Hotan Pays Over 1 Million Yuan in “Stability” Rewards
The South China Morning Post’s Nectar Gan cites state media to report that Xinjiang...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 17, 2017
The South China Morning Post’s Nectar Gan cites state media to report that Xinjiang...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 12, 2017
Following the implementation of Xinjiang’s first region-wide law banning behavior that...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 22, 2017
A deadly knife attack in Xinjiang’s Pishan county last week, in which eight people including the...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 14, 2017
At the South China Morning Post, Teddy Ng reports on a fatal attack in Pishan county, Xinjiang on...
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 10, 2017
At the South China Morning Post, Violet Law reports that police on Sunday shot and killed three...
by Josh Rudolph | May 14, 2015
A directive circulating in ethnically diverse Ili (Yili), Xinjiang, has called for all residents...
by Josh Rudolph | May 5, 2015
Amid China’s ongoing crackdown on terrorism in Xinjiang, launched last May in effort to...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 1, 2014
The AP reports that nine suspected terrorists were shot dead near Hotan, Xinjiang on Friday after...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 15, 2014
Three people have been sentenced to death for planning the attack on October 28 near Tiananmen...
by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 12, 2013
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Central...
by Natalie Ornell | Aug 26, 2013
Andrew Jacobs reports for the The New York Times that residents of the Xinjiang town of Hanerik...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 2, 2013
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 1, 2013
As of July 1, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Hong Kong Protests: As Typhoon Rumbia threatened to interrupt, the Civil Human Rights Front continued its march...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 11, 2013
At Ogle Earth (via Bill Bishop), Stefan Geens addresses speculation over Google Earth images of a Xinjiang construction site so mysterious that “Even an Ex-CIA Analyst Isn’t Sure” what is being built there....
by Samuel Wade | Jul 30, 2011
Xinhua reports violence in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar, leaving at least seven dead: Two suspects hijacked a truck at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, stabbing the driver to death and ramming into pedestrians. The pair later jumped out of...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 25, 2011
The Financial Times describes the failure of a Zhejiang-sponsored industrial park in Hotan, part of a government plan to soothe tensions in Xinjiang by promoting economic development: Hangzhou Boulevard, the main axis through...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 20, 2011
The official account of the violence at a police station in Hotan, Xinjiang now says that eighteen people, including fourteen “rioters” were killed in a clash between protesters and police. The Chinese government has...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 18, 2011
At least four people were killed by police during a riot in Hotan, Xinjiang today. From the Los Angeles Times: Authorities in the western frontier city of Hotan opened fire on a mob after it attacked a police station, set it on...