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But I never expected that he can be so bad. He can be so ignorant of history that in a radio program, he cited China’s Cultural Revolution as an extreme case of democracy, while Cultural Revolution is in fact a good example of how dictatorship can destroy a whole country.

Violinist Alec Hou was concertmaster for the Shanghai Conservatory when Mao's Cultural Revolution ended his classical musical career. Imprisoned and forced into labour camps, he fled to Canada. Now, more than 25 years later, he's returning to Shanghai, to face the demons of his past in China, but also to perform the music he loves.

Riding on the coattails of the Tibet riots a few weeks ago, Xinjiang is now hitting international news outlets because of protests in Khotan. The New Dominion looks at the flawed perspective the media provides when it elects to analyze Xinjiang through the Tibet lens, by considering historical, cultural, and geographical factors.

Sun Yat-sen led the historic revolution of 1911 that saw the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) thus ending China's autocratic monarchial system of 2,000 years.

The seeds for the idea of revolution were believed to have been implanted in Sun's thinking during the 9 years he spent in ...

This week, Xinjiang’s Olympic athletes began their final winter training session, the number four was banished from future Urumqi license plates, a medical specialist blew the whistle on lead poisoning problems among Xinjiang children, Urumqi triggered its level “blue” early warning pollution alarm for the first time, the Xinjiang PSB went to the other end of China to bust a drug smuggling ring, and more, at the New Dominion.

The This Is China! blog has a good post discussing the loss of faith in life that China's younger generation is facing today.

The point is well illustrated when a young lady comments that she envies the generation that grew up in the Cultural Revolution - maybe what they believed was wrong, but at least they had something to believe in.

A great interview with the award-winning author Xujun about her new book "Apologies Forthcoming". The conversation offers some great conversation and thought about the intricacies of the Cultural Revolution and the roles people aren't always willing to admit they played in it.

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.

Xinjiang just isn't the place for missionaries... [lord knows] tensions are already high enough. Can't y'all see that your desire to spread the gospel puts the people you come into contact with in danger? This is one area where I can't believe it, but I find myself agreeing with China's draconian anti-religious laws.