http://www.thehypermodern.com/2009/06/25/uighurs-and-guantanamo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uighurs-and-guantanamo Culture and politics on both sides of the Pacific. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thehypermodern.com/2009/06/25/uighurs-and-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 How I ended up in a Chinese Hospital (Reflections) : The Adventures of Mumpus and Grumpus Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:52:44 +0000 http://www.thehypermodern.com/?p=1155#comment-2362 [...] – receives only a fraction of the attention that the Tibetans do, which is a shame (I’ve written about this here for those of you who are [...] [...] – receives only a fraction of the attention that the Tibetans do, which is a shame (I’ve written about this here for those of you who are [...]

]]> http://www.thehypermodern.com/2009/06/25/uighurs-and-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 Western Hospitality | The Hypermodern Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:03:30 +0000 http://www.thehypermodern.com/?p=1155#comment-2281 [...] I spent two weeks in August 2007 backpacking around Xinjiang, the far western Chinese province that covers the same area as Western Europe. Xinjiang is home to the Uighur people, who are Muslim, speak a Turkic language, and have more in common with Central Asians than Han Chinese. They also happen to make really delicious food. Although they are persecuted much like the Tibetans, their plight—including that of several fruit sellers who are still detained at Gitmo as part of the “War on Terrorism”—receives only a fraction of the attention. [...] [...] I spent two weeks in August 2007 backpacking around Xinjiang, the far western Chinese province that covers the same area as Western Europe. Xinjiang is home to the Uighur people, who are Muslim, speak a Turkic language, and have more in common with Central Asians than Han Chinese. They also happen to make really delicious food. Although they are persecuted much like the Tibetans, their plight—including that of several fruit sellers who are still detained at Gitmo as part of the “War on Terrorism”—receives only a fraction of the attention. [...]

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