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TV drama of Kazakh mountain herders in Xinjiang is a surprise hit

A TV drama series about the lives of Kazakh cattle herders as they move huge numbers of animals across the Altai mountains of Xinjiang has been a surprise hit across China. Emily Zhou reports. THE NEW CHINESE TV series “To the Wonder” (《我的阿勒泰》) will be representing China at the famous Cannes film festival in…

June 27, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

China news

New giant dinosaur makes giraffe look tiny

A HUGE DINOSAUR that makes a giraffe look small roamed northwest China 160 million years ago, scientists said yesterday. The massive beast had an enormous neck and would have weighed about 70 tons. The news came from a new analysis of bones found in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 1987. Scientists realized they were…

March 16, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

The girl who was married to the edge of the world

MORE THAN TWO millennia ago, a 14-year-old girl was sent on an epic journey to unite two great powers and change the course of history. She was a Chinese orphan named Liu Xijun, and she had an important job to do. To the north of China lived the powerful empire of the Xiongnu, a which…

February 24, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

News

Uyghur skier came from “the ancient cradle of skiing”

CHINESE SKIER Dinigeer Yilamujiang was born in a region that historians think was one of the sites where skiing originated. While ancient remains of skis have been found in Russia dating back 6,000 years, a similarly ancient cave painting showing human figures sliding on small platforms on slopes over a herd of animals was…

February 5, 20220Comments BySeth Mallick

News

Slavery allegation enables attack on economic front

In part one of this three-part work, we showed how the Chinese were demonized as Nazi-like villains who were a global threat. In part two, we showed how flimsy evidence was blown up to create the impression of “concentration camps” where “genocide” was taking place. In part three below, we look at the…

January 7, 20223KComments ByPhill Hynes

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Most heinous of crimes on flimsiest of evidence

In part one of this three-part work, we showed how the standard steps towards creating international hostility were taking place, with China as the target. Stage One was to create a crisis (“China is a military threat to the world”); Stages Two and Three were to demonize China's leader and people. Stage Four requires the…

January 6, 2022313Comments ByPhill Hynes