Category Archives: Cultural diplomacy

New and Upcoming Books on Xinjiang

The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land by Gardner Bovingdon: For more than half a century many Uyghurs, members of a Muslim minority in northwestern China, have sought to achieve greater autonomy or outright independence. Yet the Chinese government has … Continue reading

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Xinjiang, the PRC, and Egypt: The Curious Case of Ma Hanbing’s “The Nile River”

Every so often during research, seemingly unrelated threads come together flawlessly. Take, for instance, my interest in the Deputy Secretary of Xinjiang’s Propaganda Department Ma Hanbing (新疆分局宣传部副部长马寒冰). Ma, from what I gathered, served in that department from 1949 to 1953 … Continue reading

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