Citations:Xingjiang

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Misspelling of Xinjiang

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  • , William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 93:
    Chinese Turkestan is known to have been under the jurisdiction of that country as early as 150 B.C.
    In the time of the great Han dynasty not only did their power extend to the present western boundary of the Hsing Chiang, but even as far west as the Caspian their suzerainty was acknowledged.
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  • 1980, Konrad Ege, “U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan”, in CounterSpy, volume 4, number 1, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:
    KYODO also states that, according to Indian intelligence sources, "the guerillas were sent from their training bases around Khasgar in Xingjiang Province [in China] to the sensitive areas bordering Afghanistan".
  • 1985, Zhongmin Han, Hubert Delahaye, A Journey Through Ancient China: From the Neolithic to the Ming, Gallery Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 21, 214:
    In the northern part of China, from the north-east to Xingjiang, the grassy plateaux were suitable for grazing by livestock and it is in this area that numerous microlithic finds — typical of a nomadic economy — have been made. []
    The majority of Tang tombs discovered in other areas are similar to those found near Chang'an, but some do display distinctive features: at Astana, in the village of Karallja in the autonomous region of Xingjiang Uygur, a large number of documents, silk paintings and other artefacts have been found.
  • 1994, William E. Burrows, Robert Windrem, Critical Mass: The Dangerous Race for Superweapons in a Fragmenting World, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 347:
    Xingjiang is part of the Urumqi Military Region, which includes all of Xingjiang and western Tibet.
  • 1998, Terence Strong, Deadwater Deep (Fiction), Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168:
    We’ve seen it a hundred times in history. If a nation fears internal unrest - as Beijing does from the Muslims in Xingjiang and growing millions of unemployed from ailing state industries - there is no better way to unify a country than by going to war with those you blame for your troubles.
  • 1999, Xiaoneng Yang, editor, The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43:
    Archaeology in China, moreover, is not limited to underground excavations: archaeological techniques have been applied to the study of Buddhist caves and works of art in Xingjiang, Central China, and Tibet, in order to establish their regional and temporal distributions.
  • 2007, Shuyang Su, translated by Chen Zijian, A Reader on China, Better Link Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 28, 170, 173:
    The Tarim River in Xingjiang is the largest inland river in the country. []
    In places like Xingjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and regions in the southwest, northeast and northwest, there are dances performed by minority groups, all of which have different characteristics. []
    The ballads of Xingjiang and Tibet, and the “second chorus" ballads of the Miao ethnic minority group may all be called treasures of the world.
  • 2021 February 25, “Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide”, in Reuters, archived from the original on February 25, 2021, China‎:
    In a statement on its website, the Chinese Embassy in The Hague said the Uighur population in Xinjiang has been growing in in recent years, enjoying a higher standard of living, and a longer life expectancy.
    “How can you call this a genocide?” it said. “Xingjiang-related issues are never about human rights, ethnicity or religion, but about combating violent terrorism and succession.”
  • 2021 November 21, Wu Su-wei, Jonathan Chin, “Uighurs could face more repression under new leaders”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 November 2021, Taiwan News, page 2‎:
    Beijing’s reshuffle of officials in Xingjiang might herald a hardening of repression against Uighurs, an academic at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research said.