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Uyghur Signage Gets a Facelift in Urumqi After Riots

Posted by Porfiriy on May 22, 2010 under Language in Xinjiang

In Xinjiang, there’s a common saying among Uyghurs that “Chinese characters are the eyes, and Uyghur characters are just the eyebrows.” If I remember the Uyghur correctly–don’t quote me here–I believe it’s something along the [...]

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Review: Invisible China by Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson

Posted by Tewpiq on May 23, 2009 under Reviews of Xinjiang Material

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 [...]

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Turkistan Islamic Party on Pakistan-China extradition: translation

Posted by Tewpiq on May 12, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

Recently, we linked to a video of a spokesman for the Turkistan Islamic Party (Türkistan Islam Partiyisi (TIP) تۈركىستان ئىسلام پارتىيىسى) responding to the news that 9 Uyghurs had been arrested in Pakistan and extradited [...]

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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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New translation of a novel set in Xinjiang

Posted by Tewpiq on January 03, 2009 under Links

Paper Republic, a literary blog, has an interview by Bruce Humes with the translators of Wang Gang’s novel, English. Set in Xinjiang during the Cultural Revolution, English, which has found popularity in China, follows a [...]

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Survival Uyghur – Lesson Nine: Go and Come Back

Posted by Tewpiq on December 04, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Nine: Go and Come Back Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last time, we began to look at the [...]

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Survival Uyghur – Lesson Eight: Does this bus go to Nanmen?

Posted by Tewpiq on November 29, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Eight: Does this bus go to Nanmen? Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last time, we asked our friends [...]

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Survival Uyghur – Lesson Seven: Where are you going?

Posted by Tewpiq on November 26, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Seven: Where are you going? Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Quite some time ago, we formed questions and [...]

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Survival Uyghur: Lesson Six – Could I have a napkin?

Posted by Tewpiq on April 09, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang , Survival Uyghur

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Six: Could I have a napkin? Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last week, we learned to talk about [...]

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Survival Uyghur: Lesson Five – Strength in Numbers

Posted by Tewpiq on April 03, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang , Survival Uyghur

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Five: Strength in Numbers Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last week, we asked if something was (bar) or [...]

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Survival Uyghur: Lesson Four – To be, or not to be

Posted by Tewpiq on March 26, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang , Survival Uyghur

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Four: To be, or not to be Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last week, we worked on purchasing [...]

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Survival Uyghur: Lesson Three – Buying Small Things

Posted by Tewpiq on March 19, 2008 under Language in Xinjiang , Survival Uyghur

Survival Uyghur From The New Dominion Lesson Three: Buying Small Items Introduction Salam! and welcome to “Survival Uyghur”, The New Dominion’s series on speaking practical Uyghur. Last week, we learned a pair of common greetings. [...]

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