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Late 1990s Reading Notes: PRC Scholars on Xinjiang

Posted on 12/08/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

While working in the US Embassy Beijing Environment, Science and Technology Section in the late 1990s, I collected some books on Xinjiang. I went on a ten-day trip there in 1997 planning to do a report on desertification and implementation … Continue reading →

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1990s: PRC Scholars on Xinjiang — Analysis and Policy Recommendations

Posted on 08/09/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here are some reading notes I made while working in the U.S. Embassy Beijing Environment, Science and Technology Section (1996 – 2001). These I have copied from the old U.S. Embassy Beijing website preserved on the Internet Archive. Here I … Continue reading →

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Chinese Different Strokes for Different Folks

Posted on 09/11/2016 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Yet another Ian Johnson article to comment on!  Reading the September 6th New York Times “Shariah With Chinese Characteristics: A Scholar Looks at the Muslim Hui”  an interview with Matthew S. Erie of Oxford University on his two years of field … Continue reading →

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