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Uyghurs

  • plural
    of Uyghur.
    Uyghur
    noun
    a member of a predominantly Muslim Turkic-speaking people, dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living in northwestern China, mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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The Uyghurs, a Turkic minority, primarily hail from China's westernmost region, Xinjiang.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Uyghurs, a Turkic minority, hail from China's westernmost province, Xinjiang.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Beijing removed Ma as Xinjiang’s party secretary in July, installing a senior ethnic-affairs official to lead the Central Asian frontier region where about 12 million Turkic-speaking Muslim Uyghurs live.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The prime minister has confirmed to the BBC that he did raise the Lai case and the treatment of Uyghurs "as you would expect" with President Xi.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

The 38-year-old read about Chinese ill treatment of the ethnic Uyghurs from foreign sources on the internet, and he traveled to Xinjiang province at great personal risk to see for himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

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