A master list of “violent and terrorist” multimedia files Xinjiang police use to flag Uyghurs and other Muslims for interrogation includes common Islamic religious content including Quran verses, according to a new Human Rights...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. @Everyone Notice from the Public Security Internet Monitoring Department: Effective immediately, no...
Chen Quanguo, the Xinjiang Party Secretary sanctioned by the U.S. last year for his role in the mass internment of Uyghurs, has been replaced. Former Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui has taken over his role. At The Guardian,...
The New York Times’ Paul Mozur reports that mobile Internet users in Xinjiang have had their...
Reuters Sue-Lin Wong reports on a new policy in Xinjiang requiring those wishing to purchase...
Thirty-two people have been sentenced in China for downloading and spreading “violent...
In July 2009, following violent riots in Urumqi, authorities shut off Internet access throughout...
Following rumours of a coup by allies of dethroned Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai, Xinhua reported on Saturday that authorities have taken action against a number of websites and individuals involved in the rumours’...
As CDT noted yesterday, Internet access was restored in Xinjiang after a ten-month blackout. The New York Times reports: The announcement was made in the morning, and many residents in cities across Xinjiang took the day off...
Far West China blog reports that after almost a year of being unable to access the world wide web from Xinjiang, Internet access has suddenly been restored: Residents of Xinjiang woke up from a 10-month nightmare this morning to...
International Herald Tribune op-ed article by Paul Mozar about the Chinese government blocking internet access to Xinjiang: To pull the plug on the Internet for 20 million of its citizens is not simply bad policy, it’s a...
According to the Far West China blog, 27 more websites have been made accessible to netizens in Xinjiang, bringing the total number to 31: You might be getting tired of counting new sites being opened in Xinjiang as “news”. I...
Josh of the Far West China blog has written a short piece for the BBC on the current situation with Internet access in Xinjiang, where he lives: Finally state media hailed the return of Sohu and Sina, two of China’s most...
The Canadian Press reports on the “Internet refugees” who flee Xinjiang in order to get online, since Internet connections in the region have been cut since riots there last July: Every weekend, dozens of people pile...
Josh at the Far West China blog gives a rundown on what web users can and cannot access online in Xinjiang: How much information is really getting into and out of Xinjiang? Is the internet completely cut or just partially? If...
On October 24, 2009, Xinjiang-based journalist and blogger Wang Dahao wrote the following on his sina blog, translated by CDT: Early on the morning of July 6th, Internet access in Xinjiang was cut off, at a time when people were...
Though it has been nearly 4 months since the July riots, Xinjiang residents still have limited access to the Internet and international phone calls. From AFP: The government says terrorists, separatists and religious extremists...
The Far West China blogger takes a trip outside Xinjiang to reinitiate contact with the outside world: Xinjiang is still under complete blackout and there is no end in sight. As a result, my knowledge of world events has...
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