Xingjiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪŋˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/
enpr: shǐngʹjyängʹ
Senses: examples: text: Chinese Turkestan is known to have been under the jurisdiction of that country as early as 150 B.C.
In the time of the great Han dynasty not only did their power extend to the present western boundary of the Hsing Chiang^([sic – meaning Hsin Chiang]), but even as far west as the Caspian their suzerainty was acknowledged.
ref: [1907, Clarence Dalrymple Bruce, chapter V, in In the Foot Steps of Marco Polo: Being the Account of a Journey Overland from Simla to Pekin, William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 93:
text: Warm letters and precious gifts came pouring in to the construction site from all parts of the country. Among the gifts were saw-wort seeds gathered from the Tienshan Mountains by workers in Singkiang^([sic – meaning Sinkiang]), chingko barley from emancipated serfs in Tibet, earth from people in quake-stricken Tangshan who were rebuilding their homes, water and sand from the Taiwan Straits from P.L.A. men on the Fukien frontline, colour pebbles from Yuhuatai, Nanking, milky quartz from the Kunlun Mountains, camellias from Tali, Yunnan, azaleas from Kangting, Szechuan, earth from the Chingkang Mountains, Kiangsi, water from Nanniwan, Shensi, etc. They embodied the profound proletarian feelings of the people of all nationalities for Chairman Mao.
ref: [1977 September, “The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall Successfully Completed”, in China Pictorial, Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:
text: KYODO also states that, according to Indian intelligence sources, "the guerillas^([sic]) were sent from their training bases around Khasgar in Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) Province [in China] to the sensitive areas bordering Afghanistan".
ref: 1980, Konrad Ege, “U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan”, in CounterSpy, volume 4, number 1, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:
text: In the northern part of China, from the north-east to Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]), the grassy plateaux were suitable for grazing by livestock and it is in this area that numerous microlithic finds — typical of a nomadic economy — have been made.[…]
The majority of Tang tombs discovered in other areas are similar to those found near Chang'an, but some do display distinctive features: at Astana, in the village of Karallja in the autonomous region of Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) Uygur, a large number of documents, silk paintings and other artefacts have been found.
ref: 1985, Zhongmin Han, Hubert Delahaye, A Journey Through Ancient China: From the Neolithic to the Ming, Gallery Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 21, 214:
text: Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) is part of the Urumqi Military Region, which includes all of Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) and western Tibet.
ref: 1994, William E. Burrows, Robert Windrem, Critical Mass: The Dangerous Race for Superweapons in a Fragmenting World, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 347:
text: We’ve seen it a hundred times in history. If a nation fears internal unrest - as Beijing does from the Muslims in Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) and growing millions of unemployed from ailing state industries - there is no better way to unify a country than by going to war with those you blame for your troubles.
ref: 1998, Terence Strong, Deadwater Deep (Fiction), Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168:
text: Archaeology in China, moreover, is not limited to underground excavations: archaeological techniques have been applied to the study of Buddhist caves and works of art in Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]), Central China, and Tibet, in order to establish their regional and temporal distributions.
ref: 1999, Xiaoneng Yang, editor, The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43:
text: The Tarim River in Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) is the largest inland river in the country.
ref: 2007, Shuyang Su, translated by Chen Zijian, A Reader on China, Better Link Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 28:
text: In a statement on its website, the Chinese Embassy in The Hague said the Uighur population in Xinjiang has been growing in in recent years, enjoying a higher standard of living, and a longer life expectancy.
“How can you call this a genocide?” it said. “Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang])-related issues are never about human rights, ethnicity or religion, but about combating violent terrorism and succession^([sic – meaning secession]).”
ref: 2021 February 25, “Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021:
text: Beijing’s reshuffle of officials in Xingjiang might herald a hardening of repression against Uighurs, an academic at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research said.
ref: 2021 November 21, Wu Su-wei, Jonathan Chin, “Uighurs could face more repression under new leaders”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2021:
glosses: Misspelling of Xinjiang.
Related terms: Singkiang