James Millward

@JimMillward

Historian of China and Central Asia and mandolinist for By & By. Books on Xinjiang, the Qing Empire, the Silk Road and stringed instruments across Eurasia.

Washington DC
Joined April 2011
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  1. Dec 3

    Wow. Where to begin? These GT pieces keep unintentionally speaking truth. First, "we are just trying to turn them into normal people" (i.e. Uyghurs in re-ed camps.) Now, "Their mind-set is still stuck in the Cultural Revolution." Whose minds, exactly?

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  2. Dec 3

    : Panama has read Howard French's book! XJP is on the awkward side--rarely--in this photo. Compare recent handshake with Trump.

    President Xi Jinping said that the ties between China and Panama have been strong and cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results.
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  3. Dec 3

    Awesome first episode. Can’t wait to listen tomorrow for the true crime cliff-hanger

    The range of this newsroom is what we will highlight at Post Reports. join us on episode 1
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  4. Dec 3

    I’m sure my Georgetown colleague Albright would care about Uyghurs in concentration camps /2 When is it not just about trade ? You can at least mention the obvious issue even if Trump didn’t.

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  5. Dec 3

    Very disappointing that Amy Celico of Albright Stonebridge Group on All Things Considered when listing issues in US PRC relations failed to mention CCP has put a million religious minorities in concentration camps /1

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  6. Dec 3

    Handshake wars: someone on Trump’s team should have read Howard French’s book All Under Heaven. XJP always stands on the left to force the other guy into an awkward reach.

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  7. Dec 3

    Fred Hyatt’s concise, trenchant statement of why the greatest damage Trump is doing is in foreign policy, esp re China. Also an outline for how US should respond to more assertive PRC: don’t panic, be our real selves.

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    Dec 2

    Looking forward to joining & at Friday's panel discussion in Melbourne on the unfolding tragedy in Xinjiang, China & the plight of the Uyghur community. Only a few seats remaining. Book now at

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    Dec 2

    Great thread

    This has all the look and feel of a real Washington Post opinion piece. But look closer. The Berggruen Institute strikes again.
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  10. Retweeted
    Dec 1

    Nothing on Xinjiang.

    Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President’s Working Dinner with China | The White House
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  11. Dec 2

    Song and dance, but Uyghurs are playing traditional Chinese, not Uyghur, instruments. Why is CCP so averse to non-Han culture?

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    propaganda song for re-education camps. Cultural cleansing/genocide in full swing in forced indoctrination camps.
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  12. Dec 2

    Vocational Training With Chinese Characteristics - GPPi

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  13. Dec 2

    The West begins to stir over China’s massive abuse of Muslims - Chaguan

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  14. Dec 2

    Indpt judiciary and free press aim to achieve this in democracies: naming and shaming bad citizens, reigning in corrupt officials. If the same Party that the officials belong to collects data and runs social credit sys, Party still protects its own /2

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  15. Dec 2

    PRC social credit system has many local variations. One in Xinjiang deducts points for being Uyghur, for praying, for ever having traveled abroad. That kind of thing make the whole idea frightening. /1

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  16. Dec 2

    In Protest of China's Uyghur 'Gulags' Dr Maung Zarni cancels his speech at the 5th Global China Dialogue at the British Academy

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  17. Dec 1

    Speaking in Providence in a couple hours.

    Eventbrite | Shedding Light on Xinjiang talking at Brown with ⁦⁩, Justin Jacobs, and Li Yuhui
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  18. Dec 1

    At dinner with Xi Trump may not mention 1 million Uyghurs in concentration camps. B/c of trade. Think what that means—for US leader to ignore internment camps and ethnic cleansing entirely. Where exactly is the point where human rights matter?

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  19. Dec 1

    A China Hawk Gains Prominence as Trump Confronts Xi on Trade via

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  20. Nov 30

    800k - 1 million Turkic ethnic people in internment camps in . China attempting to “turn them into normal people.”

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