Tag Archives: Wang Lequan

Secretary Wang Lequan transferred, replaced with Zhang Chunxian

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 [...]

The Fruit of the Palm: Davesgonechina on Wang, Xinjiang, and Terrorism

I would say davesgonechina’s comprehensive review of press coverage of the recent airline incident and his analysis of Wang Lequan’s comments on the January crackdown are “mind-bogglingly thorough,” but that would be over emphasizing a [...]

On the January (or February?) 2008 Urumchi raid

Either on 27 January or 4 February 2008, or possibly somewhere in between, a raid of some sort may have been carried out on what may have been a Xinjiang separatist terrorist cell located in [...]

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, [...]