Introduction   The remains of Old Uyghur Buddhist scriptures of varying content, as well as records and documents of Buddhist communities and monasteries which are preserved in numerous Central Asian collections worldwide, clearly demonstrate the widespread and fairly long-lasting Buddhist orientation of the Uyghurs and their affiliation to different Buddhist schools or varieties of Buddhism.1 I ...

The American inheritance and the American promise are both precious and precarious. If we don’t defend them vigorously, no one else will. In August 1784, when the American merchant vessel Empress of China finally docked in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) after six months at sea, Captain John Green of Philadelphia and his crew found a civilization at its height. The Qianlong emperor ruled 10 percent of the wor ...

Uighur men watching a movie at a teahouse in the old city of Yarkand, in the Xinjiang region of China. By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers,  Photographs by Gilles Sabrié Jan. 18, 2020 YARKAND, China — The winding, crowded lanes of old Yarkand, an ancient Silk Road town, preserve patterns of life that go back centuries. On a recent morning, smoke wafted from sputtering grills of lamb and ovens lined with b ...

Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a demonstration against China in front of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in November 2019. Dolkun Isa, the president of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) exile group, is used to being on the receiving end of hostile Chinese propaganda campaigns, but the latest state media slander story carried sad news: His father had passed away. The news cam ...

A Chinese flag In the Mosque In Uyghur Region  Sinéad Baker | Jan 13, 2020 China is reportedly forcing members of its Uighur Muslim minority to redecorate their homes to make them look more traditionally Chinese. Radio Free Asia reported that officials in China's Xinjiang western region are ordering Uighurs get rid of their their traditional home decoration and to "modernize" the spaces to make them more Ch ...