News from the Region China’s Xinjiang to build “Great Wall” to protect border: governor Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang will build a “Great… Continue reading China’s Xinjiang to Build “Great Wall” to Protect Border: Governor
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Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms
By CAP Transcript of the CAP workshop Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms, January 24, 2017 Sean Roberts, GWU Navbahor Imamova, Voice of America… Continue reading Towards a New Uzbekistan? The Magnitude, Impact and Limitations of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Reforms
Countering Extremism vs. Freedom of Online Expression: The Case of Kazakhstan
By Anna Gussarova CAP Fellows Paper 201 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Anna Gussarova is director and co-founder of the Central Asia Institute for Strategic Studies (www.caiss.expert). She previously served… Continue reading Countering Extremism vs. Freedom of Online Expression: The Case of Kazakhstan
Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
By Karlygash Kabatova CAP Fellows Paper 200 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Karlygash Kabatova is a researcher currently interested in how society development and sexuality education interrelate. Together with a… Continue reading Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
“Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia
By CAP CAP Paper 198, January 2018 On January 29, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia” in the… Continue reading “Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia
Life Inside China’s Total Surveillance State (video)
Source: Wall Street Journal China has turned the northwestern region of Xinjiang into a vast experiment in domestic surveillance. WSJ investigated what life is like in a place where one’s… Continue reading Life Inside China’s Total Surveillance State (video)
Eastern Turkistan Folklore: Uyghur Music and Dance Archive Recordings (video)
A collection of music and dance performances from East Turkistan / Xinjiang, China recorded in the 1980s.
China Uses Facial Recognition to Fence in Villagers in Far West
Source: Bloomberg News Article: China’s state surveillance apparatus is trying out a new tool in one of its favorite test beds, the restive region of Xinjiang. The Muslim-dominated villages on… Continue reading China Uses Facial Recognition to Fence in Villagers in Far West
A Visa-Free Zone Welcomes Your Wallet. But Maybe Not Your Beard
Author: Andrew Higgins Source: New York Times HORGOS, China — Except for men with long beards and women wearing veils or jewelry with a crescent moon motif, just about… Continue reading A Visa-Free Zone Welcomes Your Wallet. But Maybe Not Your Beard
The 1957-58 Xinjiang Committee Plenum and the Attack on “Local Nationalism”
Author: David Brophy Source: Wilson Center Photo credit: Wilson Center Soviet archives reveal a turning point in the Chinese Communist Party’s relationship with Uyghur and Kazakh elites in Xinjiang Beginning… Continue reading The 1957-58 Xinjiang Committee Plenum and the Attack on “Local Nationalism”
Chairs Raise Alarm About Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang
Author: Congressional-Executive Commission on China Source: CECC (Washington D.C.)—The Commission’s 2017 Annual Report highlighted intensified restrictions on religious freedom and oppressive security controls, particularly in ethnic minority regions, including the Xinjiang Uyghur… Continue reading Chairs Raise Alarm About Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang
The Plot Behind China’s Suppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Author: Annie Wu Source: Epoch Times Article: UK Uighur Association representative and former medical surgeon Enver Tohti recently sat down with The Epoch Times to break down misconceptions about protests… Continue reading The Plot Behind China’s Suppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Frontier Politics and the Sino-Soviet Relations: A Study of Northwestern Xinjiang, 1949-1963
Author: Sheng Mao, University of Pennsylvania Source: UPenn Scholarly Commons Abstract: This is an ethnopolitical and diplomatic study of the Three Districts, or the former East Turkestan Republic, in… Continue reading Frontier Politics and the Sino-Soviet Relations: A Study of Northwestern Xinjiang, 1949-1963
From Kashgar to Syria
Author: Claude Arpi Source: The Statesman In 1949, a few months after the new People’s Republic of China was proclaimed, Mao moved to ‘liberate’ large areas in the periphery of… Continue reading From Kashgar to Syria
Ancient China: Satellite and Drone Imagery of Prehistoric Silk Road Corridor Reveals Long-lost Irrigation Network
Author: Kastalia Medrano Source: Newsweek Archaeologists have discovered an ancient irrigation system in northwestern China that explains how the region’s herding communities were able grow crops in one of the… Continue reading Ancient China: Satellite and Drone Imagery of Prehistoric Silk Road Corridor Reveals Long-lost Irrigation Network
China’s Crackdown on Uighurs Spreads to Even Mild Critics
Author: Gerry Shih, Associated Press Source: Washington Post BEIJING — Zhang Haitao was a rare voice in China, a member of the ethnic Han majority who for years had criticized… Continue reading China’s Crackdown on Uighurs Spreads to Even Mild Critics
AP Exclusive: China’s Uyghurs Work to Fend Pull of Jihad
Author: Gerry Shih, Associated Press Source: ABC News Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up about… Continue reading AP Exclusive: China’s Uyghurs Work to Fend Pull of Jihad
‘They Don’t Know Us’: At Sama Uyghur Cuisine, Three Immigrants Recreate Their Native Food
Author: Mellissa Hung Source: San Francisco Chronicle When Pattar Dilmurat left Dubai, where he lived for five years selling fragrances and makeup, he told his wife he would be… Continue reading ‘They Don’t Know Us’: At Sama Uyghur Cuisine, Three Immigrants Recreate Their Native Food
Stepped-up Surveillance of Uighurs Sends ‘Relatives’ into Homes
Author: Joyce Huang Source: VOA Authorities in Xinjiang launched what they call a new “relatives’ week” program this month, which requires local civil servants to spend a week with… Continue reading Stepped-up Surveillance of Uighurs Sends ‘Relatives’ into Homes
The Uyghur Terrorism: Phenomenon and Genesis
Author: Maria A. Soloshcheva Source: Iran and the Caucasus Abstract: The aim of this paper is 1) to analyse the historical and political roots of the current situation in… Continue reading The Uyghur Terrorism: Phenomenon and Genesis
Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi
Author: Darren Byler, University of Washington Source: Central Asian Survey Abstract: Over the past two decades, state-directed Han settlement and capitalist development in the Uyghur homeland in Chinese Central… Continue reading Native Rhythms in the City: Embodied Refusal Among Uyghur Male Migrants in Urumchi
The Influence of External Factors on the Development of Separatism in Xinjiang of PRC
Author: A.S. Mavlonova, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” Source: RUDN University International Relations Journal Abstract: The article considers the important geostrategic position of Xinjiang, located at the intersection… Continue reading The Influence of External Factors on the Development of Separatism in Xinjiang of PRC
For Uighur Militants in Syria, the Real Enemy Is China
Author: Associated Press Source: The National It was mid-afternoon when the Chinese police officers barged into Ali’s house set against cotton fields outside the ancient Silk Road trading post… Continue reading For Uighur Militants in Syria, the Real Enemy Is China
