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Ilham Tohti

1969 - Today

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Ilham Tohti (Uyghur: ئىلھام توختى; Chinese: 伊力哈木·土赫提; pinyin: Yīlìhāmù Tǔhètí; born October 25, 1969) is a Uyghur economist serving a life sentence in China, on separatism-related charges. He is a vocal advocate for the implementation of regional autonomy laws in China, was the host of Uyghur Online, a website founded in 2006 that discusses Uyghur issues, and is known for his research on Uyghur-Han relations. Ilham was summoned from his Beijing home and detained shortly after the July 2009 Ürümqi riots by the authorities because of his criticism of the Chinese government's policies toward Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilham Tohti has received more than 177,491 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ilham Tohti is the 325th most popular economist (down from 303rd in 2019), the 941st most popular biography from China (down from 848th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Economist.

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  • 180k

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  • 53.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ilham Tohti ranks 325 out of 414. Before him are Bernard Lietaer, Beatrice Webb, Leonid Abalkin, Lawrence Summers, Abdi Farah Shirdon, and Michel Chossudovsky. After him are Guido Imbens, Ha-Joon Chang, Branko Milanović, John Lipsky, Daniele Archibugi, and Fischer Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Ilham Tohti ranks 247. Before him are Mana, Masaharu Fukuyama, Yariv Levin, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Ilie Dumitrescu, and Marco Bode. After him are Elizabeth Gilbert, Saša Obradović, Elliott Smith, Andreas Pietschmann, Silas Weir Mitchell, and Heinz-Christian Strache.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ilham Tohti ranks 941 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Han-hsiang (1926), Jiang Rong (1946), Yang Zhongjian (1897), Hui Liangyu (1944), Gu Kailai (1958), and Lidiya Vertinskaya (1923). After him are Ji Xianlin (1911), Ding Xuexiang (1962), Kris Wu (1990), Jia Xiuquan (1963), Donduk Kuular (1888), and Ni Xialian (1963).

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Among ECONOMISTS In China

Among economists born in China, Ilham Tohti ranks 3. Before him are Wang Anshi (1021), and Zhou Youguang (1906).

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