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Michael Manning has posted two beautiful panoramic shots of Xinjiang on his blog.

But this is no early Celt from central Scotland. This is the mummified corpse of Cherchen Man, unearthed from the scorched sands of the Taklamakan Desert in the far-flung region of Xinjiang in western China, and now housed in a new museum in the provincial capital of Urumqi.

Finally, a Xinjiang souvenir that doesn't make you look like a monkey in sequins. Check out awesome new Xinjiang-themed gear from The Opposite End of China.

A group of six US movie studios have launched legal action against two Beijing shops accused of selling pirated DVDs. (Talk about trying to move a desert with a teaspoon)

The New Dominion presents a weekly roundup of recent events in Xinjiang, including four television-worthy crimes, the defeat of a 50-year old coal mine fire, the passing of an old Xinjiang hand, the demise of both confusing toilet signs and the iconic outdoor kebab sellers in Urumqi, mysterious meteorological espionage by Japanese and Americans, and more.

It is rather interesting to see Google following the acts of Baidu in China as if Google is the Yahoo/MSN within the US. Google cannot seem to get out there in front and actually do anything new without either changing Google’s MO, copying Sohu, or just being late to the market (eg: Google had no Chinese name in 2005).

Professor Lonnie B. Hodge writes an open letter to his students about what he hopes they will learn from being in his classes and about the conditions of education his students will face in the future.

Here’s one of the areas where Baidu is actually behind in its own market comparative to Google (unlike my previous post on how Google is so far behind in understanding China and in localizing the Chinese market).

The Opposite End of China has a great rundown of a recent "secret mission" to rid Xinjiang (and China at large) of upwards of 100 foreign missionaries.

And who says the government's not doing good things!