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4 August 2014

In Xinjiang, Veils Signal Conservative Shift Among Uighurs

Efforts by the Chinese Government to ban head scarves in Hotan and other parts of the Xinjiang region has pushed...

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27 May 2014

Why is Xinjiang violence escalating?

China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region–called “East Turkestan” by many Uighurs–has experienced numerous violent incidents since inter-ethnic riots rocked the region’s...

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3 March 2014

Beijing redoubles counter-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang

Dr Michael Clarke from the Griffith Asia Institute takes a look at howlong-term Chinese policy may itself be contributing to...

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24 January 2014

China’s renewed hard line on Xinjiang

The arrest and detention of the outspoken Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti (pictured) in Beijing on 15 January demonstrates that the...

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22 December 2009

Perspectives Asia – The Old Silk Road in China Today: The Fate of Xinjiang

Presented by Professor Mark Elliott, Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University. “Perspectives: Asia” is a...

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15 September 2022
China and the United Kingdom.

Change underfoot in the uneasy UK-China relationship?

Professor Caitlin Byrne suggests that leaders on both sides of this bilateral relationship will be carefully considering next steps in the context of their shifting domestic narratives and global ambitions.

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1 December 2020

Griffith expertise recognised at 2020 Australia China Alumni Awards

Two impressive Griffith graduates intimately involved in the pandemic response and GAI's Asia Future Fellows program have been honoured at the 2020 Australia China Alumni Awards.

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22 July 2015

Researchers record Chinese rock art

Professor Paul Tacon and Dr Maxime Aubert travelled to China in June to record little-known rock art.

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16 February 2015

Year of the… Goat?

Article by Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras AO from the Griffith Asia Institute The coming year in the Chinese zodiac and...

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15 January 2015

Turkish nationals arrested in China

Ten Turkish nationals werereportedly detained by Shanghai police for allegedlysupplying passports to terror suspects from China’s Xinjiang region. It follows...

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