The New President’s Men: Motivations Behind the Change of Stance of Uzbekistan Concerning the Construction of the Rogun Dam By Frédérick Maranda-BouchardJune 2, 2020 Once a never-ending standoff between Uzbekistan… Continue reading The New President’s Men: Motivations Behind the Change of Stance of Uzbekistan Concerning the Construction of the Rogun Dam
Category: Uyghur Papers
Beijing Binds: COVID-19 and the China-Central Asia Relationship
By Raffaello Pantucci Senior Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)Visiting Senior Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Raffaello Pantucci’s research focuses on terrorism and counter-terrorism… Continue reading Beijing Binds: COVID-19 and the China-Central Asia Relationship
Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity
Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity By Ryan Michael SchweitzerMay 14, 2020 Following its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan sought to… Continue reading Alphabet Transition in Uzbekistan: Political Implications and Influences on Uzbek Identity
Активисты, эксперты, производители знаний: Роли и практики деятелей гражданского общества в реформировании милиции в Кыргызстане
Активисты, эксперты, производители знаний: Роли и практики деятелей гражданского общества в реформировании милиции в Кыргызстане Данная статья посвящена анализу краткой истории кыргызской неправительственной организации Гражданский Союз «За реформы и результат»,… Continue reading Активисты, эксперты, производители знаний: Роли и практики деятелей гражданского общества в реформировании милиции в Кыргызстане
Choosing Your Battles: Different Languages of Kazakhstani Youth Activism
By Nafissa Insebayeva CAP Paper 226 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Nafissa Insebayeva is a PhD Candidate at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, where she specializes in Kazakhstan’s domestic politics,… Continue reading Choosing Your Battles: Different Languages of Kazakhstani Youth Activism
The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs
Sean R. Roberts (2018) The biopolitics of China’s “war on terror” and the exclusion of the Uyghurs, Critical Asian Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14672715.2018.1454111 This article provides an overview of People’s Republic of China (PRC) counter-terrorism policies… Continue reading The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs
False Alarm: Xinjiang and China’s National Security
Author: Yitzhak Shichor Source: The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies Abstract: A remote region in Western China usually avoided by foreigners, and even by Chinese, Xinjiang has reached… Continue reading False Alarm: Xinjiang and China’s National Security
Voices from the Diaspora: Uyghur Journalists and Protests Against China’s Aggressive Security Crackdown
Separated Souls: Uighur journalist’s unbreakable resolve to help her detained family Source: Amnesty International Gulchehra Hoja still remembers the first time her daughter, then three years old, met her grandparents.… Continue reading Voices from the Diaspora: Uyghur Journalists and Protests Against China’s Aggressive Security Crackdown
Research Update: Security Matters in Marriage, Song and Dance in China’s Muslim Borderlands, and Uyghur Gathering
Author: Mei Ding, Fudan University Source: Central Asian Survey Abstract: Based on anthropological fieldwork conducted in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China in 2016 and 2017, this article addresses… Continue reading Research Update: Security Matters in Marriage, Song and Dance in China’s Muslim Borderlands, and Uyghur Gathering
East Turkistan, the Forgotten Country
Author: Çağdaş Duman Source: Research Gate There exist the Pamir Mountains and Karakum Desert in the south and the Altay Mountains in the north of East Turkistan constituting the… Continue reading East Turkistan, the Forgotten Country
Between Resistance and Adaptation: the Place of the Uyghur Language in the Sinicised Zone of Urumchi
Research Between resistance and adaptation: The place of the Uyghur language in the sinicised zone of Urumchi Author: Giulia Cabras Source: China Perspectives Abstract: The urban areas of Xinjiang have… Continue reading Between Resistance and Adaptation: the Place of the Uyghur Language in the Sinicised Zone of Urumchi
Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 (video)
Video Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 Speaker: James Millward, Georgetown University Professor James Millward, Georgetown University discusses Uyghur and Han relations in Xinjiang since the foundation of the People’s… Continue reading Uyghur and Chinese Relations since 1949 (video)
China’s Xinjiang to Build “Great Wall” to Protect Border: Governor
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
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
