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The Xinjiang conflict (Chinese: 新疆冲突, Pinyin: xīnjiāng chōngtú), also known as the East Turkistan conflict, Uyghur–Chinese conflict or Sino-East Turkistan conflict (as argued by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile), [12] is an ethnic geopolitical conflict in what is now China's far-northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang, also known as East Turkistan.
The East Turkestan independence movement is a political movement that seeks the independence of East Turkestan, a large and sparsely-populated region in northwest China, as a nation state for the Uyghur people. The region is currently administered by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Uyghur nationalism (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر مىللەتچىلىكى) [a] is a nationalist movement which asserts that the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in China, are a distinct nation. Uyghur nationalism promotes the cultural unity of the Uyghur people, either as an independent group or as a regional group within a larger Chinese nation .
Following the riots, Uyghur terrorists killed dozens of Han Chinese in coordinated attacks from 2009 to 2016. [10] [11] These included the September 2009 Xinjiang unrest, [12] the 2011 Hotan attack, [13] the 2014 Kunming attack, [14] the April 2014 Ürümqi attack, [15] and the May 2014 Ürümqi attack. [16] The attacks were conducted by Uyghur ...
Uyghur separatists and independence groups claim that the Second East Turkestan Republic was illegally incorporated by China in 1949 and has since been under Chinese occupation. Uyghur identity remains fragmented, as some support a Pan-Islamic vision, exemplified by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, while others support a Pan-Turkic vision ...
The Chinese Consulate in Almaty, Kazakhstan has been the site of a daily protest demonstration, primarily made up of old women whose relatives are believed to be detained in China. [321] In 2020 Uyghur protesters outside the Consulate General of China, Los Angeles were joined by activists representing Tibet, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. [322]
The United States on Thursday banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, according to a government posting, as part of its effort to ...
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional People's Government and the Party Committee: Operational: 2017–present [1] Number of inmates: Up to 1.8 million (2020 Zenz estimate) [2] 1 million – 3 million over a period of several years (2019 Schriver estimate) [3] [4] Plus ~497,000 minors in special boarding schools (2017 government document estimate ...