Xinjiang

American

[shin-jyahng] / ˈʃɪnˈdʒyɑŋ /

(Wade-Giles) Sinkiang

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of Xinjiang

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

Example Sentences

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He was fascinated in particular by satellite photos of alleged concentration camps in Xinjiang, and he decided to see for himself.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet were hit especially hard—the Dalai Lama having already fled the latter in 1959.

From The Wall Street Journal

A United Nations commission has said at least one million Uyghurs and other minority groups, including Kazakh citizens, have been detained in a network of camps in Xinjiang.

From Barron's

Complicating things for Sheffield Hallam had been a report by its Forced Labour Lab published December 2023 into clothing supply chains connected to Xinjiang.

From BBC

When Anna was planning her first visit to Xinjiang in 2015, her friends were perplexed.

From BBC

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