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Review: Invisible China by Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson

Posted by Tewpiq on May 23, 2009 under Reviews of Xinjiang Material

Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson. Invisible China: A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009. 256 pp. I am pleased to have my very own copy of Invisible China, a remarkable travelogue just [...]

Comments (1) | Also tagged: book, books, china, commentary, identity, images, journalism, language, politics, representation, Reviews of Xinjiang Material, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, tourism, travelogue, travelogues, uyghur, writing, Xinjiang

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 [...]

Comments (11) | Also tagged: 2008 Olympics, beijing, civil rights, discrimination, hotels, law, message boards, police, PSB, restrictions, security, Society and Culture in Xinjiang

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 [...]

Comments (25) | Also tagged: 2008 Olympics, beijing, discrimination, ethnic policy, olympics, restrictions, Society and Culture in Xinjiang, Xinjiang

Interactive Tourist Map of Urumqi

Posted by Tewpiq on May 16, 2008 under Xinjiang Travel

We at The New Dominion strive to make useful information about Xinjiang available to those who need it, especially in a fun, visual form. That includes tourists who, when faced with the Urumchi section of [...]

Comments (8) | Also tagged: information, maps, restaurant, The Xinjiangist, tourism, Urumchi, urumqi, Xinjiang

Ani Muqin Cai Sibe Restaurant, Ürümchi

Posted by Tewpiq on May 03, 2008 under Uncategorized

The weather is warming all across Xinjiang, and it’s time for tourists of every kind to start exploring this beautiful land. Since Ürümchi gets such a bad reputation from most of the popular guidebooks out [...]

Comments (5) | Also tagged: food, maps, restaurant, Reviews of Xinjiang Material, sibe, The Xinjiangist, Urumchi, Xinjiang

Xinjiang Economic News Roundup for 18-24 March 2008

Posted by Tewpiq on March 25, 2008 under Uncategorized

In today’s economic news: Ürümchi takes measure to control inflation. Aid continues to pour in for areas affected by extreme cold. The City of Ürümchi is taking more concrete measures to control infla—I mean rising [...]

Comments (2) | Also tagged: agriculture, banking, coal, construction, earthquakes, energy, food, fruit, geology, government, grains, inflation, measles, news, ports, prices, production, tajikistan, trade, weather, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Roundup

“Dispatches from China’s Wild West”

Posted by Tewpiq on March 04, 2008 under Links

On-line magazine Slate has begun a series of Xinjiang travel diaries written by Joshua Kucera entitled “Dispatches from China’s Wild West“. The New Dominion is saving commentary for a later dispatch, but I thought I [...]

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