Uyghur Times, April 6 According to Chinese People’s Daily, Memtimin Musa has been appointed as the Director of the so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Education Department. Memtimin Musa, born in 1969, is Uyghur. He initially worked at the so-called “Xinjiang” Finance and Economics Institute. Later, Memtimin Musa served as Deputy […]
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By Uyghur Times Staff | January 25, 2025 China’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and control Uyghurs is well-documented. Now, the Chinese government is channeling the same technology to automate the translation of films and television content into Uyghur and Kazakh languages. This move is framed as an […]
In a video shared on the Chinese video social media platform Douyin by Uyghur users, it shows that Chinese farmers are tilling the lands with tractors while a Uyghur woman films and speaks without showing her face. She is still risking her life by sharing such a sensitive incident in […]
By Tursun Uyghur Chinese propaganda outlet Xinjiang Daily reported from the Autonomous Region Market Supervision Administration that “there are currently 2.476 million registered business entities in Xinjiang, including 266,700 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, representing a 7.75% increase compared to the previous year. Among them, there are 548,300 […]
At 12:14 p.m. (0414 GMT) on Sunday, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Akqi County within Uyghur homeland, so-called Xinjiang(Uyghurstan), as reported by the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The earthquake had a depth of 11 km (6.84 miles) according to CENC. As of 1:00 p.m., no casualties or structural collapses […]
In an old propaganda tactic by the Chinese government, Uyghurs were coerced into participating in a flag-raising ceremony on October 1, a date of tragic significance for the Uyghur people. October 1 not only marks the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China but also stands as […]
UYGHUR TIMES The International Ethnic Music Festival at Kashgar centers on China’s red songs that praise the Chinese government and call for ethnic unity. Among the list of performances, it’s evident that ethnic Uyghur music and dance are conspicuously absent, denying them any representation or opportunity to showcase their cultural […]
According to Xinjiang Daily, the official mouthpiece of the so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, an executive meeting was held by the regional government, calling for enhanced security and studying the spirit of Xi Jinping’s speech during his visit to the region. The meeting emphasized the need to adhere to political […]
China’s all major media outlets, including CCTV, Global Times, Xinhua, and China Military Network, have recently published videos and pictures of China’s elite air force pilots of Uyghur origin.
China’s Deployment of Desertification Prevention Technology in Central Asia and Africa By Uyghur Times Staff June 18, 2022 Experts discussed desertification technology at the 3rd Taklamakan Desert Forum in Korla, Uyghurstan (a.k.a. Xinjiang). Zhang Yuanming, director of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, […]