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  2. History of Xinjiang - Wikipedia

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    The very concept of Xinjiang as one distinct geographic identity was created by the Qing, and it was originally not the native inhabitants who viewed it that way. [11] During Qing rule, there was not much sense of "regional identity" held by ordinary Xinjiang people. Rather, Xinjiang's distinct identity was given by the Qing.

  3. Xinjiang - Wikipedia

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    During the Qing rule, no sense of "regional identity" was held by ordinary Xinjiang people; rather, Xinjiang's distinct identity was given to the region by the Qing, since it had distinct geography, history and culture, while at the same time it was created by the Chinese, multicultural, settled by Han and Hui and separated from Central Asia ...

  4. Xinjiang (historical area) - Wikipedia

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    Xinjiang (新疆; Uyghur: شىنجاڭ), alternatively romanized as Sinkiang, is an area located in Central Asia, between 73 ° 5 'to 96 ° 4' east and 35 ° 5 'and 49 ° north, in total 1,660,000 square km, sharing borders with Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Gansu Province.

  5. File:Map of Xinjiang in China, with Prefectures and borders.png

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  6. Xinjiang under Qing rule - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Xinjiang Wars - Wikipedia

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    The Xinjiang Wars (Chinese: 新疆戰爭) were a series of armed conflicts which took place within Xinjiang in the Republic of China during the Warlord Era, Chinese Civil War, and modern era. The wars also played an important role in the East Turkestan independence movement .

  8. List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Xinjiang

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    Image Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves: 克孜尔千佛洞; Kezi'er Qianfodong: Baicheng County: 1-41 Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves: 库木吐喇千佛洞; Kumutula Qianfodong: Kuqa County: 1-42 Gaochang ruins 高昌故城; Gaochang gucheng: Turpan: 1-154 Jiaohe ruins: 雅尔湖故城; Ya'erhu gucheng (交河故城; Jiaohe gucheng) Turpan: 1-155 ...

  9. Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China

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    The incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China, known in Chinese historiography as the Peaceful Liberation of Xinjiang (Chinese: 新疆和平解放), was the takeover of Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the waning days of the Chinese Civil War. At the time, Xinjiang was ...