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

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

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

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

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

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

China Says its Monitoring Dozens of Australian Social Media Accounts 

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’… Continue reading China Says its Monitoring Dozens of Australian Social Media Accounts 

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

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

Factors and Challenges of Uyghur Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century

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… Continue reading Factors and Challenges of Uyghur Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century

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

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

Chinese Construction at the New Frontier: Development, Social Change, and the Government of Uyghur Identity in Urban Xinjiang

Author: Lauren Frances Hansen, Cornell University Source: Cornell University eCommons (Link: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/47818) Abstract: In the twenty-first century, Beijing has answered Xinjiang’s so-called ‘ethnic question’ by pairing top-down efforts to Sinicize… Continue reading Chinese Construction at the New Frontier: Development, Social Change, and the Government of Uyghur Identity in Urban Xinjiang

Oppositional Consciousness, Cultural Preservation, and Everyday Resistance on the Uyghur Internet

Author: Rebecca Clothey and Emmanuel F. Koku, Drexel University Source: Asian Ethnicity (Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14631369.2016.1158636) Abstract: The Internet has potential as a tool for propagation of minority cultures and identities. As… Continue reading Oppositional Consciousness, Cultural Preservation, and Everyday Resistance on the Uyghur Internet

The Uyghur Community: Diaspora, Identity & Geopolitics

Author: Guljanat Kurmangaliyeya Ericlasun and Konurlap Ercilasun, Gazi University Source: Google Books (Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=JLg8DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ) Abstract: This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs… Continue reading The Uyghur Community: Diaspora, Identity & Geopolitics

A Nearly Perfect Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Eastern Turkistan People’s Revolutionary Party

Author: Michael Evans, Indiana University Source: ProQuest (Link: https://search.proquest.com/openview/11e8fd9da1420389db71eea5b201f824/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y) Preview: In the summer of 1969, China and the Soviet Union teetered at the brink of war. Looking to exploit a… Continue reading A Nearly Perfect Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Eastern Turkistan People’s Revolutionary Party

Uighur Foreign Fighters: An Underexamined Jihadist Challenge

Authors: Colin P. Clarke and Paul Rexton Kan Source: The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (Link: https://icct.nl/publication/uighur-foreign-fighters-an-underexamined-jihadist-challenge/) Abstract: Uighurs, specifically individuals of Turkic decent from China’s northwest province of Xinjiang, have… Continue reading Uighur Foreign Fighters: An Underexamined Jihadist Challenge

The Diplomat: In Xinjiang, Ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz Face Increased Pressure

News from the Region Author: Catherine Putz, Managing Editor of the The Diplomat Source: The Diplomat  (Link: https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/in-xinjiang-ethnic-kazakhs-and-kyrgyz-face-increased-pressure/ ) In recent months, ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz in China’s Westernmost province… Continue reading The Diplomat: In Xinjiang, Ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz Face Increased Pressure