Lord Macartney, Embassy to China (1793)
The picture shows Lord Macartney, Embassy to China (1793), a folio taken from “A study of History” by Arnold Toynbee and available from the Wikimedia Commons. This line, taken from a People’s Daily article with the headline “Let reform pull … Continue reading
Kasghar's Sunday lifestock market, which attracts customers and merchants from across the cities' nearby borders with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kirghizistan.
Connecting the news The news that “China [is] to fund [the] education of ex-nationals in Gilgit-Baltistan“, in Pakistan, made me think of a “A New Shenzhen: Beijing aims to turn the remote western city of Kashgar into the country’s next … Continue reading
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A safaripark Females spend their days foraging indiscriminately snapping up bargains Males speed along hunting bringing the rare treat back to the nest
No. 1 Senior High School of Ürümqi in the 1970s; image taken from of Baidu Baike.
How do people cope? How do different people cope differently with the biopolitical projects of state? These questions are the subject of this paper. I will attempt to answer these in the context of the Cultural Revolution, Chinaʼs period of … Continue reading
Jan Steen, Het Sint Nicolaasfeest
Santa Claus is sad, what happened to tradition? Christmas comes early.
Ürümqi, autumn 2010; original image taken from Tianshannet（天山网）
(Updated 22:30 – False rumours?) Unrest seems to again have taken hold of the streets in Ürümqi, in western China. Uyghurs announce more violence after 18:00 o’clock on Monday 7 September. The government has ordered businesses to close and people … Continue reading
Image taken from the Wikimedia Commons
The Chinese aim threats at western journalists. Again the western media comes under criticism in China. Nobody gains from slanted journalism, not the Han, not the Uyghurs, and not the West. Until late at night on Sunday the 5th of … Continue reading
Ürümqi, autumn 2010; original image taken from Tianshannet（天山网）
* This post will be updated as I hear more news. I’m not in Ürümqi myself so all I write is alleged by friends that I am currently in touch with. // Newswire services have started picking up on the … Continue reading
Inside the House of Terror; Picture taken from the Wikimedia Commons
When I was in Budapest recently the House of Terror both surprised and delighted me. This museum teaches its visitors about 20th century Hungarian history. Through the many personal accounts that are on display, it provides a place for Hungarians … Continue reading
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The years I spent in Xinjiang, my desert; the situation I find myself in, my freedom?
© 2009 马猴尔. All rights reserved.
As I was watching the London marathon on the telly yesterday, I wondered what drives to people to run 42,195 meters in up to six hours or more? Many of these amateur athletes are charity runners; the proceeds of sponsoring … Continue reading
Working like clockwork; image taken from the Wikimedia Commons
As I was weeding through my administration of the last 7 years – I’m moving about, so I wanted to chuck a lot of old paperwork out – it struck me that life in one country doesn’t leave nearly as … Continue reading