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Hsinchiang
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Hsin-chiang
English
Etymology
From the en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of the en cmn 新疆 Hsin¹-chiang¹.
Pronunciation
en /ˈʃɪnˈt͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ/ /ˈʃin-/ /ˈsin-/ /-ˈt͡ʃ(j)æŋ/
Proper noun
en Xinjiang.
en 1986 w:Nien Cheng w:Life and Death in Shanghai https://archive.org/details/lifedeathinshang0000chen_i2o6/ 1995 000654861X 1023124200 160 https://archive.org/details/lifedeathinshang0000chen_i2o6/page/160/ In many instances, the military was quite unable to distinguish right away between the Red Guard and Revolutionary organizations led by Maoist activists and those organized by Party officials whom Mao wished to topple, since both sides claimed to be dedicated to Mao’s policy. Furthermore, many military commanders were concurrently local administrators such as those in Tibet and Hsinchiang.
en 1994 Pu Ning Red in Tooth and Claw https://archive.org/details/redintoothclawtw00wumi/ New York w:Grove Press 0-8021-1454-7 93-12025 150504341 60 https://archive.org/details/redintoothclawtw00wumi/page/60/ Some years later I learned that our place was not the most secretly blockaded area. Somewhere in the Pamirs, in the most western part of Hsinchiang Province, was a region even more forbidden. No one in China, except perhaps some “leaders” of the Communist regime and a few secret agents in the Department of Common Security knew where the place was.
en 2016 Bill Porter The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan https://archive.org/details/silkroadtakingbu0000port/ Counterpoint (publisher) Counterpoint 978-1-61902-710-7 939390574 93 https://archive.org/details/silkroadtakingbu0000port/page/93/ We took the bus to Liuyuan because it was on the train line between Lanchou and Urumchi, the capital of Hsinchiang province.