BAO Blogs relaunches with background on ethnic issues in Xinjiang Province and Urumqi
What the heck are Uyghurs and how do you pronounce the word? I’ve been helping people with pronunciation all week and been surprised by how many people are paying attention to the new stories. This is a good chance to show some of the insightful, expert coverage in the Encyclopedia of China, and a good time to relaunch a neglected project, BAO Blogs, a group blog site designed for our authors. It alsos gives me a place to focus some of my China attention, as at our main Berkshire Blog I have plenty of other subjects that I have to make sure I mention (being a publisher is like being a mother with lots of children trying not to play favorites). Here are a couple of articles that provide context for the events of recent days:
Posted: July 12th, 2009 under Current events.
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