Tag Archives: women

“Female Special Forces:” Patriotic Women in Xinjiang will not be One-Upped by a Crazy Terrorist

What happens when the bad guys up the ante by sending a naive, young, 19-year old girl to do the dirty work for them? You gather up the strongest, most motivated, and most patriotic girls [...]

23(-24?) March 2008: Protest in Xotän

Xotän (Hoten, Hétián, 和田, Khotan) is not a very nice place to be, these days. First, there were the recent earthquakes that destroyed thousands of structures and left their residents homeless. Now, the Chinese authorities [...]

Xinjiang Health News Roundup: 4 March to 11 March 2008

OpkeHessip and I are happy to roll out the newest version of the Xinjiang News Roundup. Our previous news roundup format consisted of a Saturday summarization of all events and news stories of note that [...]