China claims to be a “big family” of peoples. Xinjiang, in far western China, is a test of that bond. The family is not faring well. Xinjiang has been home to repeated outbreaks of violence, pitting Muslim Uighurs against police and Han Chinese. Reporting from this region is not easy. I was stopped and detained by Chinese police during visits to the far west the last two years.
2005
McClatchy, October 1, China slams a lid on news from its western frontier
McClatchy, September 10, In China, a Uighur rocker navigates two divided worlds
McClatchy, August 7, ‘Parkour’ sport eases divisions between Uighurs and Han Chinese
McClatchy, January 23, Are Muslim Uighurs fleeing China to join the Islamic State?
2004
McClatchy, Sept. 23, Rights groups blast life sentence for Uighur scholar in China
McClatchy, Sept. 19, Uighur terrorism thwarting China’s push to draw tourists to country’s wild west
McClatchy, March 1, 29 die in rail station attack that China calls terrorism; Uighurs blamed