Shache

[ shah-chœ ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a city in western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China, in a large oasis of the Tarim Basin.

Shache

/ ˈʃæˈtʃeɪ /

noun

1. a town in W China, in the W Xinjiang: a centre of the caravan trade between China, India, and Transcaspian areas Also calledYarkand

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shache¹

From Chinese Shāchē, from Uyghur Yarkand “Cliff City”

Example Sentences

In July, for example, Hoshur reported that Chinese police had fatally shot scores of knife- and ax-wielding Uighurs who went on a rampage in Shache county in Xinjiang, apparently angry about restrictions on the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and an earlier “cold-blooded killing” of a family of five.

From Washington Post

Shache, part of Kashgar prefecture, is the same county where 37 people were reportedly killed in an ax-and-knife attack July 28.

From Washington Post

According to China’s Xinhua News Agency, 11 of the dead were “mobsters” who tossed explosive devices and attacked civilians with knives on a food market street in Shache County, south of Kashgar, about 1:30 p.m.

From Washington Post

The assailants drove to the site of the attack in Shache County on Friday afternoon, then lobbed explosives into the street and slashed people, said Xinhua, the official news agency, citing Xinjiang government officials.

From New York Times

Shache County, also called Yarkand by Uighurs, is in southwest Xinjiang, a part of the region where Uighurs outnumber Han residents and other ethnic groups, and where there is deep Uighur resentment of government policies and Han migrants.

From New York Times