Discrimination

Understanding the Uighurs

Pt, 01/06/2014 - 12:33 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)

Today, China's boom has seen those tensions with the country's 10 million Uighurs resurface. The Government says the movement contains Islamic extremists, citing last October's suicide attack in front of the iconic Chairman Mao portrait in Beijing.

Dispatches From Xinjiang: “Battle” And Uyghur Life In Chinese Cities

Per, 01/02/2014 - 12:44 -- Anonymous (doğrulanmamış)

The short film Battle (above, with English subtitles) offers viewers a perspective of Uyghur life in major Chinese cities outside of Xinjiang. Having lived in Northwest China for extended periods, it was striking to see how evocative it is of life for Uyghurs outside of their homeland.

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