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Rabiyä Qadir in Il Manifesto: “Independence is impossible”

Posted by Tewpiq on May 10, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

When I started studying Xinjiang, I knew I would need a broad array of linguistic resources. I never imagined I would read so much in Italian. Here is my translation, doubtless below par, of a [...]

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Ten Named Revolutionary Martyrs, Seven are Uyghur Victims of Violence

Posted by Porfiriy on January 16, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

From Tian Shan Net via the Associated Press, seven Uyghur victims of violence that occurred during and after Olympics were officially named “Revolutionary Martyrs (革命烈士)” on Monday along with three other individuals who died in [...]

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Kashgar Attackers Sentenced to Death

Posted by Porfiriy on December 18, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

The two Uyghurs allegedly responsible for the August 4th terrorist attack in Kashgar, taxi driver Abdurahman Azat and vegetable seller Kurbanjan Hemit, have been sentenced to death, according to Reuters, AFP, the New York Times, [...]

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The Uyghur Civil Rights Movement: No Uyghurs in our Hotel

Posted by Porfiriy on October 20, 2008 under Society and Culture in Xinjiang

Terrorists squirreled away in mountain hideouts, the Uyghur chairman spouting fire and brimstone at the podium, a teenaged, female mujahideen attempting to start a blaze as intense as her own fanatic fervor in an airplane [...]

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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 [...]

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Kashgar Attackers ID’ed as Uyghurs

Posted by Porfiriy on August 05, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Though Mandarin language coverage of the incident remains subdued and restricted to the terse one-sentence announcement we linked in an earlier post, Chinese news agencies are continuing its policy of distinct reporting in different languages [...]

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Youku Reactions to Kashgar Attack

Posted by Porfiriy on August 05, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

As we await more clarifying information for China’s state organs, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to take a look at some assorted reactions Chinese citizens are making to the attacks on Mandarin language pages. I’ll [...]

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Turkestan Islamic Party Leader Claims Responsibility for Numerous Bus Bombings and Attacks

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

An interesting turn of events just in from various news agencies: a certain Commander Seyfullah of the “Turkestan Islamic Party” has claimed credit in a video statement for the bus bombing/flash-fire that occured in Shanghai [...]

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Urumchi Olympic Torch Relay in Retrospect

Posted by Tewpiq on June 18, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Updates: Reuters has an informative article on the broken promise of press freedom in the Xinjiang and Tibet torch relays, part of a series on the Olympic flame. The New York Times also has an [...]

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Olympic Torch Relay, in Urumchi Tomorrow, May Have Few Spectators

Posted by Tewpiq on June 16, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

The Olympic torch, originally scheduled to be in Tibet this week, will be arriving in Urumchi tomorrow (Tuesday 17 June). The flame flew into Urumchi from Chongqing yesterday evening, and it will leave Xinjiang on [...]

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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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Hong Kong Tabloid (Wildly) Speculates on Xinjiang Involvement in Shanghai Bus Fire

Posted by Porfiriy on May 08, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

I’m going to state right off the bat, unequivocally, that since portraying a truthful picture of affairs in Xinjiang is one of the top goals of The New Dominion, we’re automatically cautious when dealing with [...]

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