A few months ago, I regretfully removed a Xinjiang news and analysis blog from the blogroll here at FPA Central Asia, as its site had disappeared.  I’m happy to note that there is another new news blog for Xinjiang–we’ll be back up to two.  The name of the blog is New Dominion, and it's looking good.

Sometimes it's difficult to get strictly Xinjiang information from the wealth of news about China in general.  And there's a lot going on there: with new extractive industry activity, the rising need for transit between China's larger economic centers and other Central Asian states, its role in water conservation and its importance to watching climate change. The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is also ethnically and religiously divided from other parts of China.  It is also quite poor, but again, it's difficult to get stats for one region as opposed to China as a whole (at least, in English it is difficult).

The other Xinjiang blog featured at FPA Central Asia has this perfectly spelled out in its name: The Opposite End of China.  Check both of these blogs out and support this great work!