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During the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the Qing governor fled from Dihua (Ürümqi). A band of Yunnanese led by Yang Zengxin quelled the rebellion and established himself as the provincial leader. President Yuan Shikai recognized Yang as governor. Yang was one of the few who supported Yuan's attempt to become emperor.
Upon completing the expansion, the Qing renamed the city Dihua (Chinese: 迪化; previously romanized as "Tihwa"), which means "to enlighten and civilize". [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Believing the name "Dihua" to be belittling and ethnically chauvinist , the Chinese Communist Party restored the name "Ürümqi" on 1 February 1954.
The Communist League of Xinjiang [b] was a clandestine communist organisation active in Xinjiang, China, from 1944 to 1947.Based in the regional capital of Dihua (Ürümqi), it had a Han Chinese-majority membership, in contrast to the contemporary East Turkestan Revolutionary Party, which had a Uyghur-majority membership.
Yang Zengxin (traditional Chinese: 楊增新; simplified Chinese: 杨增新; pinyin: Yáng Zēngxīn; Wade–Giles: Yang Tseng-hsin; March 6, 1864 – July 7, 1928) was a Chinese warlord who was the ruler of Xinjiang after the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 and during the Warlord Era until his assassination in 1928.
In 1912, Yang Zengxin was appointed governor of Xinjiang by the newly established Republic of China. Yang converted Jian Hu into a public park, which was variously called Jianhu Park, West Lake Park, or West Park. It was later renamed Dihua Park and then Zhongshan Park, in honour of President Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan). [2]
The Communist Party's liaison offices in cities under Nationalist control such as Chongqing, Guilin and Dihua (Ürümqi) were called Eighth Route Army Offices. Ethnic Koreans who fought in the Eighth Route Army later joined the Korean People's Army. In the Yan'an base area in September 1938, the Eighth Route Army established its first film group.
The Manchu-led Qing dynasty of China ruled over Xinjiang from the late 1750s to 1912. In the history of Xinjiang, the Qing rule was established in the final phase of the Dzungar–Qing Wars when the Dzungar Khanate was conquered by the Qing dynasty, and lasted until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
Dihua Jiang (simplified Chinese: 江迪华; traditional Chinese: 江迪華; pinyin: Jiāng Díhuá, born 1958) [1] is a Chinese-born American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Minnesota working in number theory , automorphic forms , and the Langlands program .