Tag Archives: journalism

Review: Invisible China by Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson

Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson. Invisible China: A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009. 256 pp. I am pleased to have my very own copy of Invisible China, a remarkable travelogue just [...]

A Rare Moment of Clarity at Xinjiang’s Department of Justice

The governmental organs responsible for dispensing justice in Xinjiang are not really known for their clarity – oftentimes, suspects are arrested and sentences passed without an even oblique public mention of either evidence or legal [...]

Bilingual Education 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 [...]

New York Times Raises Doubt over Kashgar Attack; Cites Witnesses, Photos

Over a month ago, the Associated Press released 3 photos depicting the aftermath of the August 4th attack in Kashgar. The official version of events first has a dump truck ploughing into ranks of drilling [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 11 November to 17 November 2007

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 [...]