White paper praises Xinjiang “achievements” while ignoring decades of repression, forced labor, and genocide. By Alp Uyghur China released a new white paper on September 22 claiming “unprecedented economic and social progress” in Xinjiang and presenting the 70th anniversary of the so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as a success story. […]
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By Alp Uyghur From rural inspections in 2009 to the 70th anniversary in 2025, Xi’s visits and meetings in Uyghurland have reinforced Beijing’s policies of genocide, assimilation, surveillance, and repression of Uyghurs. China said it will stage a ceremony on September 25 in Urumqi to mark 70 years since creating […]
After a 12-year pause in high-level visits from Ankara to Beijing, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited China this week. His visit includes stops in the Uyghur cities of Urumqi and Kashgar. This visit is significant because Turkey, as a country, has historical and cultural ties with the Uyghurs, hosts one […]
“U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has released four letters—three to U.S.-based tourism companies and one to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Carmakers, such as General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are risking using Uyghur forced labor in their aluminum supply chains, Human Rights Watch reports.
Recently, the Chinese “Caixin Net” published a special report about a young man in the Uyghurs’ homeland, who, six years ago, fell into a coma and eventually died after being subjected to police torture during interrogation. The young man, Sun Renze, was reportedly a victim of inhumane treatment by the police, and the details of his ordeal were made public.
In a recent move, the Internet Information Office of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has intensified its efforts to address a series of online activities deemed illegal. The office highlighted specific incidents that it claims violated established policies. One incident, reported in November 2023, involved a netizen raising concerns about […]
By Tursunjan, Dec 24, 2023 Tianshan net , the propaganda outlet of so-called Xinjiang authorities, reported that, according to the examination schedule, on December 23, the subjects of Ideological and Political Theory/Management Comprehensive Ability (8:30 to 11:30) and Foreign Language (14:00 to 17:00) were examined. On December 24, the examinations […]
Uyghur Times, December 18, 2023 According to a report from the Xinjiang Daily, the official mouthpiece of the regional government, the national supply and marketing cooperative system’s paired assistance to Xinjiang cooperation and production-sales docking meeting was held on the morning of December 18th in Urumqi. Zhang Zhu, Deputy Secretary […]
“Xinjiang” Leads in Production and Sowing, Propagates Chinese Media Headlines By Uyghur Erk, December 17, 2023 Xinjiang Daily, the major propaganda outlet of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where the Uyghurs refer to ET or Uyghurstan, reported that according to the statistics confirmed by the National Bureau of Statistics, the […]