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Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia.Being the largest province-level division of China by area and the 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over 1.6 million square kilometres (620,000 sq mi) and ...
The Uyghurs, [note 2] alternatively spelled Uighurs, [26] [27] [28] Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as the titular nationality of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.
May 24, 2022 · In 2009 about 200 people died in clashes in Xinjiang, which the Chinese blamed on Uyghurs who wanted their own state. But in recent years a massive security crackdown has crushed dissent.
Jun 29, 2024 · Xinjiang, autonomous region of China, occupying the northwestern corner of the country.It is bordered by the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Gansu to the east, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south, Afghanistan and the disputed territory of Kashmir to the southwest, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the west, Kazakhstan to the northwest, Russia to the north, and Mongolia to the northeast.
Apr 12, 2019 · About eleven million Uyghurs—a mostly Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic group—live in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. The Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million people since ...
Dec 9, 2021 · China has committed genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, an unofficial UK-based tribunal has found. The Uyghur Tribunal cited birth control and sterilisation measures allegedly carried ...
Aug 25, 2023 · Xinjiang's media are tightly controlled by the local Communist Party and government. The Urumqi People's Broadcasting Station, external and the Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station, external run ...
Jan 20, 2021 · In 2009, nearly 200 people, mostly Han Chinese, were killed in riots in Urumqi, the regional capital. In 2016, a new Communist Party boss, Chen Quanguo, transferred to Xinjiang from Tibet.
Jul 12, 2021 · The Uyghurs are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group native to Xinjiang, where around 11.6m of them live. Culturally and linguistically, they are more similar to Central Asians than to China’s ...
Aug 31, 2022 · A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed.
