XinjiangXinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. The largest province-level division of China by area and the 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over 1.6 million square kilometers (620,000 sq mi) and has about 25 million inhabitants.
UyghursTurkic ethnic groupEthnic groupChinese nameSimplified Chinese维吾尔Traditional Chinese維吾爾The Uyghurs, alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central Asia and East Asia. They speak Uyghur, a Karluk language that shares the same origin with Uzbek. The Uyghurs are recognized as the titular nationality of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent TerrorismIn May 2014, the government of the People's Republic of China launched the "Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism" in Xinjiang. Government officials describe the campaign as part of broader counterterrorism and "stability maintenance" efforts in the region.
Chinese Communist Party Provincial Standing CommitteeMembers of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as Shengwei Changwei (Chinese: 省委常委; pinyin: shěngwěi chángwěi), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Politics of ChinaIn the People's Republic of China, politics functions within the parameters of a unitarycommunist state, in which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacts its policies through people's congresses. This one-party state operates on the principle of unified state power, in which the legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), is constitutionally enshrined as the "highest state organ of power." The Chinese political system is considered authoritarian.
Human Rights WatchHuman Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental watchdog organization, headquartered in New York City. HRW investigates and reports on human rights abuses, pressuring governments to respect human rights, and is active in nearly 100 countries. The organization was founded in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, whose purpose was to monitor the Soviet Union's compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Its separate global divisions merged into Human Rights Watch in 1988.
Xi JinpingPersonal detailsBorn (1953-06-15) 15 June 1953Beijing, ChinaPartyCommunist Party of China (since 1974)SpousesKe Lingling(m. 1979; div.
May 2014 Ürümqi attackOn the morning of 22 May 2014, two sport utility vehicles (SUVs) carrying five assailants were driven into a busy street market in Ürümqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Up to a dozen explosives were thrown at shoppers from the windows of the SUVs. The SUVs crashed into shoppers, then collided with each other and exploded.
Adrian ZenzAdrian Nikolaus Zenz (born 1974) is a German anthropologist known for his studies of the Xinjiang internment camps and persecution of Uyghurs in China. He is a director and senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, an anti-communist think tank established by the US government and based in Washington, DC.
General secretaryship of Xi JinpingXi Jinping in 2026LocationPeople's Republic of ChinaCCP General SecretaryXi JinpingPresidentXi JinpingPrime Minister(s)Li KeqiangLi QiangKey eventsAnti-corruption campaignBattle against povertyChina–United States trade war2019–2020 Hong Kong protestsCOVID-19 pandemic2022 Winter OlympicsPersonalEarly lifeEarly political careerViewsAwardsBibliographySeries of Important SpeechesThe Governance of ChinaZhijiang XinyuCCP General SecretaryLeadershipParty Congresses 201220172022Xi Jinping factionTrips First termSecond termThird termPresidential orders First termSecond termThird termPolicies and theoriesBelt and Road InitiativeChinese DreamCommon prosperityComprehensively Deepening ReformsChinese modernizationDual circulationEight MustsEight-point RegulationForeign policyFour ComprehensivesFour ConfidencesFour ConsciousnessesHigh-quality developmentHolistic security conceptHouses are for living, not for speculationMajor-country diplomacyNew concept for developmentNew normalNew productive forcesParty media takes the party's last nameRubao cultureSelf-revolutionTargeted Poverty AlleviationThree red linesThree Stricts and Three HonestsTwo CentenariesTwo EstablishmentsTwo UpholdsThoughtculturediplomacyecological civilizationeconomyrule of lawstrengthening the militaryparty buildingPersonality cultWolf warrior diplomacyWhole-process people's democracyTenureSouthern tourAnti-corruption campaignBeijing Forum on Literature and Art709 crackdownBattle against povertyDeepening National Defense and Military ReformPersecution of UyghursXinjiang internment camps2018 Party and state reforms2018 constitutional amendmentChina–US trade warState visits by Donald Trump to China 201720262019–20 Hong Kong protestsCOVID-19 pandemicresponseCCP centenaryHistorical resolution2020–2021 reform spree2022 Hong Kong visitFourth Taiwan Strait Crisis2022 COVID-19 protestsDiplomatic activitiesXi–Chu meetingXi–Ma MeetingXi–Kim meetings2015 Pakistan visit2015 United States visit2015 United Kingdom visit2019 Italy and France visit2019 North Korea visitCPC and World Political Parties Summit2023 Russia visit2023 Vietnam visit2024 France, Serbia and Hungary visit2025 Russia visit2025–2026 China–Japan diplomatic crisisSince 2012, the People's Republic of China has officially referred to its present era as the New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, which started when Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) following the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.Penal system in ChinaThe penal system in the People's Republic of China is composed of an administrative detention system and a judicial incarceration system. As of 2020, it is estimated that 1.7 million people had been incarcerated in the People's Republic of China, which is the second-highest prison population after the United States.
InternmentInternment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply mean imprisonment, it tends to refer to preventive confinement rather than confinement after having been convicted of some crime. Use of these terms is subject to debate and political sensitivities.
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