"...the book is a document of what has been lost, it is also a record of a historical disruption, and a remembrance for the future." My review of "The Uyghurs: Kashgar before the Catastrophe" chinabooksreview.com/2024/05/09/a...
The Uyghur city in Xinjiang has been disrupted by outside forces through history — of which Chinese rebuilding is the latest change. A book of images and stories records what it once was.
"Over eighteen years ago, Canadian citizen, imam, and Uyghur human rights activist, Huseyin Celil took a trip to Uzbekistan with his wife, Kamila Telendibayeva, to visit relatives..." What happened next is a personal tragedy and a point of learning for the rest of us. uhrp.org/insights/lea...
"While some international travel companies explain that travel is 'a force for good', such blanket statements need closer scrutiny. There are occasions when running or advertising tours may make no sense at all and this is one of them." euobserver.com/opinion/158042
"If analysts want to go beyond bilateral statements of intention between governments to focus on how China’s presence in the Pacific actually works on the ground, the presence of PRC corporate actors should not be overlooked." www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-prc-comp...
Some thoughts on the year ahead in Oceania's geopolitical land- and sea- scapes: medium.com/@henrykszad/...
"Tourists aren’t just allowed to come to our Pacific Islands and it’s a free for all … we are the guardians of our islands, and when we have you as guests on our islands, you have to be guardians as well, you have to be a good guest." www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...
New push to attract visitors focuses on environment and culture, as experts call for better monitoring of sustainability pledges
New commentary from Professor Mary Mostafanezhad & me in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers- we argue a critical geoeconomics should include popular expressions and scholarship beyond European languages. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Fiji woos China for upgrade of strategically important ports even as debt concerns mount-Comments from Graeme Smith, MihaiSora & me. Rabuka aims to walk the geopolitical line, but as Graeme Smith says "He is about Fiji & getting things for Fiji" www.scmp.com/week-asia/ec...
Mapping PRC Companies in the Pacific. A new article co-authored with Graeme Smith, Daria Impiombato, and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka. We look at the role of companies from the PRC in shaping the development and the political economy of Pacific Island countries. dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publ...