Tag Archives: translation

Turkistan Islamic Party on Pakistan-China extradition: translation

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 to the PRC, apparently under accusation of belonging to the TIP. Below is a translation of that video. [...]

The Origins and Development of East Turkestan Splittism

Regular readers of our blog will know well by now that I’m a regular complainer about the lack of solid facts, and that the discussion of Xinjiang can only be held on a secondary level, a discussion of perceptions and conceptions rather than of cold, hard facts. One of the best examples of this is [...]

New translation of a novel set in Xinjiang

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 young Han man’s journey through life, love, and language.
The book will be released 2 April 2009.  I look forward to reading it.  [...]

“Xinjiang People, I’m Sorry, Thank You”

I promised, a few posts down, another document that refers to “Xinjiang people”, not just Uyghur or Han or whatever.
Recently, the following post, once found at this address, was passed on to me by a friend. It seems to have circulated on the Web since perhaps early November. It is a lengthy and [...]