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Secretary Wang Lequan transferred, replaced with Zhang Chunxian

Posted by Tewpiq on April 26, 2010 under Politics in Xinjiang , Xinjiang in the News

On 14 April 2010, Wang Lequan (王乐泉) was removed from his post as Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by order of the Central Committee of the [...]

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Demonstrations in Urumqi – Official Response

Posted by Tewpiq on July 06, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

The Xinhua news agency is now reporting that, between 8:00 PM on 5 July and 12:30 AM on 6 July (Beijing time), rioting broke out in several parts of the city of Urumqi. They report [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Nur Bekri Again Identifies “Western Hostile Forces” as Enemy to Xinjiang Stability

Posted by Porfiriy on March 09, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

Nur Bekri, Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, while speaking with reporters this Friday again identified amorphous “Western hostile forces” as the immediate and most pressing threat to stability in Xinjiang. As I’ve observed [...]

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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 [...]

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US Official on Guantanamo Uyghurs: “China is the only country that wants them back.”

Posted by Tewpiq on December 13, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Today, Portugal announced its willingness to take in some Guantanamo detainees as refugees and encouraged other members of the European Union to follow suit.  The Uyghur detainees, as is increasingly common, are receiving especial media [...]

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Police Station Attacked in Sangong (三宫) Hui Village

Posted by Tewpiq on June 09, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

查看大图 (All GoogleDitu maps now automatically focus at the all-China level. Please scroll west.) According to sparse reports from the international press, a police station was assaulted last week in Sangong Hui Village by a [...]

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Follow-Up: Video of Attack on Chinese Men in Pakistan

Posted by Tewpiq on April 26, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Recently, The New Dominion commented on a report regarding a video of an attack on three Chinese men, one apparently produced or packaged with the intent to rally Xinjiang Uyghur Muslims against Chinese rule. Venkatesan [...]

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Report of Chinese Hostage Execution Video, Possible Central Asia Link

Posted by Tewpiq on April 15, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

UPDATE 4-26-2008: Writers at the New Dominion were able to view the video references in this article. Readers are invited to visit this follow-up post to see stills and commentary. According to a report on [...]

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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 [...]

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Xinjiang Political News Roundup for 21-27 March 2008

Posted by Porfiriy on March 29, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

This is The New Dominion’s Xinjiang News Roundup, Politics, for March 21-27, 2008. This week, discover how you, a mere 老百姓, can participate in Urumqi’s lawmaking process, breath a sigh of relief at drastically shorter [...]

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