Xinjiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪnˈt͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃin-/
ipa: /ˈsin-/
ipa: /-ˈt͡ʃ(j)æŋ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ˈʃɪnˈd͡ʒ(j)ɑŋ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /ˈʃin-/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /-ˈd͡ʒ(j)æŋ/
note: hyperforeign
enpr: shĭnʹj(y)ängʹ
note: hyperforeign
enpr: shĭnʹj(ē-)ängʹ
note: hyperforeign
enpr: shĭnʹj(y)ăngʹ
note: hyperforeign
enpr: shĭnʹj(ē-)ăngʹ
enpr: sĭnʹkyăngʹ
enpr: shǐnʹjyängʹ
Forms: form: Hsin-chiang
form: Hsinchiang
form: Hsin-kiang
form: Sinkiang
form: Xingjiang
form: Singkiang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng, “new territory, new frontier”), from 新 (xīn, “new”) + 疆 (jiāng, “territory, border, frontier”).
Senses: examples: text: In the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, only local languages are used as a medium of instruction in the elementary and middle schools. In the same region, the law provides that both Chinese and Uighur must be used in all public documents.
ref: 1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:
text: In mid-1978 the 800-km. Karakoram highway was opened, linking Xinjiang province in the People’s Republic of China with Havelian, north of Islamabad, after being under construction for 20 years.
ref: 1981, “Pakistan”, in The Far East and Australasia 1981-82, 13th edition, Europa Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 986, column 1:
text: Since early 2017, the Chinese government has reportedly detained some 1 million Uygurs and other largely Muslim ethnic minorities in mass internment camps in Xinjiang, where inmates are subjected to political indoctrination. Beijing claims the facilities are “vocational training centres” and says they are a legitimate response to the threat of religious extremism.
ref: 2020, Laura Zhou, “Marco Rubio urges US Congress to pass Uygur bill to counter China’s crackdown in Xinjiang”, in South China Morning Post:
text: G7 explicitly agreed to call out human rights abuses in Xinjiang and in Hong Kong- explicitly. Two, to coordinate a common strategy to deal with China non-market policies that undermine competition- we've agreed and that's underway now how to do that. Three, to take serious actions against forced labor in solar, agriculture and the garment industries, because that's where it's happening- and they've agreed we will do that.
ref: 2021 June 13, President Joe Biden, 0:00 from the start, in Biden says G7 leaders agreed to call out China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, South China Morning Post:
text: Xinjiang was the dark China. The western frontier region, which is twice the size of Texas, is home to more than 10 million Muslim ethnic minorities who have been subject to mass detentions, religious repression and intrusive digital and physical surveillance.
ref: 2022 May 6, Li Yuan, “Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Eighteen people remain trapped in a gold mine after it caved in China's northwestern province of Xinjiang.
ref: 2022 December 25, “China: 18 miners trapped after gold mine collapse”, in DW News, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022, Nature and Environment:
glosses: An Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest. Official name: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Capital: Ürümqi.
Synonyms: english: can variously refer to Xinjiang as a whole or to portions of Xinjiang
translation: can variously refer to Xinjiang as a whole or to portions of Xinjiang
word: Chinese Turkestan
word: East Turkestan
word: East Turkistan
word: Little Bokhara
word: XUAR
Derived terms: Xinjiangese
Related terms: Ürümqi
Wulumuqi
Urumchi
Uyghur
Altishahr