Xinjiang Essays

  • China is Oppressing the Uyghur People

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    "Introduction to the Uyghur People." About.com Chinese Culture. Web. 21 "Terrorism in China." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Jan. 2014. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. "Uyghur." Uyghur Language, Alphabets and Pronunciation. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. "Xinjiang." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Jan. 2014. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

  • The War Against Terror and China's Treatment of the Uigher Ethnic Minority

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    war. In recent months however, China has not been lauded for unprecedented cooperation with its “strategic competitor” but has instead been criticized for using the war on terror as carte blanche to step up its “Strike Hard” campaign in the Uigher Xinjiang Autonomous Region in the northwest, resulting in unprecedented numbers of executions of political prisoners, a suspension of free religious worship, and a general decline in respect for human rights. The western media has claimed that Beijing had

  • Cultural Diffusion Along the Silk Road

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    Artistic Motifs • The Hejia Village Hoard (found near Chang’an) includes vessels with bases in the Sassanian style, a small bowl with lions, ribbon-carrying birds, and pearls (Iranian motifs), a silver cup with a shape suggesting a Sogdian vessel and Western faces, a cup with an eight-lobed shape, a pearl border, and alternating hunters on horseback (Sassanian) and Chinese women with instruments. Some of these vessels are believed to be foreign-made while other are believed to have been made in China

  • A Trip of Discovery

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    On one of the summer days I was riding in a car with my parents and elder brother. We were heading to Abai region. I had been looking forward to the family outing since long and I felt excited about exploring my grandparents’ homeland. I was looking out over vast expanses of open land. A long journey and the view of boundless steppe set my mind to thoughts. Soon a wide and open area changed to low green hills. Our first stop was a place called Kushikbai spring. Legendhas it that this land witnessed

  • Synthesis Essay

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    negative effects toward ethnic minorities in terms of the traditional culture, habits and customs, etc., and analysing their mutual interplay. In the essay, by tracing the influences of economic growth toward Han Chinese and Uygur ethnic group in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as a paradigm, this essay

  • The Causes of Racial Tension

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    advisory for its foreign students that studying in Australia which showed that racial tension appeared around the White and Indian (“MEA issues travel advisory to Indian students in Aus”, 2010). Racial tension between the Han and Uighur communities in Xinjiang, China was enhanced in July 2009. There are several factors that causes racial tension to happen such as religion topic, government policy, prejudice and discrimination. Next, racial tension is also easily caused by prejudice and discrimination

  • China And Australia Similarities

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    As seen the red on the map is here rainfall is little in the area, in places such as Xinjiang. It is more then likely that every red spot on the map is a desert due to the little rain fall. In these red spots there are barely any of China's population in the desert, but the colour that is green or blue is were the most of the population is

  • The Pros And Cons Of Cheap Labor

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    Cheap labor U.S.《 Forbes》 on January 17 published an article ,and its original question : the end of cheap labor in China , jobs are gone ? Globalization makes Apple , GM and other large companies have chosen to set up factories in countries with lower labor costs the most . In the past , China has always been their first choice . But now , the Central Kingdom is losing dominance , because labor costs can not be as cheap as before . Since 2010 , China's manufacturing costs rose an average of about

  • The Silk Road in Ancient China

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    middle of paper ... ...sically cultural melting pots that came to existence because of warmongers on the Silk Road. About half of “the Silk Road was located in Xinjiang, which was a place where the ancient Western and Oriental cultures met and many famous historical people visited such as Marco Polo” (Historical Silk Road). In Xinjiang, many sculptures and grottoes have been found and indicate the integration of Chinese, Indian, and Persian culture converged into crafts. The Silk Road was one of

  • The Spread Of Islam

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    Nazia Riaz Mr. Ian Wendt Muslim World December 13, 2013 Final Paper Beginning more than 1400 years ago, Islam has spread from the small trading town of Makkah on the Arabian Peninsula and became a world religion practiced on every continent. Like other world religions. Islam has been spreading ever since its origin. Both through migration of Muslims to new places and by individuals who have accepted Islam as their religion having chosen to convert from other religions. During the first century after

  • Qin Dynasty Imperialism

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    Qin demanded the establishment of the Great Wall of China to protect his province against foreign encroachment. The Great Wall, expanded and reconstructed by following dynasties, continued some 7,240 km which is 4,500 miles from the Yellow Sea to Xinjiang in western China. To restraint his society, Emperor Qin prohibited many classical texts and he even went the extra mile and murdered philosophers and scholars. He imposed and taxed the Chinese people ponderously to encourage his exhaustive military

  • History of Central Eurasia by Peter Perdue

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    In China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia, Peter Perdue gives a detailed account of the history of central Eurasia from the end of the Yuen dynasty to the successful conquest and incorporation of modern day central Eurasia into china by the early Qing emperors, as well as the implications and legacies this conquest has in the future. This book is written in five parts in a loosely chronological order, each with a distinct theme. Part One, “The Formation of Eurasian States” introduces

  • The Iranian Language

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    Today the Iranian languages are spoken from Central Turkey, Syria and Iraq in the west to Pakistan and the western edge of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in the east. In the North, its outposts are Ossetic in the central Caucasus and Yaghnobi and Tajik Persian in Tajikistan in Central Asia, while in the South they are bounded by the Persian Gulf, except for the Kumzari enclave on the Masandam peninsula in Oman. Historically, the New Iranian stage overlaps with the Islamization of Iranian-speaking

  • Should the Gaokao Regional Policy Be Abolished?

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    areas. As showed in the Chronicle of Higher Education (2010), people who are the residents of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing or the special area such like Tibet and Xinjiang can enter a good university with a lower score (“Chronicle of Higher Edu... ... middle of paper ... ...st universities just because we don’t like our cities more crowded. As a solution, we can make some change of the immigration policy. For instance

  • Essay On The Han Dynasty

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    Of the many dynasties that make up China’s history, one of the most notable is the Han Dynasty, which lasted from 206 BCE to 220 CE, under the rule of numerous emperors. It made many contributions to China’s history and made lasting changes, some of which remained for millennia following the dynasty’s collapse. They made changes to China’s economy, technology, social order, religion, philosophy, and education that revolutionized the way China operated. Also, as the Han Dynasty expanded greatly during

  • Arms Reduction Dbq

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    The United States and the Soviets were already engaged in the cold war when talks of Arms reduction started happening. The Arms reductions did not stop the cold war but it did help to cool it down a little. It reduced the risk of going to nuclear war a little bit and that was important. The reasons the Soviets were willing to engage in negotiations on arms reduction was because it was facing pressure from china, it would facilitate progress in Germany and Berlin, and most importantly they would be

  • Importance Of Gilgit Baltistan

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    Gilgit Baltistan shares common border with Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China, India, and Pakistan. As part of the Jammu and Kashmir, it is one of the most politically sensitive and geo-strategically positioned regions in the world , it is also referred to as the “high roof of the world” . It has historically remained a flash point of political and military rivalries amongst various empires particularly the Russian, Chinese and the British . It has always been at the crossroads of civilizations and

  • Analysis Of Nicolo Paganini

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    the Violin, this work became famous in China after being adapted for the Erhu and remains one the most widely played pieces on the Erhu today. Adopting source material from folk songs and dance music of the Tajik ethnic people in Taxkorgan, West Xinjiang Province, this piece begins in 7/8 time, depicting the ...

  • Lululemon Factories

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    forced labor, disclosure laws won’t do, it says that, “Despite being recognized as an industry leader in this area, an investigation by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University in England found that Lululemon was at a high risk of sourcing from the Xinjiang region in China — which has been associated with forced labor and human rights abuses — that same year.” This shows just how unsafe these factories truly are and are not good work environments. Lastly, the workers are treated very badly.First, they

  • How Did Trade And Culture Come Together In The Silk Road?

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    Throughout history vast networks known as the Silk Road carried more than just priceless commodities and merchandise. The unabating amalgamate and movement of people resulted in the dissemination of concepts, beliefs, cultures, and knowledge, which had an ardent impact between various civilizations. Along the Silk Road, travelers were not only enthralled by the trade, but by the cultural and logical concepts or ideas that was being interchanged in the various cities by the Silk Roads (About the Silk