Xinjiang, A New Chapter
Mar 24, 2022
4 minutes
By Li Fangfang & Wang Zhiwei
The past decade has seen big changes in Xinjiang, the Uygur autonomous region in northwest China where 58 percent of locals hail from ethnic minority groups. Kurbanjan Samat, Uygur native and well-known documentary maker, honored his own commitment to publishing a series of documentaries and accompanying books on the people of the region to battle the external bias against his hometown.
Perception and preconception
The series’ latest literary installment, entitled Jiang Lai (The Future of), appeared on shelves in March, presenting an overarching conclusion to Samat’s Xinjiang trilogy: (2014), (2018), and (2019).
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