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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 uprising was completely suppressed by 9:50 am. [14] Six militants had been killed and several dozen had fled to the Kunlun Mountains. The remaining militants surrendered peacefully. [14] The PLA dispatched a 23-man cavalry team to capture the escaped militants. It was led by a local Uyghur squadron leader named Mehmut Eli. [9]
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 .
This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (January 2025) Persecution of Uyghurs in China Part of the Xinjiang conflict Detainees listening to speeches in a camp in Lop County, Xinjiang, April 2017 Xinjiang, highlighted red, shown within China Location Xinjiang, China Date 2014–present Target Uyghurs, Kazakhs ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States blocked imports from 26 Chinese cotton traders or warehouse facilities on Thursday as part of its effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of ...
In June 2021, ProPublica and The New York Times documented a Chinese government-backed propaganda campaign on Twitter and YouTube involving more than 5000 videos analysed. They showed Uyghurs in Xinjiang denying abuses and scolding foreign officials and multinational corporations who had questioned China's human rights record in the province.