Alashankou is a border city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is a port of entry by both railroad and highway from Kazakhstan as part of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
Xue Zongzheng is a Chinese historian, a director of Ancient History at the Institute of History in Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, and a professor of History at Xinjiang Normal University. Born in Jinan, Shandong, he graduated with a history degree from Peking University in 1958, specializing in frontier policies of ancient China and the history of Central Asia. He published several books in Chinese.
On 5 February 1992, four bombs exploded in public buildings and on two buses, line 2 and line 30, in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. The bombings resulted in three deaths and 23 injuries.
Xinjiang Agricultural University (XAU) is a higher education institution in Ürümqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It specializes in courses and research relating to construction in agricultural contexts.
The Xinjiang Economic Daily is a state-run daily newspaper published in the Xinjiang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is published in the Chinese language only. It is considered to be one of the most dynamic newspapers in China.
Memtimin Hoshur is one of the leading writers in modern Uyghur literature. He is also a member of China Writers Association.
The 2010 Aksu bombing was a bombing in Aksu, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China that resulted in at least seven deaths and fourteen injuries when an Uyghur man detonated explosives in a crowd of police and paramilitary guards at about 10:30 on 19 August, using a three-wheeled vehicle. The assailant targeted police officers in the area, and most of the victims were also Uyghurs. Xinhua news agency reported that six people were involved in the attack, and two had died; the other four were detained by police.
Turpan Jiaohe Airport is an airport serving the city of Turpan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is located 10 kilometers northwest of the city, and named after the Jiaohe Ruins. First built in the 1950s but out of use by the 1970s, the airport was relocated and rebuilt at the current site starting May 2009, with an investment of 430 million yuan. Turpan Airport was reopened on 9 July 2010.
Ürümqi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a bus rapid transit system in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. It began trial operations in August, 2011 and official operation in September.
Yang Gang is a former Chinese politician. Between 2010 and 2013 Yang served as the Deputy Director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ). Between 1999 and 2010, he was a top regional official in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, serving first as the Communist Party Secretary of regional capital Urumqi and then Deputy Secretary of the Xinjiang regional Party Committee.
Abdulkerim Abbas, also Abdul Kerim Abbas, Abdulkerim Abbasoff, 'Abd al-Karīm 'Abbās, was an Uyghur leader in Xinjiang, China during the 20th century. He helped lead the Ili Rebellion of 1944, which led to the founding of the Second East Turkestan Republic (ETR) in northern Xinjiang. Abbas, along with Ehmetjan Qasim, headed the Marxist faction within the ETR, which in 1946 set aside the rebellion's declaration of independence and joined the Nationalist Chinese in forming a coalition provincial government. Qasim and Abbas led the ETR in joining the Chinese Communists toward the end of the Chinese Civil War. They and several other senior leaders of the ETR perished in August 1949 in a plane crash while traveling en route to Beiping (Beijing) where they were invited to participate in the Chinese Communists' political consultative conference, which resulted in the founding of the People's Republic of China. Abbas is officially in hailed in the People's Republic of China as a revolutionary martyr.
Tianshuihai is an military outpost and truck stop in the disputed Aksai Chin region of Kashmir controlled by China as part of its Xinjiang Autonomous Region. It is also claimed by India as part of Jammu and Kashmir.
Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. known as Ba Yi Iron & Steel or 8 1 Iron & Steel or August 1 Iron & Steel or BYIS or Bagang or Basteel, is a Chinese steel maker based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. The company was a second-tier subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, via Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group. The rest of the shares of the company float in Shanghai Stock Exchange. Xinjiang government is the minority shareholder of the holding company: Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group.
Xinjiang Time, also known as Ürümqi Time, is set due to its geographical location in the westernmost part of China. The time offset is UTC+06:00 which is two hours behind Beijing, and is shared with Kyrgyzstan and most of Kazakhstan. It is one of the two time standards, together with Beijing Time, being used in parallel in Xinjiang, China.
The 1st Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division is a para-military formation of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
The 5th Army Division formed in December 1967 by Jinan Military Region. Soon after its formation, in May 1968, the division was transferred to Urumqi, Xinjiang.
I am from Xinjiang on the Silk Road is a documentary telling the story of 18 Xinjiang people in contemporary China. The film seeks to record the perspective of people with real experiences in order to present the status and dreams of those from Xinjiang. The documentary shows how people from Xinjiang integrate themselves into a society with different nationalities and cultures, attempts to dispel preconceptions of Xinjiang, and shows ordinary people's everyday lives.
Civil Servant-Family Pair Up is a governmental policy that forces designated families to be matched with civil servants to form a nominal kinship. As a result, the families need to host the civil servants in their home for weeks or even months. Since late 2010s, China has vigorously promoted the pair up policy in Xinjiang. By 2018, 1.1 million Chinese civil servants were paired with more than 1.69 million Xinjiang families.
Paotai is an unincorporated town (非建制镇) located in Shawan County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, it is known for the seat of 121st Regiment headquarters of the 8th Division, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The town is 213 km away from Urumqi in the east, 78 km from Shihezi in the southeast, 110 km from Karamay in the northwest, and 120 km from Kuitun in the southwest. The county-level road of Guxin Line (县道古新线) and the Keyu Expressway cross the territory, and connected with contact line, its traffic is very convenient.
The Shihezi Economic and Technological Development Zone is an economic and technical development zone at national level located in the eastern suburbs of Shihezi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is situated east to Hetan Road (河滩路), west to the Dongsi and Dongqi Roads (东七路), south to the Northern Xinjiang railway, north to G312 National Highway, the total planning area is 11.2 square kilometers.
