The Olympic torch is coming to China's Xinjiang province - a region in the west of the country that borders Russia, Afghanistan and six other countries. Xinjiang is home to a large ethnic minority - around eight million Uighur people, who are Muslim.... ...full story at James Reynolds
from James Reynolds on Mon, Jun 16 2008
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Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
The leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Urumqi, capital of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was held on... |
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Xinjiang - the spreading arc of instability » Countdown to Beijing China's troubled Xinjiang region shares borders with eight countries, which is perhaps one reason President Hu Jintao dropped out of the G8 summit to head home, underscoring the seriousness of the situation and the need to quickly bring the vast oil-rich... |
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Translation: Letter from Xinjiang – Reflections on the Xinjiang Problem » Blogging For China The letter was written to Mr. Ruan Yunfei 冉云飞, a well-known Chinese writer and blogger, by someone from a very small minority group in Xinjiang after the Urumqi Incident. It provides a unique perspective into the ethnic relations in the region.... |
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Maimaiti’s 2008 » Blogging For China Today’s news is that the Olympic torch has arrived in Xinjiang province. As widely reported in the Western press, the Xinjiang government encouraged people to watch at home on TV due to security concerns. In addition to schools and offices that... |
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Xinjiang, Tibet, beyond: China’s ethnic relations » Blogging For China The ethnic protests and clashes in China’s westernmost region of Xinjiang on 5-6 July 2009 and the following days have caused around 200 deaths. The deadly violence, mainly between the Uyghur (and Muslim) population and the Han Chinese – but... |
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