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陈全国: 中央政府的疆藏安防策略背后的”强人”
原版文章由Adrian Zenz 和 James Leibold撰写，于2017年9月21日在《Jamestown Foundation》杂志上发表。中文版于匿名者翻译。 近几年，新疆维吾尔自治区党委书记陈全国为新设的九万以上警察及治安相关的岗位招聘，以至新疆的治安机关急剧扩大。【1】这位军人出身的政治家在国外鲜为人知，在中国国内已有更新民族政策的美誉，他为加强中国共产党对于位于中国西部的维族、藏族及其他少数民族的统治创造了一系列新方法。 Over the last year, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Party Secretary Chen Quanguo (陈全国) has dramatically increased the police presence in Xinjiang by advertising over 90,000 new police and security-related positions. [1] This soldier-turned-politician is little known outside of China, but within China he has gained a reputation […]
现在我们不再交谈
原版文章由Joanne Smith Finley撰写，于2018年12月28日在《中参馆》上发表。中文版于匿名者翻译。 如今在中国西部边境的一个古老的丝绸之路绿洲小镇，口渴的旅行者可以在当地的清真寺里倒一杯冰镇啤酒，从前的礼拜场所现在是游客的酒吧。或许是客人的想法，又或许是中国领导人的主意，这个地方被称为“喀什梦想”。 In an old Silk Road oasis town on China’s western border, these days a thirsty traveller can knock back a cold beer in a local mosque. The former place of worship is now a bar for tourists. And it is with the customers’ views in mind—and, perhaps, the aspirations of China’s […]
幽灵世界
原版文章由Darren Byler撰写，于2019年5月1日在《Logic》杂志上发表。中文版于一小撮 (Yi Xiaocuo)翻译。 在中国的西北边陲，国家正以科技驱动着一种新形式的“恐怖资本主义。 In northwest China, the state is using technology to pioneer a new form of terror capitalism. 2017年，一个20多岁的维吾尔男士Alim正在去见他朋友的路上，他们约好去一家商场里吃饭。这是中国西北部新疆维吾尔自治区的一座城市，Alim的家就在这里。在商场入口过安检时，他让机器扫描了身份证上的照片，又把脸对准装备了人脸识别软件的安检摄像头。突然间，警报声响起，保安允许他通过。但几分钟之内，附近“便民警务站”的警察就围了上来，把他带到了警局。在这片突厥穆斯林民族繁衍生息的土地上，这种快速响应的警务站成千上万，几乎每隔二三百米就有一个。 In mid-2017, a Uyghur man in his twenties, whom I will call Alim, went to meet a friend for lunch at a mall in his home city, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region […]
“我们这个民族被摧毁了”：为何中国的维吾尔族穆斯林生活在恐惧中
原版文章由Gene A. Bunin撰写，于2017年8月7日在《卫报》上发表。 Gene A. Bunin过去18个月中走访中国各地维族餐馆，这些采访揭露了维族人如何终日生活在被逮捕，拘留和“再教育”的威胁中。 Gene A Bunin has spent the past 18 months talking to Uighur restaurant workers all over China. These conversations reveal how this Muslim minority feel the daily threat of arrest, detention and ‘re-education’ 我第一次走进卡里姆的餐厅是差不多一年前，本打算把他写进我关于中国东部和南部–—中国内地的维族美食攻略。届时我已经花了十年的时间研究维吾尔族人——一个分布在中国西部新疆地区的穆斯林少数民族群体。美食项目是我平时从事的语言研究的一个有趣的衍生物。甚至可以把它看作是一个“寻宝”项目，鉴于维吾尔族餐馆在北上广这些中国内地城市并不那么多见，在这里维族人是移民，占中国90%人口的汉族占据主导地位。 It was about a year ago that I first walked into Karim’s restaurant, intending to […]
对抗中国版“反恐战争”
原版文章由David Brophy撰写，于2019年1月4日在《Socialist Worker》上发表。中文版于匿名者翻译。 新疆的穆斯林少数民族正在面对前所未有的压迫。《维吾尔民族：俄中边疆的改革与革命》一书的作者大卫‧布罗菲（David Brophy）在一篇发表在《21世纪的革命社会主义》网站的文章中提到，左翼应该设法直接为受压迫的少数民族提供声援，而非指望美国政府有所作为。 Muslim minorities in Xinjiang are facing unprecedented repression. In an article written for revolutionary socialism in the 21st century, David Brophy, author of Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier, argues that the left should offer solidarity to repressed minorities without having hopes that the U.S. will be […]
Cultural Protection and Development in Xinjiang (November 2018)
Original document link: Click Here Overview The paper begins by illustrating China and Xinjiang’s multicultural/multiethnic co-existence. It highlights the importance of language especially standard Chinese for progress and development while underlining the work being done to preserve minority languages. The paper also emphasizes the historical religious diversity of Xinjiang and highlights the Chinese state’s efforts […]
The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs
Sean R. Roberts, “The Biopolitics of China’s “War on Terror” and the Exclusion of the Uyghurs,” Critical Asian Studies 50, Issue 2, 2018: 232–258. Summary Roberts focuses on the “surveillance, punishment, and detention” that the China state undertakes to subjugate Uyghurs through a bio-political lens. Abstract This article provides an overview of People’s Republic of […]
The Hanification of Xinjiang, China: The Economic Effects of the Great Leap West
Amy H. Liu and Kevin Peters, “The Hanification of Xinjiang, China: The Economic Effects of the Great Leap West,” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 17, no. 2, October 2017: 265–280. Summary In The Hanification of Xinjiang, China: The Economic Effects of the Great Leap West, the authors examine the relationship between PRC leadership in Beijing […]
Surveillance in China’s Xinjiang Region: Ethnic Sorting, Coercion, and Inducement
James Leibold, “Surveillance in China’s Xinjiang Region: Ethnic Sorting, Coercion, and Inducement,” Journal of Contemporary China 29, Issue 121, 31 May 2019: 46–60 Summary Leibold explores the mechanics, logic and implications of Xinjiang’s surveillance society. Abstract Over the last decade, the Chinese Communist Party has built an unprecedented surveillant assemblage in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous […]