Tag Archives: statistics

Bilingual Education 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 [...]

Xinjiang Economic News Roundup for 25-31 2008

In this week’s economic news roundup: Australia’s Arrow Energy and Korea’s ecoeye set their sites on Xinjiang’s natural resources. Tax is going high-tech. Sugar beets are getting more expensive.

Xinjiang Roundup: 30 December 2007 to 5 January 2008

This week in Xinjiang, global warming was given a silver lining, the XPCC strengthened its presence in Northern Xinjiang, a model Uyghur policeman was selected as a finalist for Olympic torchbearer, TVs were distributed to [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 16 December to 22 December 2007

Merry Christmas and Blessed Qurban Festival from The New Dominion! Beginning last Thursday Musilms throughout Xinjiang and China celebrated Qurban Heyt, which commemorates Abraham’s obedience to God when commanded to sacrifice his eldest son Ishmael. [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 9 December to 15 December 2007

This week, Xinjiang saw a noble wild camel rescue operation, the unearthing of 2400 year-old wheat stalks, the temporary closure of Urumqi International Airport due to heavy fog, a flurry of end-of-the-year statistics, and more, [...]