Xinjiang
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Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. T
乌鲁木齐人民公园封面
Hëytgah Mosque, Kashi
Bezelik Caves 01
Xinjiang DSC 8258
East Turkestan
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East Turkestan or East Turkistan is a loosely defined geographical region in the northwestern part of the People's Republic of China, on the cross roads of East and Central Asia. The term was coined i
Cities of the Tarim Basin region, 1 BC
Qing-era painting depicting a Chinese campaign against Jahangir Khoja's forces in Xinjiang, 1828
According to one definition of East Turkestan, the Tian Shan mountain system separates East Turkestan from Dzungaria in Xinjiang.
The term "East Turkestan" is primarily used by, and is associated with, Uyghur separatists (diasporic protest in Washington, D.C. shown)