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The Opposite End of China || Xinjiang & Northwest China Blog (中国的另一端 || 新疆 & 中国西北博客): Xinjiang, 1941.
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Laquo; Uyghurs Attack Police Station. Softening 'Em Up II ». June 09, 2008. I was checking out Frog in a Well. S interesting collection of 20th century Chinese currency, when I suddenly remembered taking the picture you see above two years ago in the Xinjiang Museum. I'm not exactly sure if you can call it a bank note (it says something about being a "construction bond"), but the imagery is fantastic and it comes from an interesting period in Xinjiang history. Click on the image above for a closer look.
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The Opposite End of China || Xinjiang & Northwest China Blog (中国的另一端 || 新疆 & 中国西北博客): The Monkey King's House of Horrors
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Laquo; LIFE in Xinjiang. Beijing Muppets ». November 25, 2008. The Monkey King's House of Horrors. I've been meaning to post these video clips since I shot them last summer. This Journey to the West. 西遊記/Xīyóujì) -themed House of Horrors is the centerpiece of a rather large, unattractive, and unattended amusement park/zoo right in the center of Korla. It's called Peacock Park. A few random photos after the break. Posted November 25, 2008 at 07:22 PM unofficial Xinjiang time HaoHao This! Chin: WTF are you...
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The Opposite End of China || Xinjiang & Northwest China Blog (中国的另一端 || 新疆 & 中国西北博客): The Pickle King of Islamistan
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Laquo; Life is Good. The Monkey and The Monk ». February 06, 2008. The Pickle King of Islamistan. Since it's been about three months since I first promised to write a post about the man who would be king of Xinjiang, I recommend that all of you re-read "Glory Days for Separatists". Who exactly was Dr. Khalid Sheldrake, the so-called (by me) "Pickle King of Islamistan"? Britain's first mosque. He was a frequent contributor to. And later went on to found the. Self-Righteous Muslim Dork of the Year. In conj...
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The Opposite End of China || Xinjiang & Northwest China Blog (中国的另一端 || 新疆 & 中国西北博客): LIFE with Sheng Shicai
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Laquo; Beijing Muppets. Al-Qaeda in China ». December 04, 2008. LIFE with Sheng Shicai. One of the great things about the LIFE photo archive on Google is that it's now possible to pair-up old TIME Magazine articles with their long-lost photos. It takes a bit of detective work, but you can dig up a lot of images that illuminate the plain text in TIME.com's archives. Take the story of old Sheng Shicai 盛世才. Check out some of his regime's currency. What you'll find if you click through below is perhaps the m...