The social history of the Xinjiang Uygur A.R.

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Uighurs a dying race under Chinese rule
By Cao Chang-ching, Taipei Times, Wednesday 13 October 1999. Turan Yazgan, chairman of the Turkic International Study Foundation says, since so many Chinese have been emigrating to East Turkestan, called Xinjiang by the Chinese, ethnic confrontation is unprecedentedly tense.
Farmers sue city government
South China Morning Post, Saturday 31 March 2001. More than 1,500 farmers are suing a city government for allegedly reclaiming their land and paying them too little or no compensation.