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.
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.
Xinhe County as the official romanized name,also formerly known as its Uyghur name Toksu County,is a county in Aksu Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China.
Kalpin County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. The overwhelmingly Uyghur population of the county lives on oases at the base of the Tian Shan mountains and on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert.
Onsu County and from Mandarin Chinese Wensu County,is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture,bordering Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region to the northwest. It contains an area of 14,309 km2 (5,525 sq mi).
Poskam County,also Zepu County is a county in Kashgar Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China. The county is located on the southern bank of the Yarkand River,also known as the Zarafshān River (泽勒普善河). Poskam County is bordered to the north and west across the Yarkand River by Yarkant County (Shache) and to the south and east by Kargilik County (Yecheng).
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.
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.
Qira County,alternatively Chira or Cele,is a county in Hotan Prefecture,Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,China. Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains. The county is bordered to the north by Aksu Prefecture,to the east by Yutian / Keriya County,to the northwest by Lop County,to the southwest by Hotan County including the China-India disputed Aksai Chin area and to the south by Rutog County,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.
Hotan County is a county in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. Almost all the residents of the county are Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains. Hotan County is the southernmost county-level division of Xinjiang. The county borders Karakax/Moyu County to the northwest,Hotan City and Lop County to the northeast,Qira County to the east,Pishan County to the west,and Rutog County,Tibet to the southeast. Hotan County administers most of Aksai Chin,an area disputed between China and India. The Line of Actual Control divides the India-controlled part of Ladakh union territory from the Aksai Chin area administered as part of southwest 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.
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 provincial coalition government.
Jigin Township is considered to be the westernmost township of China located in Ulugqat County (Wuqia),Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The township covers an area of 1,452 square kilometers. It has four villages under its jurisdiction and its seat is at Saz Village (萨孜村).
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.
