Xinjiang conflict | ||||
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![]() Xinjiang region in China | ||||
Date | 1954 [1] – present (70 years) | |||
Location | ||||
Status | Ongoing | |||
Parties | ||||
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Casualties | ||||
Death(s) | ~1,000 (since 2007) [6] [7] | |||
Injuries | >1,700 [8] |
sf1
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Potter 2013
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).China's long-running Uighur insurgency has flared up dramatically of late, with more than 900 recorded deaths in the past seven years.
China's government says it faces a serious threat from Islamist militants and separatists in energy-rich Xinjiang, on the border of central Asia, where hundreds have died in violence in recent years.
Xinjiang conflict | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Xinjiang region in China | ||||
Date | 1954 [1] – present (70 years) | |||
Location | ||||
Status | Ongoing | |||
Parties | ||||
| ||||
Casualties | ||||
Death(s) | ~1,000 (since 2007) [6] [7] | |||
Injuries | >1,700 [8] |
sf1
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Potter 2013
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).China's long-running Uighur insurgency has flared up dramatically of late, with more than 900 recorded deaths in the past seven years.
China's government says it faces a serious threat from Islamist militants and separatists in energy-rich Xinjiang, on the border of central Asia, where hundreds have died in violence in recent years.