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ASTANA (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has convicted ethnic Kazakh Chinese citizen Sairagul Sauytbay of illegal border crossing, but ordered her release and said she will not be deported to China, where she feared she would face "the most extreme" punishment, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Uyghur Human Rights Project has announced that, together with the Uyghur American Association and the Uyghur Academy, it will be hosting a “Symposium on the Identity Crisis of Uyghurs Today”. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As authorities in China’s Xinjiang province seek to prevent extremism and separatism, especially tough security measures target ethnic Uighurs. We are republishing this article on the issue by Darren Byler*, originally published by Eurasianet: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — China seeks to increase its military influence in Central Asia and Afghanistan, primarily to ensure security in its Xinjiang region and secure its investments as part of the Belt and Road Initiative in the wider Central and South Asian region. We are republishing this article on the issue by Stephen Blank, originally published by the CACI Analyst: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — China’s interest in Afghanistan is shifting from the economic to the military sphere, but this interest is explained by Beijing’s efforts to secure its Xinjiang province from extremist and terrorist activities that may be based across the border in Afghanistan's Badakhshan region. We are republishing this article on the issue by John C. K. Daly, originally published by the CACI Analyst: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As China is concerned with the potential threat of Uyghur extremism in its western Xinjiang province, Beijing now looks at the security situation in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province that borders China, with the issue of Chinese military presence in the area being on the agenda. We are republishing this article on the issue by Paul Goble, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor: Continue reading
