Xinjiang

[ shin-jyahng ]

/ ˈʃɪnˈdʒyɑŋ /

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Official name Xin·jiang Uy·ghur Au·ton·o·mous Re·gion

[shin-jyahng-wee-ger aw-ton-uh-muhs ree-juhn] /ˈʃɪnˈdʒyɑŋ ˈwi gər ɔˈtɒn ə məs ˈri dʒən/ . 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). Capital: Ürümqi.

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Also (Wade-Giles) Sin·kiang .

Origin of Xinjiang

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

Words nearby Xinjiang

x in, Xing, Xingú, Xinhua, Xining, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinxiang, -xion, xi particle, Xipe

How to use Xinjiang in a sentence

Global views of China tanked to historic lows last year against a backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, its heavy-handed crackdown on Hong Kong, and rising international awareness of Beijing’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang.
Global opinion of China’s handling of Covid-19 is now dramatically more positive|Mary Hui|June 30, 2021|Quartz
Atajurt collects and publishes video testimonies from family members of people imprisoned in China’s internment camps in Xinjiang.
How YouTube’s rules are used to silence human rights activists|Eileen Guo|June 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
It does not, but its documentation of Xinjiang’s crisis has in part been facilitated by the volunteers of the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights Organization.
How YouTube’s rules are used to silence human rights activists|Eileen Guo|June 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
From its three factories in Xinjiang, Hoshine has produced MGS for at least eight of the world’s largest polysilicon makers, according to the company’s public statements and annual reports.
Solar industry’s ties to China’s Xinjiang region raise specter of forced labor|Lily Kuo, Pei Lin Wu, Jeanne Whalen|June 24, 2021|Washington Post

Hoshine — which has previously described its hiring of minorities in Xinjiang as responding to government calls to develop the region — did not respond to requests for comment for this report.
Solar industry’s ties to China’s Xinjiang region raise specter of forced labor|Lily Kuo, Pei Lin Wu, Jeanne Whalen|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
Last July, a group of Uighurs attacked police positions in Lukqun, a small Xinjiang city, leading to 35 deaths.
China’s Uighur Terror Attack|Matt Schiavenza|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, given the growing tension in the region, a fundamental reassessment of China's Xinjiang policy is more necessarily than ever.
China’s Uighur Terror Attack|Matt Schiavenza|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And China blocked the site in an apparent effort to contain news on riots in its Xinjiang region.
Facebook's Israel Problem|Benjamin Sarlin|September 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Neither in Tibet nor in Xinjiang, it seems, do the authorities wish to acknowledge their mistakes.
Will China Implode?|Isabel Hilton|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
During my recent visit to Xinjiang, Uighurs told me of unprecedented and far-reaching restrictions on the practice of Islam.
China's Dangerous Delusion|Paul Mooney|July 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST