China Rebuked by 22 Nations Over Xinjiang
More than 20 countries have issued a joint statement this week condemning China’s mass...
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LatestNational Security: a “Distinctly Chinese Approach”
In late December, China’s National People’s Congress passed a controversial anti-terrorism law, the nation’s first, which came amid a nationwide “war on terror” launched in 2014. An early draft of...
Osborne’s New Model of Minor Power Supplications
British chancellor George Osborne has toured China this week, seeking investment and pledging £10...
Labor Program in China Moves to Scatter Uyghurs
In order to promote assimilation, authorities plan to send a steady flow of Uyghurs to live and...
Four Years After Xinjiang Riots, Grievances Unanswered
Choi Chi-yuk reports from Urumqi ahead of the anniversary on Friday of riots in 2009, in which at least 197 people were killed. With Mandy Zuo at South China Morning Post: A bus stop has been built on the Jiefang South Road...
Mystery Complex in Xinjiang Not Complex, Not a Mystery
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....
'Silk Road' Plan for Xinjiang Makes for a Rough Tapestry
Following deadly riots in Xinjiang in 2009, the central government announced a plan to develop a “new Silk Road” to link the isolated, impoverished region to surrounding economies in Central Asia and boost the...
Symbol of Hope in Hotan Yet to Reap Rewards
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...
Moving Southern Water North and Seawater West
Danwei translates reports of a proposal to hydrate Xinjiang by pumping seawater 2,000 kilometres inland and 1,200 metres uphill from the Bohai Sea: The summit’s basic ideas on the subject of “Moving Seawater West; Bringing Bohai...
China to Pump Billions into Western Regions
From AFP: China has said it will invest more than 100 billion dollars this year in 23 new infrastructure projects in impoverished western regions as part of efforts to boost domestic demand. The plan was announced Monday after...
China’s Push to Develop its West Hasn’t Closed Income Gap with East, Critics Say
The Washington Post reports: China’s economic boom had largely left the west behind. Spreading the wealth was as important politically as economically — it was a way of increasing domestic stability and cementing the...
China’s Xinjiang to Get $1.5 Billion Boost
AP reports on development plans for Xinjiang, almost a year after ethnic riots hit the capital Urumqi: Various regions across Xinjiang, including 82 cities and towns, will received investment from 19 provinces and municipalities...
Photos: The Demolition of Old Kashgar
Gilles, of Le Monde’s Eye for China blog, has captured images of Kashgar’s Old City before and after wide-scale demolitions took place in a four-part series (1, 2, 3, 4). Below are selected photos and their...
Video: Uighur Dilemma – China
From Youtube: Ever since the violence between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese, a fear of fanaticism has taken hold. Is the government’s decision to demolish the Uighur area Kashgar really due to an earthquake threat?...
Blogger: Xinjiang People – Sorry and Thank You
The following blog post was written by a Han Chinese resident of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang. It was written before the outbreak of violence in Urumqi , but has made a reappearance in the Chinese...
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