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

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

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Local media and rights groups say Alimnur Turganbay has not been seen since July, when he was arrested by border officials in China's western province of Xinjiang.

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His 2021 song Fragile poked fun at "little pinks" - young nationalists who rush to the defence of the Chinese government on the internet - and took digs at several sensitive issues, from Xinjiang to Taiwan sovereignty.

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In 2021, he released the song Fragile, which poked fun at Chinese nationalists and touched on politically sensitive topics like the sovereignty of Taiwan and the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

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The Chinese Embassy in London told the BBC "the Helena Kennedy Centre at the Sheffield Hallam University has released multiple fake reports on Xinjiang that are seriously flawed".

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