Altaic Storytelling

Chinese-to-English translator of "Confessions of a Jade Lord,""Last Quarter of the Moon" and "Daughter of Dunhuang: A Memoir of a Mogao Grottoes Researcher."

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Trilingual links to contemporary writing by Liu Liangcheng (刘亮程), whose writing is set in Xinjiang. Includes excerpts, translator’s notes and synopsis for newly translated novel, Audible Annals of Abudan (凿空). https://t.co/RC9dBY5T7x

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

The Audible Annals of Abudan: A newly translated novel set in Xinjiang populated by clandestine tunnelers, donkeys whose collective braying engenders a “mass incident,” and motorized vehicles that presage disruptive change. https://t.co/IfGhLsR2Nl

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Update on China's PC designations for its frontiers https://t.co/AzUIDlVGz7

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Contemporary Turkish literature in Chinese translation: Lack of reader interest, or misplaced Turkish investment? https://t.co/xEuG4QH0Rm

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Follow me over at Bluesky, same name, same handle.

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

All culture is human culture, and Kazakhs and their culture are open to comment by all. I look forward to criticism based on the content of such writing and documentary film, rather than attacking the author for her ethnicity.

[Ilshat H. Kokbore ئىلشات ھەسەن كوكبۆرە 伊利夏提 @HKokbore]

电视剧本“我的阿勒泰”的原散文作者李娟，尽管和哈萨克牧民在一起生活过，但她作为一个汉人，一个跟随父母到阿勒泰淘金的政治移民后代，显然是带着殖民者的优越，高高在上地俯视、观察、书写当地原住民族，尤其是在她成为拿俸禄的官宣作家之后。 https://t.co/IWY4bN2hlw

[Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon]

A disappearance in Xinjiang. An important piece about the CCP’s tightening control w/ the story of how a leading Uyghur scholar who tried to play by Beijing’s rules ends up in prison (perhaps for life).Here is a gift article for you. https://t.co/AgNOLyt2nV

[t @myetcetera]

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Sabina Knight (@SabinaKnight1) reviews 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔 (@commapress, 2023), edited by @verashi0730: "The volume showcases ten important writers and ten assured translators.

READ: https://t.co/LkEPE22eN4

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

@the_point_mag @kayagenc One repost suffices

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Just out: Memoir of Fan Jinshi (樊锦诗), the female archaeologist who dedicated 50+ years to the study, restoration and preservation of cave-temples in Gansu. At various times, the region was controlled by Han, Tibetans, Uyghurs and Tanguts. https://t.co/BFAWb9N29z

[Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @five_books]

"Many consider Taipei People not only Pai Hsien-yung’s finest work but among the most exquisite stories of all of modern Chinese literature" @SabinaKnight1 @smithcollege recommends her favourite short stories from Taiwan:
https://t.co/KDK9KPVhvD

[Language Log @LanguageLog]

Retrospective censorship of Uyghur texts: From a memoir by Uyghur poet Tamir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night, Bruce Humes posted on his Ethnic ChinaLit blog (12/30/23) this brief excerpt about how content, once commissioned and approved by… https://t.co/5U3JYzKq9L

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

回头看工程 --- Xinjiang's Ominous “Looking Back Project”: Uyghur poet's memoir recalls the Xinjiang administration's retroactive hunt for unPC content in textbooks once commissioned and published by the state. https://t.co/QVIqxLTZ1C

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Video/text Q&A with Giray Findan, who has rendered works by modern Chinese writers such as Mo Yan and Lao She as well as The Analects of Confucius and The Art of War into Turkish. https://t.co/BGgObv7jky

[Timothy Grose @GroseTimothy]

Of course, there are already those trying to discredit @YuanfenYang's visually stunning and alarming report on mosque Sinification (i.e., destruction of domes and minarets)...well, here are just a few examples from my archives of Chinese sources

[Nations Unies (ONU) @ONU_fr]

Les écoles ne sont #PasUneCible.

Les hôpitaux ne sont #PasUneCible.

Les enfants ne sont #PasUneCible.

Les civils ne sont #PasUneCible.

Les humanitaires ne sont #PasUneCible.

Ils doivent être protégés de tout, partout.

[Altaic Storytelling @bruce_humes]

Newly published "Questioning Borders: Eco-Literatures of China and Taiwan" features works by several Altaic writers including Perhat Tursun, Guo Xuebo and Yerkesh Hulmanbek set in rapidly transforming ecologies in Xinjiang, Tibetan and Inner Mongolia. https://t.co/JQeGHVThD6

[Maya Wang 王松蓮 @wang_maya]

The Chinese government wants the world to turn the page on Xinjiang's "crimes against humanity", but the crackdown is not over. 31-year-old Uyghur filmmaker arrested in Beijing & face imprisonment for...being Uyghur. https://t.co/r2CiRmZryf

[Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz]

Germany's SPIEGEL report on the arrest of Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet.
In the report, I criticize a recent opinion piece by senior German sinologists Heberer and Schmidt-Glintzer, which said Xinjiang was much better now after a "successful" campaign against "terror."

I state that their piece does "not confirm to scientific method," but represents the uncritical opinions of two sinologists who have not researched and do not possess a professional understanding of Xinjiang.
https://t.co/u1ZuJ8xJ9x

[All Static & Noise @allstatic_noise]

We are thrilled to announce our U.S. Premiere in Washington, DC with @DX_IFF ! Join us November 5, 11:00! @JewherIlham @AbduwelA @DN_OdessaFilms @TahirIzgil @MihryTursun @UHRP_Chinese @CUyghurs @KuzzatAltay #Uyghurs https://t.co/fsfdv5Dcek