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Xinjiang
[ shin-jyahng ]
noun
- Official_name Xin·jiang Uy·ghur Au·ton·o·mous Re·gion [shin, -, jyahng, , wee, -ger aw-, ton, -, uh, -m, uh, s , ree, -j, uh, n]. an autonomous region in northwestern China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). : Ürümqi.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Xinjiang1
First recorded in 1965–70; from Chinese Xīnjīang “New Territory, Territories”
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Example Sentences
Last July, a group of Uighurs attacked police positions in Lukqun, a small Xinjiang city, leading to 35 deaths.
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But, given the growing tension in the region, a fundamental reassessment of China's Xinjiang policy is more necessarily than ever.
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And China blocked the site in an apparent effort to contain news on riots in its Xinjiang region.
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Neither in Tibet nor in Xinjiang, it seems, do the authorities wish to acknowledge their mistakes.
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During my recent visit to Xinjiang, Uighurs told me of unprecedented and far-reaching restrictions on the practice of Islam.
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