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
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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
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
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”
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
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
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
China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions
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… Continue reading China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions
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’s “Three Warfares” in Xinjiang
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… Continue reading China’s “Three Warfares” in Xinjiang
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
