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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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Update: Bomb Threat, Not Hijacking, Reported on Airplane Bound for Xinjiang

Posted by Sherin on August 10, 2009 under Links , Xinjiang in the News

According to updates from the Associated Press, Xinhua is now reporting that there was a bomb threat–not a hijacking–on a Xinjiang-bound airplane.  There are few details at the moment, but apparently the flight in question [...]

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Swedish Uyghur Arrested on Charges of Espionage

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

On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) arrested a Uyghur man in Stockholm on charges of espionage. The man in question, whose identity is otherwise undisclosed, is 61 years of age, received asylum [...]

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Latest from the CECC

Posted by Tewpiq on February 05, 2009 under Links

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has just released its latest newsletter.  This issue includes four excellent pieces on topics of interest to Xinjiang watchers: The PRC is promoting a new program of  “ethnic unity education“. [...]

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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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Uyghurs Speak Out on Hotel Restrictions

Posted by Porfiriy on October 28, 2008 under Society and Culture in Xinjiang

In my last post on the subject, I stated my belief that the way a people react to civil rights violations is just as important, if not more so, than the violations themselves. In terms [...]

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Mutant Palm on the Terror List

Posted by Porfiriy on October 23, 2008 under Links

In regards to the list of terror suspects released by the Chinese government, I can do no more than direct our readers to Davesgonechina’s coverage at his blog, Mutant Palm. As a Xinjiang blogger I [...]

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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Uyghur Detainees

Posted by Tewpiq on October 08, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Today, Tuesday 7 October 2008, Washington, DC District Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered the release of the seventeen remaining Uyghur detainees at the American prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be released to US soil. [...]

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All is Well in Fasting Kashgar

Posted by Porfiriy on September 19, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

China Daily has put out an English language article discussing the atmosphere in Kashgar one month after an unusually violent attack resulted in the death of 16 policemen. According to reporter Hu Yinan, everything has [...]

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Emerging discrimination? Three Uyghur pilots grounded.

Posted by Porfiriy on August 20, 2008 under Links

Update: Xinhua has quickly released an article responding to these allegations. Check it out here. It asserts that the Uyghur pilots in question, Aikebaier Maimaiti and Ailiyiming Niyazi who are 757 captains for China Southern, [...]

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Suspects Arrested, Killed, in Kucha Attacks

Posted by Tewpiq on August 11, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Xinhua’s English-language site is now reporting that eight of the suspected bombers in Sunday morning’s attacks in Kucha (Quchar, 库车) have been shot and killed by security forces. Two more apparently committed suicide by way [...]

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Interrogations Underway, Suspects Named

Posted by Porfiriy on August 06, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

This article is part of a series of articles covering emerging details and reactions to the recent terrorist attack in Kashgar. Information released in English continues to stay one pace ahead of information released in [...]

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