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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Collection of facts about the Xinjiang conflict

This post is a collection of facts about the Xinjiang conflict (1933 - now). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Xinjiang region (East Turkestan) in northwest China
• Uyghur ethnic population
• Xinjiang Wars in the 1930s
• First East Turkestan Republic (1933-1934)
• Ili Rebellion (1944-1946)
• Second East Turkestan Republic (1944-1946)
• Sinkiang Turkic People's Liberation Committee (STPNLC) created with Soviet Union support in 1943
• Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region established in 1955
• Many Uyghurs and Kazakhs fled China to the USSR (1950s - 1960s)
• Hostilities included Barin uprising (1990), Ghulja incident (1997), Ürümqui bus bombings (1997), Shaoguan incident (2009), Ürümqui riots (2009), Hotan attack (2011), Kunming attack (March 2014), Ürümqui attack (April 2014), Ürümqui attack (May 2014), Aksu collier attack (2015)
• China launched Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism (2014)
• Chinese government has established internment camps and allegedly incarcerated over one million Uyghurs and Muslims in the region