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Author: Massoud Hayoun Source: Pacific Standard Local governments in the far-Western Chinese region of Xinjiang began collecting biometric data from residents in February, Human Rights Watch reported last week. The HRW…

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Resistance to State-Orchestrated Modernization in Xinjiang: The Genesis of Unrest in the Multiethnic Frontier

25 December, 2017

Author: Hasan H. Karrar, Lahore University of Management Sciences Source: Sage Journals This article seeks to explain periodic unrest in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the years immediately…

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The Destruction of Ethnic Identity: The Uyghur People Fight for Freedom in the Shadow of Chinese Oppression

25 December, 2017

Source: The Liberty Web Enver Can, Founder and President of The Ilham Tohti Initiative (ITI), shares with us his moving, and often heart-breaking, account of the Chinese attempt at…

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AP Exclusive: Digital Police State Shackles Chinese Minority

25 December, 2017

Author: Gerry Shih Source: The Gazette KORLA, China (AP) — Nobody knows what happened to the Uighur student after he returned to China from Egypt and was taken away…

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Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State Overwhelms Daily Life

25 December, 2017

Author: Josh Chin and Clement Burge Source: Wall Street Journal URUMQI, China—This city on China’s Central Asia frontier may be one of the most closely surveilled places on earth.…

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Nearly 10 Percent of Residents in Xinjiang Township Detained by Chinese Authorities

19 December, 2017

Source: Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang region have detained nearly 10 percent of the population of a township in ethnic Uyghur-dominated Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture, according…

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Xinjiang Students Organized to Learn Confucian Analects, Socialist Values

19 December, 2017

Title: Author: Zhao Yusha Source: Global Times Elementary school students in Kuqa county, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are encouraged to learn Chinese calligraphy and read classical Chinese literature…

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China Gathering Blood, DNA and Iris Scans from Massive Database of Millions in Muslim Province

19 December, 2017

Author: Christina Zhao Source: Newsweek Chinese police have started gathering blood types, DNA samples, fingerprints and iris scans from millions of people in its Muslim-majority Xinjiang province to build a…

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Urbanization, Climate Change Erode Nomadic Lifestyle

19 December, 2017

Author: Li You Source: Sixth Tone As the nomadic people of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region begin their annual migration to warmer pastures, the snow has yet to fall. For thousands…

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China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions

19 December, 2017

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) – Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are collecting DNA samples, fingerprints, iris scans, and blood types of all residents in the region between the age of 12…

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Global Powers and Competing ‘Fixes’ in Central Asia

15 December, 2017

By CAP Transcript of the presentation by Dr. Balihar Sanghera, Director of Graduate Studies (Taught), Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent; George F. Kennan Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center December 1,…

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German Award for Ilham Tohti Sheds Light on China’s Uighur Abuse

12 December, 2017

Author: Hans Spross Source: Deutsche Welle Imprisoned Uighur rights activist Ilham Tohti has won the 2017 Weimar Human Rights award. Ulrich Delius from the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) spoke…

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Love and Fear among Rural Uyghur Youth during the “People’s War”

12 December, 2017

Author: Darren Byler Source: The Art of Life in Chinese Central Asia Since the beginning of the “People’s War on Terror” in May 2014, the everyday life of Uyghurs has…

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Xinjiang Locals to Host Officials’ Visits

12 December, 2017

Author: Liu Caiyu Source: Global Times Government employees to enhance minorities awareness of New Era Beginning Monday, every government employee and Party official in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region will be…

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Analysis: Aims and Implications of China’s Military Involvement in Syria

6 December, 2017

Author: Alex Gorka, Defense and Diplomatic Analyst Source: Strategic Culture Foundation (Link: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/12/02/analysis-aims-implications-china-military-involvement-syria.html) China is deploying troops to train, advice and assist in Syria. The decision comes after Syrian…

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New Strategies for An Old Rivalry? China-Russia Relations in Central Asia After the Energy Boom

6 December, 2017

Author: Carla P. Freeman, John Hopkins University Source: The Pacific Review (Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09512748.2017.1398775) Abstract: China and Russia both have interests in bordering Central Asia. China’s thirst for energy has seen…

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The Hanification of Xinjiang, China: The Economic Effects of the Great Leap West

6 December, 2017

Author: Amy H. Liu, University of Texas at Austin and Kevin Peters, Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Source: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sena.12233/full) Abstract: In 1999, the Chinese government…

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China Says its Monitoring Dozens of Australian Social Media Accounts

6 December, 2017

Author: Sam Duncan Source: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5147747/China-monitoring-dozens-Australian-Twitter-accounts.html#ixzz50PEg5CI4 China admits to monitoring DOZENS of Australian social media accounts of ‘anti Chinese forces’ who are ‘twisting facts and using polluted language’…

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China to Auction Five Oil, Gas Blocks in Xinjiang in Reform Push

6 December, 2017

Author: Reuters Staff Source: Reuters Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-auction-oil-xinjiang/china-to-auction-five-oil-gas-blocks-in-xinjiang-in-reform-push-idUSKBN1DZ0SX Photo: Attribute to NASA BEIJING (Reuters) – China is putting out for auction five oil and gas blocks in the remote northwest…

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Uyghur Americans Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Eastern Turkistan Republic

6 December, 2017

The Uyghur community in Northern Virginia gathered in November to commemorate the anniversary of the Eastern Turkistan Republic. Source: RFA Uyghur (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3X0ZI5CYJM )

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China’s “Three Warfares” in Xinjiang

6 December, 2017

Author: Michael Clarke, Associate Professor at the National Security College, Australian National University Source: East Asia Forum (Link: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/11/27/chinas-three-warfares-in-xinjiang/) Article: There has been extensive analysis of China’s use of ‘three…

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Factors and Challenges of Uyghur Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century

6 December, 2017

Author: Nabijan Tursun, Senior editor of Radio Free Asia, Uyghur Service Source: Politics and History in Central Asia (Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-52297-9_3) Abstract: The origin, formation, and strengthening of Uyghur modern identity…

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Being Uyghur or Being Muslim? Identity Construction of Tertiary-Level Uyghur Students in China

6 December, 2017

Author: Mingyue Gu and Xiaoyan Guo, Chinese University of Hong Khang Source: Muslim Students, Education and Neoliberalism (Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-56921-9_12) Abstract: This study explores identity construction and multilingual practices of a…