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Tag Archives: Khotan

“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 a friend. It seems to have circulated on the Web since perhaps early November. It is a lengthy and [...]

Posted 03 July 2008 † Tewpiq § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Xinjiang Links Galore.

After a casual weekend browsing session through my RSS aggregator and email I discovered that there are an unusual amount of interesting Xinjiang related articles floating around the Internet, and so now is as good a time as any to do a classic “links” post to give our readers some worthwhile food for thought. Here’s [...]

Posted 19 April 2008 † Porfiriy § Links ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Report of Chinese Hostage Execution Video, Possible Central Asia Link

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 the website of the Middle East Media Research Institute’s (MEMRI) “Islamist Websites Monitor Project”, a video of the execution of three [...]

Posted 15 April 2008 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (39) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Chinese authorities link Xinjiang unrest to Hizb ut-Tahrir

The International Herald Tribune spotted a Chinese language press release in which Chinese authorities fascinatingly attribute the protests in Khotan as well as various forms of unrest and troublemaking in Kashgar, Urumqi, and Kizilsu Prefecture to the international Islamic political organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, or the “Party of Liberation.” Hizb ut-Tahrir, or HUT (kind of [...]

Posted 06 April 2008 † Porfiriy § News Updates ‡ Comments (8) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Blips of Unrest in Kashgar and Ghulja

In stark contrast to the recent riots in Tibet, where an originating fire lit in Lhasa spread quickly and eventually consumed whole Greater Tibet tinderbox in a matter of days (illustrated vividly and amusingly here at our blogging neighbor), unrest in Xinjiang has instead been dispersed among a number of isolated, relatively unconnected incidents. Following [...]

Posted 04 April 2008 † Porfiriy § News Updates ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

23(-24?) March 2008: Protest in Xotän

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 have confirmed that a protest took there on 23 March 2008, possibly continuing into 24 March, around the [...]

Posted 02 April 2008 † Tewpiq § News Updates ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,