Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County is an autonomous county of Kashgar Prefecture,in western Xinjiang,China. The county seat is Tashkurgan. The county is the only Tajik (Pamiri) autonomous county in China.
Kargilik or Yecheng is a town in Xinjiang,China. It is to the southeast of Kashgar,at a distance of 249 km by road and is north of Mazar by 249 km. It is the seat of Kargilik (Yecheng) County.
Uqturpan County or Uchturpan County,also Wushi County,is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of Aksu Prefecture and shares an approximately 150 km (93 mi) long border with Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region. The county is bordered to the northeast by Onsu County (Wensu),to the southeast by Aksu city,to the west by Akqi County in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and to the south by Kalpin County (Keping). It has an area of 9,012 square kilometres (3,480 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census a population of 180,000.
Baicheng County as the official romanized name,also transliterated from Uyghur as Bay County,is a county in Aksu Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China.
Payzawat County,also via SASM/GNC romanization as Payziwat County,and via Mandarin Chinese as Jiashi County is a county in Kashgar Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China,on the western rim of the Taklamakan Desert. To the east,the county borders Maralbexi County,to the south Yopurga County.
Kargilik County,also known as Yecheng County,is a county in southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 28,600 km2. To the north,the county borders Makit County. To the east,the county borders Guma County (Pishan) in Hotan Prefecture. To the west,the county borders Yarkant County,Poskam County and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County. In the south,the county has a border of more than 80 km (50 mi) with Pakistan and India administered areas of Kashmir.
Yopurga County is a county in northern Kashgar Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. More than 96% of the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases at the western edge of the desolate Taklamakan Desert. The county is bordered to the north by Jiashi County,to the east by Maralbexi County,to the west by Shule County,to the southwest by Yengisar County and to the south by Yarkant County.
Shufu County,also transliterated from Uyghur as Konaxahar County or Konasheher County/Kona Sheher County,is a county in Kashgar Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China. It contains an area of 3,513 km2 (1,356 sq mi). According to the 2002 census,it has a population of 360,000.
Qiemo County as the official romanized name,also transliterated from Uyghur as Qarqan County,is a county under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China,bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south. Its area is 138,645 square kilometers (53,531 sq mi) and,according to the 2002 census,it has a population of 60,000. The county seat is at Qiemo Town.
Niya County,also from Mandarin Chinese as Minfeng County,is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 56,726 km2 (21,902 sq mi). According to the 2002 census,it has a population of 30,000. The county is bordered to the north by Xayar County,to the east by Qiemo/Qarqan County,to the west by Yutian / Keriya County and to the south by Ngari Prefecture in Tibet.
Yutian County,also transliterated from Uyghur as Keriya County,is a county in Hotan Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China. It is based at the Keriya Town,and is separate from Hotan County,which is another county in the same prefecture. The Yutian County has an area of 39,023 km2 (15,067 sq mi). According to the 2002 census,it has a population of 220,000. The county is bounded on the north by Aksu Prefecture,on the east by Minfeng/Niya County,on the west by Qira County and on the south by the Rutog and Gertse counties of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Lop County,also Luopu,is a county in Hotan Prefecture,in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China. Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghur and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains. The county is bordered to the north by Aksu and Awat County in Aksu Prefecture,to the east by Qira/Chira County,to the northwest by Karakax County,to the west by Hotan (Khotan) and to the south and west by Hotan County.
Shule County,also known as Yengisheher County or Yengixahar County,is a county of Kashgar Prefecture,in Xinjiang,China. It is located to the south of Kashgar. In ancient times,the Shule area was once the home to a Xiyu oasis civilisation,the Shule Kingdom.
Pishan County as the official romanized name,also transliterated from Uyghur as Guma County,is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 39,412 km2 (15,217 sq mi). According to the 2002 census,it has a population of 220,000. The county borders Maralbexi County and Makit County to the north,Karakax County,Hotan County and Kunyu to the east and Kargilik County to the west. The county includes lands near the Karakoram Pass which are part of the Aksai Chin area that is disputed between China and India.
Kokyar is a township headquartered at a small oasis at the base of the Kunlun Mountains in southern Kargilik County,Kashgar Prefecture,southwestern Xinjiang,China.
The Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures,alternatively Ten Baidu Deities,was a humorous hoax from the interactive encyclopedia Baidu Baike which became a popular and widespread Internet meme in China in early 2009.
Abdulkerim Abbas was a Uyghur revolutionary active in Xinjiang,China,during the 20th century. He was one of the leaders of 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 Chinese nationalists in forming a provincial coalition government.
Kosrap Township is a historic township of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,China. It ceased to exist as a township and its territory was amalgamated to Qarlung Township on August 27,2018. All the residents of the former Kosrap Township migrated to Dayasdun (大亚斯墩) in Zepu County. Meanwhile,the Tong'an Township (桐安乡) was established in Dayasdun of Zepu County on August 27,2018,its seat ia at Yengavati Village (英阿瓦提村).
Two-faced person is a Chinese political term often used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to describe an official or party member who is either corrupt or ideologically disloyal to the party. Xi Jinping,the current general secretary of the CCP and China's president,has repeatedly said that the Chinese people should "Resolutely fight against two-faced cliques and two faced-persons." First used in the 1960s,the term began to be used more frequently in the 2010s in response to proponents of Xinjiang independence and critics of China's approach to the Uyghur people.
Zulhayat Ismail is a Chinese university administrator and politician of Uyghur ethnicity,currently serving as Party Branch Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Ecology and Environment Department. She was director of the Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from March 2023 to October 2024.
