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
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
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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
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Would Shihezi University have a language department for exchange students? Tongue in cheek, but you should really consider Xinjiang universities when you consider a study exchange in China. Why? Because its universities employ the best professors that China has to … Continue reading
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Hualing is Ürümqi’s largest international trade plaza. It’s a beehive of activity, everything is on sale. There are always Russians, Kazakhs, Pakistani, people from every corner of the Caucasus and Central Asia, all of them small entrepreneurs, buying and selling … Continue reading
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“Hard to be a farmer in Yengisar” are words from Just a plain farmer, by Hakim Siyit. It’s a fascinating story, that of Hakim Siyit, Uyghur farmer from Yengisar, a place near Kashgar. I visited it in 2007. Wronged by … Continue reading