Impressions from a visit to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Most astonishing: The presence of Nasreddin Hodja By Özgür Altınbaş By Özgür Altınbaş, Urumqi, Xinjiang / China Together with M. Ilker Yücel, Editor-in-Chief of Aydınlık newspaper, we visited China from the west to the east between September 1-13. We spent 5 days in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which we ...
The US supported leadership of the organization is shaken by scandals of abuse and more. By Yusuf Tunçer Enver Can, founder of the World Uyghur Congress, talked about the death threat to him by the abusive chairman Dolkun Isa: ‘I think he made that threat in an organised way in consultation with some people in Munich with criminal records. According ...
Reporting from Urumqi / China Delegations of clerics visiting China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region are proving that Western media and Uighur separatists’ claims that “China is banning Islam and practicing genocide against Uighur” are false. The last important visit came from Pakistan, a country with high Islamic sensitivity. Between July 16-19, a delegation of senior Pakistani clerics visited Xinjiang, visiting Kashgar, Aksu, ...
Can there be a port at the farthest distance from the sea? I went to the Horgos Free Trade Economic Zone, known as the world’s largest ‘dry port’, which is crossed by both road and rail and will soon have air service. I have seen it, I am writing about it! At the pole of inaccessibility in Eurasia The Horgos ...
I have been in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, for a week. It snowed two days long, but now spring is in full bloom. It is invigorating with a blue sky that is rarely seen in Shanghai and fresh clean air. During the holy month of Ramadan, we are in a society that fulfills the obligations ...
Admittedly, the most basic human right is the right to live! A few days ago, on May 24, a gruesome massacre occurred at an elementary school in the town of Uvalde, Texas, USA. An 18-year-old Texan killed 21 people, including 19 children, without blinking an eye. Almost all of them were 10-year-old students. The other two were teachers. Most of ...
I visited Aksu, Hotan, and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between September 23-27. I chaired the delegation of foreign trade representatives in China of the Chinese Economic Cooperation Center under the CPC International Relations Department. The most important gain from this visit was my deepened understanding of Xi Jinping’s thought and its application, the New Era of Socialism ...
The so-called Uyghur Tribunal, which accuses China of committing ‘genocide’ against the nation’s Islamic minority, convened from June 4 to 7 in London. This so-called tribunal is actually a private company registered in the UK that is supported by business persons and private foundations, its major source of funding coming from anti-China separatist organizations. In our previous article, we highlighted ...
By Liu Xin, Correspondent of Beijing-based Global Times, exclusive for United World International Recently, the international community has witnessed a new round of hype in some Western countries on the topic of the Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. This time, the US and its Western allies are trying to label China’s actions as “genocide” – a severe accusation against ...
China’s westernmost region plays a crucial role in the future unification of Eurasia and creating a “Sino-Islamic” connection. This is why the Americans are so focused on disrupting it. Strategic position The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is a region that occupies a key position in Eurasia and is of strategic importance to China. It contains 40% of China’s coal ...