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Tag Archives: Xinjiang
Impressions of Kashgar
This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Kashgar, in Xinjiang, is China’s Westernmost city. A traditional stop on the Northern silk road, … Continue reading
Posted in 1510 Digest, Traditions
Tagged 1510, Danwei.com, Kashgar, travel, Xinjiang
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The rawap – a Silk Road lute
I lived in the far west of China in Xinjiang from 2006 to 2010, and I was captivated by the musical heritage of the Uyghur people. Much of their history and entertainment revolve around gatherings of song and dance, and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Books and Art
Tagged Central Asia, Danwei.com, Kashgar, Lute, music, Rawap, Stringed Instrument, Uighur, Urumqi, Uyghur, Xinjiang
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Mentally disabled sent to work in Xinjiang causes uproar
A series of disturbing photographs have been passing around the internet: mentally disabled men from Sichuan are being sent to Xinjiang to do manual labor. The Chongqing Business News reports this today, as well as the Tibet Business Daily.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged children's clothing, Chongqing Business News, labor, mentally ill, quality, Xinjiang
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Bringing the Bohai Sea to Xinjiang
A conference proposes routing seawater from Bohai Gulf to Xinjiang to fight desertification.
Posted in Environmental problems
Tagged Bohai, engineering, water, Xinjiang
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UFO identified in Xinjiang
A UFO spotted in Urumqi is identified as an American Minuteman 3 ICBM. 2009.07.05 riots go unmentioned in Xinjiang newspapers.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged ICBM, Morning Post, UFO, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Metropolis Daily
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Xinjiang media on the Xinjiang support package
A sixteen-page special supplement to the Xinjiang Metropolis Daily.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Xinjiang, Xinjiang Metropolis Daily
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News of the far west
Far West China: Josh Summers blogs about Xinjiang.
Wang Gang on English and the Cultural Revolution
Wang Gang (王刚) author of the novel English (英格力士), a best-selling novel based on the author’s childhood in Urumqi, Xinjiang during the Cultural Revolution talks to Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn. Film shot and edited by Patrick Carr of Mandarin Film.
Posted in Books, Featured Video
Tagged books, literature, novels, Urumqi, Wang Gang, Xinjiang
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Beijing gets a fly-by
Fighter jet fly-by of Beijing and a white paper on Xinjiang.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged 60th anniversary, Chongqing Times, Xinjiang
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