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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 162,331 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ilham Tohti is the 306th most popular economist (down from 287th in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from China (down from 783rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Economist.

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  • 45.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ilham Tohti ranks 306 out of 315. Before him are Walter Block, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, José Ángel Gurría, Henry Charles Carey, Branko Milanović, and Ha-Joon Chang. After him are Fischer Black, Rose Friedman, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Abdi Farah Shirdon, Henryk Grossman, and James Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Ilham Tohti ranks 234. Before him are Joaquín Cortés, Hernán Gaviria, MC Ren, Paget Brewster, Lionel Aingimea, and Cosmin Olăroiu. After him are Halvard Hanevold, Elliott Smith, Yelena Shushunova, Jan Axel Blomberg, Jenni Rivera, and Lukas Moodysson.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ilham Tohti ranks 851 out of 1,392. Before him are Hui Liangyu (1944), John Hersey (1914), Lin Shu (1852), He Guoqiang (1943), Yitang Zhang (1955), and Jia Zhangke (1970). After him are Paul Yü Pin (1901), Liang Guanglie (1940), You Xie (1958), Kris Wu (1990), Li Han-hsiang (1926), and Dilraba Dilmurat (1992).

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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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