501 unique results
- Title: Comrade: 同志 (Tóng zhì)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
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- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 同志 (Tóng zhì). A term Han cadres used to refer to one another in the Mao era meaning comrade (literally “same will/aspiration”). While this term has fallen out of favor in contemporary discourse and has been largely claimed by the LGBTQ community to refer to each other, it is still ubiquitous in official CCP usage. In the Becoming Family Campaign, the comrades (those with the same aspiration) are on a shared mission to “become families” with the subjects under surveillance.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 同志 (Tóng zhì). A term Han cadres used to refer to one another in the Mao era meaning comrade (literally “same will/aspiration”). While this term has fallen out of favor in contemporary discourse and has been largely claimed by the LGBTQ community to refer to each other, it is still ubiquitous in official CCP usage. In the Becoming Family Campaign, the comrades (those with the same aspiration) are on a shared mission to “become families” with the subjects under surveillance.
- Title: Confidence Doctrine/The Four Confidences: 四个自信 (Sì gè zìxìn)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
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- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四个自信 (Sì gè zìxìn). The Confidence Doctrine (literally the Four Confidences) is an expansion of the previous Three Confidences under Hu Jintao. Confidence in the chosen path of Chinese Socialism, political system, and guiding theories were already in place before the addition of a new confidence in China’s culture. This new confidence in China’s culture is significant because it is added to the country’s constitution. Just what is included in China’s culture are not explicitly defined.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四个自信 (Sì gè zìxìn). The Confidence Doctrine (literally the Four Confidences) is an expansion of the previous Three Confidences under Hu Jintao. Confidence in the chosen path of Chinese Socialism, political system, and guiding theories were already in place before the addition of a new confidence in China’s culture. This new confidence in China’s culture is significant because it is added to the country’s constitution. Just what is included in China’s culture are not explicitly defined.
- Title: Convenience Police Station: 便民警务站 (Biànmín jǐngwùzhàn)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
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- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 便民警务站 (Biànmín jǐngwùzhàn). Convenience police stations are concrete, bulletproof installations that house medical equipment, charging stations for mobile phones, umbrellas and other “convenient” community services. Chen Quanguo first introduced these stations in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and then in Xinjiang after his transfer to the region in 2011. These stations are ubiquitous and are supposed to only be minutes away from the next station so that the police force could be mobilized and dispatched rapidly.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 便民警务站 (Biànmín jǐngwùzhàn). Convenience police stations are concrete, bulletproof installations that house medical equipment, charging stations for mobile phones, umbrellas and other “convenient” community services. Chen Quanguo first introduced these stations in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and then in Xinjiang after his transfer to the region in 2011. These stations are ubiquitous and are supposed to only be minutes away from the next station so that the police force could be mobilized and dispatched rapidly.
- Title: Cultural Destruction Timeline
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Cultural Destruction
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline outlines state efforts to regulate religious and cultural expression in Xinjiang. With justifications ranging from deradicalization to development, authorities have eliminated public events, razed mosques and graveyards, and enforced linguistic and cultural homogeneity.
- Description: This timeline outlines state efforts to regulate religious and cultural expression in Xinjiang. With justifications ranging from deradicalization to development, authorities have eliminated public events, razed mosques and graveyards, and enforced linguistic and cultural homogeneity.
- Title: Cultural Protection and Development in Xinjiang
- Creator: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018
- Subject: Multicultural Co-Existence
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: The paper begins by illustrating China and Xinjiang’s multicultural/multiethnic co-existence. It highlights the importance of language especially standard Chinese for progress and development while underlining the work being done to preserve minority languages. The paper also emphasizes the historical religious diversity of Xinjiang and highlights the Chinese state’s efforts to promote religious diversity.
- Description: The paper begins by illustrating China and Xinjiang’s multicultural/multiethnic co-existence. It highlights the importance of language especially standard Chinese for progress and development while underlining the work being done to preserve minority languages. The paper also emphasizes the historical religious diversity of Xinjiang and highlights the Chinese state’s efforts to promote religious diversity.
- Title: Cultural Protection and Development in Xinjiang - An...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Multicultural Co-Existence
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: The paper begins by illustrating China and Xinjiang’s multicultural/multiethnic co-existence. It highlights the importance of language especially standard Chinese for progress and development while underlining the work being done to preserve minority languages. The paper also emphasizes the historical religious diversity of Xinjiang and highlights the Chinese state’s efforts to promote religious diversity.
- Description: The paper begins by illustrating China and Xinjiang’s multicultural/multiethnic co-existence. It highlights the importance of language especially standard Chinese for progress and development while underlining the work being done to preserve minority languages. The paper also emphasizes the historical religious diversity of Xinjiang and highlights the Chinese state’s efforts to promote religious diversity.
- Title: De-extremification campaign: 去极端化 (Qù jíduān huà)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
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- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 去极端化 (Qù jíduān huà). The ideological campaign of re-education is referred to as “de-extremification”, a term first used by the former XUAR Party Secretary Zhang Chunxian at a 2011 Communist Party meeting in Hotan. This campaign permeates every aspect of life in Xinjiang from schools to the workplace in order to curb any signs of “extremist” activities. It has since evolved to extend to all mediascapes and aspects of communal life such as public slogans, TV performances, and sketch comedies.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 去极端化 (Qù jíduān huà). The ideological campaign of re-education is referred to as “de-extremification”, a term first used by the former XUAR Party Secretary Zhang Chunxian at a 2011 Communist Party meeting in Hotan. This campaign permeates every aspect of life in Xinjiang from schools to the workplace in order to curb any signs of “extremist” activities. It has since evolved to extend to all mediascapes and aspects of communal life such as public slogans, TV performances, and sketch comedies.
- Title: Detention center or jail: 看守所 (Kānshǒusuǒ)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
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- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 看守所 (Kānshǒusuǒ). Kanshousuo functions as an interrogation center where detainees are held until they are sent either to prison or camps. They are not considered prisons. In American counterterrorism, similar spaces are often referred to as “black sites” since they are where most of the torture takes place. In Xinjiang, they are some of the most crowded and inhumane spaces in the reeducation system.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 看守所 (Kānshǒusuǒ). Kanshousuo functions as an interrogation center where detainees are held until they are sent either to prison or camps. They are not considered prisons. In American counterterrorism, similar spaces are often referred to as “black sites” since they are where most of the torture takes place. In Xinjiang, they are some of the most crowded and inhumane spaces in the reeducation system.
- Title: Development and Progress in Xinjiang
- Creator: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- Date: Monday, September 21, 2009
- Subject: Chinese Government Figures on Xinjiang
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: The paper extols the progress and development in Xinjiang as an example of the success of China’s policies on ethnic minorities. Using Chinese government figures, it gives an overview of the economic development, industrial progress and social betterment.
- Description: The paper extols the progress and development in Xinjiang as an example of the success of China’s policies on ethnic minorities. Using Chinese government figures, it gives an overview of the economic development, industrial progress and social betterment.
- Title: Development and Progress in Xinjiang - An Overview
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Chinese Government Figures on Xinjiang
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: The paper extols the progress and development in Xinjiang as an example of the success of China’s policies on ethnic minorities. Using Chinese government figures, it gives an overview of the economic development, industrial progress and social betterment.
- Description: The paper extols the progress and development in Xinjiang as an example of the success of China’s policies on ethnic minorities. Using Chinese government figures, it gives an overview of the economic development, industrial progress and social betterment.
- Title: Employment and Labor Rights in Xinjiang
- Creator: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- Date: Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Subject: Employment Statistics and Conditions within Xinjiang
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This paper focuses on current employment statistics and conditions within Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reviewing labour rights of workers, and presenting the government’s case that China is meeting its commitment to international human rights and labour standards.
- Description: This paper focuses on current employment statistics and conditions within Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reviewing labour rights of workers, and presenting the government’s case that China is meeting its commitment to international human rights and labour standards.
- Title: Employment and Labor Rights in Xinjiang - An...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Employment Statistics and Conditions within Xinjiang
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This paper focuses on current employment statistics and conditions within Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reviewing labour rights of workers, and presenting the government’s case that China is meeting its commitment to international human rights and labour standards.
- Description: This paper focuses on current employment statistics and conditions within Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reviewing labour rights of workers, and presenting the government’s case that China is meeting its commitment to international human rights and labour standards.
