Meaning of Yining | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A county-level city of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
2. A county of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

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“Meanwhile, in the northwest corner of Sinkiang, the green star-and-crescent flag of the "East Turkestan Republic" flies over the districts of Ili, Tacheng and Altai. The "Republic's" capital is Ining in Ili district just east of the Sino-Soviet border.”

“The Uighurs yearn for reestablishment of the once independent Central Asian republic that was called Eastern Turkestan and had its capital in Yining 50 years ago.”

“Relations between the Uighurs and the Chinese have always been bad, but in the last few years they’ve gotten even worse, especially since early 1997, when fighting flared in Yining, the capital of the short-lived East Turkestan Republic. Details are sketchy because the central government cordoned off Xinjiang from the rest of the world, but it appears that unrest — and subsequent executions — left several hundred dead, perhaps more.”

“This summer, Yining, a city in the Xinjiang region of far-western China, celebrated a boom of Chinese tourists seeking a sunny respite from Covid worries in their hometowns. Now Yining is under its own grueling, weekslong pandemic lockdown, with residents calling for help over limited food, difficulty getting medicines and drastic shortages of sanitary pads for women.”

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