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Xinhua Deputy Chief Editor Reveals New Details of the Urumqi Riots

Posted by Tewpiq on June 04, 2010 under Xinjiang in the News

A 15 May lecture by Xinhua Deputy Chief Editor Xia Lin (夏林) at Tianjin Foreign Studies University began making the English-language media rounds today. You can find the English translation of the lecture, transcribed by [...]

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A Letter from Kashgar

Posted by Tewpiq on July 10, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

The following is a letter from an anonymous foreign traveler currently in Kashgar, Xinjiang. The New Dominion presents this letter for the consideration and edification of its readers. There has been little news out of [...]

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140 Dead, 828 Injured in Riots

Posted by Tewpiq on July 06, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

UPDATE: Xinhua claims that the Urumqi authorities dispatched 20,000 police and military personnel to quell the riots. They used “tear gas grenades, stun grenades, and high-pressure water guns” on the demonstrators. Others have suggested that [...]

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Riots in Urumqi – Video and Photos

Posted by Tewpiq on July 06, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

There are now several videos of the Urumqi protests on-line: In the video above, you can see a youth smashing the window of a donkey meat restaurant. The Uyghur-run Arman grocery store next door, however, [...]

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Follow-Up: Swedish Uyghur Accused of Espionage for China – Sweden and China Duel Diplomats

Posted by Tewpiq on June 24, 2009 under Xinjiang in the News

On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) took into custody a 61-year-old Uyghur man, a former refugee and now Swedish citizen, on charges of espionage. Now, that man’s identity has finally been revealed. [...]

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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Uyghur Detainees

Posted by Tewpiq on October 08, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Today, Tuesday 7 October 2008, Washington, DC District Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered the release of the seventeen remaining Uyghur detainees at the American prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be released to US soil. [...]

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New York Times Raises Doubt over Kashgar Attack; Cites Witnesses, Photos

Posted by Porfiriy on September 29, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Over a month ago, the Associated Press released 3 photos depicting the aftermath of the August 4th attack in Kashgar. The official version of events first has a dump truck ploughing into ranks of drilling [...]

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All is Well in Fasting Kashgar

Posted by Porfiriy on September 19, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

China Daily has put out an English language article discussing the atmosphere in Kashgar one month after an unusually violent attack resulted in the death of 16 policemen. According to reporter Hu Yinan, everything has [...]

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Victims of Latest Violence all Uyghurs

Posted by Porfiriy on August 30, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

The victims of the latest bout of violence in Jiashi/Peyziwat County were all Uyghur police officers local to the area, according to the information-laden latest report from Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, the attack was linked [...]

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First Incident of Post-Olympic Violence in Kashgar

Posted by Porfiriy on August 28, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Just a quick post – BBC’s got a story about a gun battle that occured Thursday between seven “militants” and police in Jiashi County (伽师县), or in Uyghur, Peyziwat County, near Kashgar. BBC’s stories are [...]

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Violence reported near Kashgar, marking 3rd Xinjiang attack in 8 days

Posted by Porfiriy on August 12, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Here are links to BBC, AFP, and CNN reports on the story: according to the most current information, “assailants” leapt from a vehicle at a military checkpoint in Yamanya, about 30 kilometers from Kashgar, and [...]

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Suspects Arrested, Killed, in Kucha Attacks

Posted by Tewpiq on August 11, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Xinhua’s English-language site is now reporting that eight of the suspected bombers in Sunday morning’s attacks in Kucha (Quchar, 库车) have been shot and killed by security forces. Two more apparently committed suicide by way [...]

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