Citations:Xinjiang
English citations of Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region edit
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- 1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China[1], University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:
- In the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, only local languages are used as a medium of instruction in the elementary and middle schools. In the same region, the law provides that both Chinese and Uighur must be used in all public documents.
- [(Can we date this quote?), “Food”, in Yilan County Government[2], archived from the original on 29 March 2018:
- The Hami melon, native to the Hami Region of Sinjiang Province, has found a new home here in Jhuangwei, Yilan. The soil downstream of the Lanyang River is great for the cultivation of hami melon because of the plentiful sunshine, excellent water system, and the local mild weather. The Hami melon was introduced to Jhuangwei in 1982.
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- 2020, Laura Zhou, “Marco Rubio urges US Congress to pass Uygur bill to counter China’s crackdown in Xinjiang”, in South China Morning Post[3]:
- Since early 2017, the Chinese government has reportedly detained some 1 million Uygurs and other largely Muslim ethnic minorities in mass internment camps in Xinjiang, where inmates are subjected to political indoctrination. Beijing claims the facilities are “vocational training centres” and says they are a legitimate response to the threat of religious extremism.
- 2021 June 13, President Joe Biden, 0:00 from the start, in Biden says G7 leaders agreed to call out China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong[4], South China Morning Post:
- G7 explicitly agreed to call out human rights abuses in Xinjiang and in Hong Kong- explicitly. Two, to coordinate a common strategy to deal with China non-market policies that undermine competition- we've agreed and that's underway now how to do that. Three, to take serious actions against forced labor in solar, agriculture and the garment industries, because that's where it's happening- and they've agreed we will do that.
- 2022 May 6, Li Yuan, “Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged?”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN:
- Xinjiang was the dark China. The western frontier region, which is twice the size of Texas, is home to more than 10 million Muslim ethnic minorities who have been subject to mass detentions, religious repression and intrusive digital and physical surveillance.
In Shanxi edit
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- 2005 March 6, “Agricultural tax to be scrapped from 2006”, in China Daily[6], archived from the original on 06 March 2005:
- A farmer from Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province, points to a new harvester. The government will exempt farmers from agricultural taxes from 2006, said the government work report.
- 2010 September 3, He Jianwei, “Beats of the land: Artist's persistence saves ethnic heritage”, in Beijing Today[7], number 482, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 12–13, columns 3-1:
- Drumming in Shanxi Province can be dated back centuries earlier to Xinjiang County, the ancient name of Jiangzhou, in present-day Shanxi Province.
- 2021, Ying Jia Tan, “Waging Electrical Warfare”, in Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882-1955[9], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 150:
- About a month after surviving the power blockade in Harbin, the PLA entered Shuo County in Shanxi Province only to learn that the former warlord Yan Xishan had ordered the destruction of the county seat’s power station. According to the Xinhua News Agency, it took twenty-seven days to repair the damage, and after which “the bright lights of 15,500 lamps celebrated the return of brightness.⁵² The same thing happened after the Communist capture of Xinjiang County in southern Shanxi and Cang County in southern Hebei in July 1946.
French citations of Xinjiang
- 2021, Michel Lefebvre, Un expansionnisme commercial et diplomatique qui se développe tous azimuts : 40 cartes pour comprendre la Chine, lemonde.fr (17 March 2021).
- Au Tibet et au Xinjiang, la population subit une répression de plus en plus sévère.