A very interesting piece by @emilyzfeng.bsky.social on how Uyghurs became the biggest group of foreign fighters in Syria fighting against the Assad regime. For now, at least, they are making a new home in the country.
NPR: The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g... @npr.org @emilyzfeng.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
This is indeed a big change, and a long overdue one, if Chinese municipalities can find the resources to pay for services in places of residence and not household registration.
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We are writing a book! globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-he...
Drops October 2026 with @abduwelia.bsky.social
Reporting this book was such an adventure. This is a story I never thought I’d have access to, and I’m thrilled to share it w readers who watch either the Syria and/or China space.
We are writing a book! globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-he...
Drops October 2026 with @abduwelia.bsky.social
Reporting this book was such an adventure. This is a story I never thought I’d have access to, and I’m thrilled to share it w readers who watch either the Syria and/or China space.
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.
“the group appears to be applying lessons picked up from an Islamist triumph on a distant battlefield: Syria, where militant leader-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa swept to power in 2024 after breaking with al-Qaeda and recasting himself as a more moderate Islamist.” www.ft.com/content/c19f...
China issued guidelines on Friday to expand coverage of basic public services to people who don't have household registration in the cities where they work, a move that could help more migrant worker...
“Chinese buyers have been quietly stockpiling tungsten from scrap yards across the US, driving up prices of a crucial defence industry metal amid an escalating global race for critical minerals, US sellers told the FT.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
“US private spending on manufacturing construction fell in April to $15.2bn, down about 16 per cent since Trump’s second term began, while factory employment has fallen by 77,000 jobs over the same period, according to official data.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
“We hear the story of thousands of Uyghurs who travelled to Syria to gain battlefield experience fighting in the Syrian civil war. Are these people freedom fighters? Or are they the now battle-hardened militants China always feared?” one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5831...
"“My family was whole, and suddenly, in an instant, I am searching refrigerators in morgues for my sister,” he said. “May God spare everyone this experience.”" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Mali’s JNIM is seeking to apply lessons from Syria’s Islamist revolution in an offensive that is bringing it ever closer to power
