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Links roundup: Urumqi edition

by Jessica Marsden on July 7, 2009

As information trickles out about the protests and violence in Xinjiang over the weekend, I have mixed feelings about being outside of China for what appears to be a very significant series of events. On the one hand, I wish I knew what (if anything) was happening to the Uighurs who live in my neighborhood, [...]

Tagged as: Internet, links, politics, Urumqi, Xinjiang

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The demise of old Kashgar?

by Jessica Marsden on May 12, 2009

Those of us planning a visit to the historic Uighur city of Kashgar may be too late. “An old way of life is coming to a crashing end in north-western China with two-thirds of Kashgar’s Old City being bulldozed over the past few weeks under a government plan to “modernise” the area. The few remaining [...]

Tagged as: demolition, Kashgar, Xinjiang

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