Kinsey Wright taught English in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region. She writes about her experience watching coverage of early July's Uighur civil unrest while in north India with exiled Tibetans.
All Posts Tagged With: "Uighurs"
Perspectives
September 2, 2009
Chinese Uighurs and Tibetans in the same boat
Interview (video)
July 6, 2009
Scores killed in China in violent ethnic clashes
Deadly violence between China's Muslim Uyghur population and the Han Chinese is now being called some of the worst ethnic violence in China in decades. Andrew James Nathan of Columbia University discusses who the Uyghurs are, their grievances and what the riots may mean for China.
Blogwatch
June 10, 2009
Pacific island set to accept Gitmo’s Chinese Muslims
The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to accept 17 Chinese Muslims, members of an ethnic group known as Uighurs, who are being held at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. may reportedly give Palau up to $200 million dollars in exchange for accepting the detainees.
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