Image: Abduwel Ayup Twitter On ‘International Mother Language Day’, let us not forget the Uyghur poets, writers and intellectuals who have paid a heavy price for promoting the Uyghur language. Uyghur poet Qasim Sidiq is one such author. He was sentenced to 15 in prison for his writings about the […]

Image: Monica Volpin / Pixabay The U.S Treasury Department issued regulations to implement sanctions on 59 Chinese military-linked companies to prevent them from benefiting from the U.S. financial markets, The Washington Times reports. The Pentagon had earlier designated these companies as military entities. The black-listed Chinese companies with direct links to the […]

By Anne Kader Beijing has for years encouraged Han Chinese men to settle in the Uyghurs’ homeland. According to Xinjiang Daily (China News, 2014), Han Chinese settlers in the four prefectures in southern ‘Xinjiang’ (Uyghuristan / East Turkistan) had access to more flexible family-planning policies. The Implementation Plan also proposed improved […]