Xinjiang

(Wade-Giles) Sin·kiang

[shin-jyahng]

noun

1. Official Name Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Xinjiang¹

First recorded in 1965–70; from Chinese Xīnjīang “New Territory, Territories”

Example Sentences

All of these exchanges ended up in a series of reports that Mr Berry submitted to "Alex" with titles like "Taiwan-perception-within-parliament" and "Import_of_Products_of Forced_Labour_from Xinjiang".

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Last year, some tried to boycott Japanese clothing store Uniqlo after the company said it did not source cotton from Xinjiang.

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A description of the artists' homelands was also partially covered with black paint to conceal references to Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.

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China is the world's leading producer of solar panels and the suppliers in the Xinjiang region have been linked to the alleged exploitation of Uyghur Muslims.

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The following year saw a township in Xinjiang, northwestern China, logging 52.5C - the highest recorded temperature in China.

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