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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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Nur Bekri Again Identifies “Western Hostile Forces” as Enemy to Xinjiang Stability

Posted by Porfiriy on March 09, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

Nur Bekri, Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, while speaking with reporters this Friday again identified amorphous “Western hostile forces” as the immediate and most pressing threat to stability in Xinjiang. As I’ve observed [...]

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Xinhua Version of Kashgar Attack Addresses NYT Doubts

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

This is the second sentencing we’ve covered at The New Dominion (the other being the sentencing of conspiracists captured in January 2007) and both have been quite informative because sentencing is when the authorites release [...]

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

Posted by Porfiriy on September 29, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

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 [...]

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Victims of Latest Violence all Uyghurs

Posted by Porfiriy on August 30, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

The victims of the latest bout of violence in Jiashi/Peyziwat County were all Uyghur police officers local to the area, according to the information-laden latest report from Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, the attack was linked [...]

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First Incident of Post-Olympic Violence in Kashgar

Posted by Porfiriy on August 28, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Just a quick post – BBC’s got a story about a gun battle that occured Thursday between seven “militants” and police in Jiashi County (伽师县), or in Uyghur, Peyziwat County, near Kashgar. BBC’s stories are [...]

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Associated Press Releases Photos of August 4th Kashgar Attack

Posted by Porfiriy on August 21, 2008 under Links

As usual, after the numerous attacks that occured in the weeks leading up to the Olympics, it was noted by many that government provided no solid proof of the attacks, resulting in speculation that some [...]

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Violence reported near Kashgar, marking 3rd Xinjiang attack in 8 days

Posted by Porfiriy on August 12, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Here are links to BBC, AFP, and CNN reports on the story: according to the most current information, “assailants” leapt from a vehicle at a military checkpoint in Yamanya, about 30 kilometers from Kashgar, and [...]

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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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Another Video from Turkestan Islamic Party: A Universal Call to the Muslims of the World

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

Update: The Christian Science Monitor has a comprehensive piece on and links to analyses of the video by various news organs, while the New York Times now has an article on the video, including some [...]

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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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The Mystery of the Time Traveling Executions: Uyghur Terrorists Get Not-So-Summary Sentences?

Posted by Porfiriy on July 14, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Update: The mystery appears to be solved. My suspicions that the contradictions could be resolved by the possibility that RFA was simply wrong in its reporting turned out to be correct. The RFA article has [...]

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