Uyghur papers – Central Asia Program

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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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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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…

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

6 December, 2017

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…

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The Impact of Ethnic Minorities on China’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Xinjiang and the Uyghur

6 December, 2017

Author: Michael Clarke, National Security College, Australian National University Source: Sage Journals, China Report (Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0009445516677361 ) Abstract: This article argues, through a case study of the evolving impact of…

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

6 December, 2017

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…

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The Uyghur Community: Diaspora, Identity & Geopolitics

6 December, 2017

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…

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

6 December, 2017

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…

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Uighur Foreign Fighters: An Underexamined Jihadist Challenge

6 December, 2017

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…

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

6 December, 2017

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…