Xinjiang Imposes Selective Fasting Ban
The government in Xinjiang has once again banned state employees, Party members, students, and...
Jul 6, 2016
The government in Xinjiang has once again banned state employees, Party members, students, and...
Jul 5, 2015
Last week, the Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed “deep concern” to the Chinese...
Jun 24, 2015
At least 18 people were killed in Kashgar, Xinjiang when police responded to an attack by armed...
Jun 22, 2015
Following a series of official moves to undermine and stigmatize religious practice in the...
Jun 16, 2015
While addressing a meeting of religious representatives in Urumqi on Sunday, Zhang Chunxian, the...
Jul 6, 2014
Umar Farooq at Al Jazeera reports that the Chinese government’s efforts to ban observances...
Jul 2, 2014
With Saturday’s fifth anniversary of deadly riots in Urumqi approaching, and amid a steady...
Aug 6, 2012
For his latest contribution to his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm responds to recent news that Chinese authorities are putting restrictions on the observance of the holy month of Ramadan for Muslim Uyghurs in...
Aug 2, 2012
As China continues to grow wary of its Muslim population amid a shifting dynamic in the Middle East, Foreign Policy’s Alexandra Evans details the crackdown on Ramadan currently underway in Xinjiang: Citing the need to...
Sep 11, 2011
The Los Angeles Times reports on the lengths that authorities went to in Xinjiang to ensure that the Muslim Uighur population there didn’t celebrate the holy month of Ramadan in August: In the aftermath of violent protests...
Dec 10, 2008
This next installment in the CDT series on important issues facing China in 2008 concerns the state of human rights in China. See also these previous China 2008 articles: China and the Developing World, Nationalism, Internet...
Sep 25, 2008
In addition to earlier accounts of fasting restrictions on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang during Ramadan, Radio Free Asia reports that ethnic Uyghur government officials are being tested with offers of food at the workplace: Chinese...
Sep 23, 2008
CDT reported in an earlier post that Xinjiang Muslims are facing a security crackdown and fasting restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan. Earlier this month, Radio Free Asia also reported on several Ramadan restrictions...
Sep 11, 2008
Al-Jazeera has a report on the Ramadan crackdown ongoing in Xinjiang, including a ban on fasting for many segments of the population: Read more from Shanghaiist.