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Topic: Xinjiang

CCP sets date to ‘elect’ Xi Jinping for third term. And Chinese bloggers congratulate India

Aadil Brar -
Beijing is offering New Delhi pantomime tropes like 'Asia for Asians' and 'Asian century'. China clearly misunderstands India’s interests.

China’s campaign to obliterate Uyghurs is sowing seeds for generations of hate & conflict

+TFP Praveen Swami -
In a secret meeting, Xi Jinping had asked his officials to act without mercy. Years later, the crushing of Uyghurs has a heavy cost.

How Lucknow-educated Chinese cleric lit the first Jihad fire in Xinjiang

Praveen Swami -
Chinese Muslim Han Weilang’s detour to Kolkata in the 1920s went on to provide the grounds for a global jihadist movement.

China commences test flights at 1st ‘super-high plateau airport’ in Xinjiang region

Raghav Bikhchandani -
The Taxkorgan airport is being built at a height of 3,250 m above sea level. Equipped with a 3,800-metre runway, the airport is designed to handle 1,60,000 passengers annually.

Here’s a full picture of what China has in plans for Xinjiang and what Uyghurs can expect

Gemma Ware -
See what experts say about China’s long-term vision for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs.

What China wants you to know—Covid in Xi’an under control. What it doesn’t—there’s no food

Aadil Brar -
Chinascope — The Week Behind The Wall is everything you need to know about what’s happening in China this week.

China’s Xinjiang Uyghur policy had a face. And that’s who Beijing got rid of this week

Aadil Brar -
Chinascope — The Week Behind The Wall is everything you need to know about what’s happening in China this week.

US NGO applauds passage of ‘historic bill’ to clamp down on goods from Xinjiang

Pia Krishnankutty -
US House of Representatives passed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Wednesday which ensures goods made with forced labour in Xinjiang don't enter the US.

What is ETIM, the Uyghur extremist group China wants Taliban to crack down on

Raghav Bikhchandani -
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is an extremist group of native Uyghurs who wish to establish a separate country called 'East Turkistan'.

China firm sanctioned by US, EU for Uyghur rights abuse profits from world markets: Report

Pia Krishnankutty -
Report by US research organisation C4ADS traces corporate network of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, described as a regional governing body-cum-commercial behemoth.
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Opinion

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

Stela Dey -
The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Real question isn’t why songs like Sarke Chunar are made. It’s why we keep playing them

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Economy

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

Udit Bubna -
With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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