilingual Kindergarten Enrollment among Shule County Kids

Posted by Porfiriy on March 30, 2010 under Society and Culture in Xinjiang

Image by pmorgan I’ve translated a short article published today on Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur service. Bilingual education is one of the most controversial policies of the Xinjiang regional government, and is frequently accused of [...]

Comments (47) | Also tagged: bilingual education, RFA, Shule County, Translations, uyghurche

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 [...]

Comments (6) | Also tagged: chinese, culture, demolition, government, Han, History of Xinjiang, islam, Kashgar, Locations, politics, protest, protests, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, uyghur, Xinjiang

Alright then, Xinjiang is that bad: A Place of Exile

Posted by Porfiriy on March 13, 2009 under History of Xinjiang , Xinjiang in the News

Alright then, so in the last post I talked about what I perceived to be a media blitz by Xinhua and its ilk to sort of compensate for Nur Bekri’s gloomy forecasting last Friday. Xinjiang, [...]

Comments (7) | Also tagged: charter 08, exile, he weifang, History of Xinjiang, hong liangji, law, lin zexu, mao zemin, Xinjiang, XPCC

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 [...]

Comments (9) | Also tagged: bilingual education, children, chinese, culture, government, journalism, Kashgar, language, news, politics, statistics, xinhua, Xinjiang

The Origins and Development of East Turkestan Splittism

Posted by Porfiriy on January 17, 2009 under Translations into English

Regular readers of our blog will know well by now that I’m a regular complainer about the lack of solid facts, and that the discussion of Xinjiang can only be held on a secondary level, [...]

Comments (8) | Also tagged: CCP, east turkestan, History of Xinjiang, propaganda, The Origins and Development of East Turkestan Splittism, translation, Translations, Xinjiang, 中文

Tabloid Backlash against New York Times Loulan Beauty Article

Posted by Porfiriy on November 24, 2008 under Reviews of Xinjiang Material

Some of you may have noticed about a week ago an article in the New York Times by correspondent Edward Wong titled, “The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To,” about the [...]

Comments (37) | Also tagged: archaeology, china, chinese identity, cultural identity, global times, han dynasty, History of Xinjiang, identity, loulan beauty, media, museums, national identity, newspapers, Reviews of Xinjiang Material, tarim mummies, the new york times, zhang qian

Post-Olympic Miscellanea

Posted by Porfiriy on September 13, 2008 under Links

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 [...]

Comments (7) | Also tagged: 2008 Olympics, crime, economics, executions, gas, islam, justice, law, Links, nur bekri, olympics, pipelines, ramadan, restrictions, violence

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: earthquakes, government, Khotan, news, politics, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, uyghur, women, Xinjiang, Xinjiang in the News

Xinjiang Society and Education News Roundup: March 26 – 30, 2008

Posted by Porfiriy on March 30, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

This is The New Dominion’s Society and Education News Roundup for March 26 – 30. In Urumqi, efforts to build a citywide educational computer network are coming to fruit, and counseling services are available to [...]

Comments (2) | Also tagged: crime, internet, narcotics, prostitution, technology

Kebabs will not give you AIDS. Maybe. Yargh!

Posted by Porfiriy on March 26, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

So you may have heard through your friendly telecommunications company health announcement text message service that kebabs might give you AIDS. We heard it first at Liuzhou Laowai. The original text message, when translated to [...]

Comments (4) | Also tagged: AIDS, food, health, health care, urumqi, xinjiang in the media, Xinjiang in the News

Xinjiang, Sex, and CNN

Posted by Porfiriy on March 03, 2008 under Links

CNN published its obligatory “sexual revolution in China” article today, reveling like many other media outlets have in the delightful fusion of two hot topics that are both good sells in today’s media world. And [...]

Comments (5) | Also tagged: Links, sexuality, xinjiang in the media, XPCC

Xinjiang Roundup: 16 December to 22 December 2007

Posted by Porfiriy on December 26, 2007 under Uncategorized

Merry Christmas and Blessed Qurban Festival from The New Dominion! Beginning last Thursday Musilms throughout Xinjiang and China celebrated Qurban Heyt, which commemorates Abraham’s obedience to God when commanded to sacrifice his eldest son Ishmael. [...]

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