Xinjiang Wars

Series of armed conflicts within the 20th Century in Western China

Not to be confused with Xinjiang conflict.

The Xinjiang Wars (Chinese: 新疆戰爭) were a series of armed conflicts which took place within Xinjiang in the Republic of China during the Warlord Era, Chinese Civil War, and modern era. The wars also played an important role in the East Turkestan independence movement.

* Kumul Rebellion (1931–1934)
* Kirghiz rebellion (1932)
* Battle of Aksu (1933)
* Kizil massacre (1933)
* Battle of Sekes Tash (1933)
* Battle of Kashgar (1933)
* Battle of Ürümqi (1933)
* Battle of Toksun (1933)
* First Battle of Ürümqi (1933)
* Second Battle of Ürümqi (1933–1934)
* Battle of Kashgar (1934)
* Battle of Yangi Hissar (1934)
* Battle of Yarkand (1934)
* Battle of Tutung (1934)
* Battle of Dawan Cheng (1934)
* Soviet invasion of Xinjiang (1934)
* Charkhlik revolt (1935)
* Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)
* Ili Rebellion (1944–1949)
* Battle of Baitag Bogd (1946–1948)
* Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China (1949)

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Battles|

* Kumul Rebellion (1931–1934)
* Kirghiz rebellion (1932)
* Battle of Aksu (1933)
* Kizil massacre (1933)
* Battle of Sekes Tash (1933)
* Battle of Kashgar (1933)
* Battle of Ürümqi (1933)
* Battle of Toksun (1933)
* First Battle of Ürümqi (1933)
* Second Battle of Ürümqi (1933-1934)
* Battle of Kashgar (1934)
* Battle of Yangi Hissar (1934)
* Battle of Yarkand (1934)
* Battle of Tutung (1934)
* Battle of Dawan Cheng (1934)
* Soviet invasion of Xinjiang (1934)
* Charkhlik revolt (1935)
* Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)
* Ili Rebellion (1944–1949)
* Battle of Baitag Bogd (1946-1948)
* Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China (1949)
* Sino-Indian War (1962)
* Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969)
* 2013 Depsang standoff (2013)
* 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes

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Ürümqi (capital)

History|

* Tocharians
* Yuezhi
* Xiongnu
* Han dynasty
* Protectorate of the Western Regions
* Chief Official of the Western Regions
* Kingdom of Khotan
* Sixteen Kingdoms
* Gaochang
* Göktürks: First, Western, Eastern and Second
* Tang dynasty
* Protectorate General to Pacify the West
* Four Garrisons of Anxi
* Beiting Protectorate
* Tibetan Empire
* Uyghur Khaganate
* Qocho
* Kara-Khanid Khanate
* Turkic settlement of the Tarim Basin
* Qara Khitai
* Mongol Empire
* Yuan dynasty
* Chagatai Khanate
* Moghulistan
* Kara Del
* Turpan Khanate
* Yarkent Khanate
* Dzungar Khanate
* Dzungar conquest of Altishahr
* Dzungar–Qing Wars
* Dzungar genocide
* Kumul Khanate
* Qing dynasty
* Qing rule
* Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas
* Afaqi Khoja revolts
* Holy War of the Seven Khojas
* General of Ili
* Reconquest of Xinjiang
* Republic of China
* Xinjiang Wars
* First East Turkestan Republic
* Second East Turkestan Republic
* Ili Rebellion
* People's Republic of China
* PRC incorporation

Geography|

* Cities
* Tian Shan
* Junggar Basin (Dzungaria)
* Tarim Basin (Southern Xinjiang)
* Gurbantünggüt Desert
* Kumtag Desert
* Taklamakan Desert
* Turpan Depression
* Karakoram Mountains
* Altai Mountains
* Kunlun Mountains
* Pamir Mountains
* Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway

Education|

* Xinjiang University
* Xinjiang Agricultural University
* Xinjiang Medical University

Culture|

* Doppa Festival
* Music
* Meshrep gathering
* Muqam
* Tocharian clothing

Cuisine|

* Dapanji
* Nan
* Sangza
* Samsa
* Youtazi
* Pamirdin
* Xurpa
* Tunurkawab
* Chinese Islamic cuisine

Economy|

* Cotton industry
* Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

Visitor attractions|

* Apak Khoja and Xiang Fei Tomb
* Flaming Mountains
* Jiaohe ruins
* Gaochang
* Grand Bazaar, Ürümqi
* Id Kah Mosque
* Karakul Lake
* Kizil Caves
* Niya ruins

Xinjiang conflict|

* 1989 Ürümqi unrest
* Barin uprising
* 1992 Ürümqi bombings
* Ghulja incident
* 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings
* 2007 Xinjiang raid
* 2008 Uyghur unrest
* 2008 Kashgar attack
* Shaoguan incident
* July 2009 Ürümqi riots
* September 2009 Xinjiang unrest
* 2010 Aksu bombing
* 2011 Hotan attack
* 2011 Kashgar attacks
* Pishan hostage crisis
* 2012 Yecheng attack
* Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
* April 2013 Bachu unrest
* June 2013 Shanshan riots
* 2013 Tiananmen Square attack
* 2014 Kunming attack
* 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout
* April 2014 Ürümqi attack
* May 2014 Ürümqi attack
* Assassination of Juma Tayir
* Xinjiang internment camps
* Persecution of Uyghurs in China

People|

* Amursana
* Mingrui
* Jahangir Khoja
* Yaqub Beg
* Zuo Zongtang
* Yang Zengxin
* Jin Shuren
* Sabit Damolla
* Sheng Shicai
* Ehmetjan Qasim
* Wang Zhen
* Saifuddin Azizi
* Rebiya Kadeer
* Nur Bekri
* Li Zhi
* Wang Lequan
* Zhang Chunxian
* Ilham Tohti
* Salih Hudayar
* Sattar Sawut
* Shirzat Bawudun
* Ghulam Osman Yaghma
* Rahile Dawut

Related|

* Uyghur people
* Migration to Xinjiang
* Altishahr
* Chinese Turkestan
* East Turkestan
* East Turkistan Government in Exile
* East Turkistan National Awakening Movement
* Independence movement
* World Uyghur Congress
* China–Kazakhstan relations
* China–Kyrgyzstan relations
* China–Pakistan relations
* China–Turkey relations

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