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China Renames Hundreds of Uyghur Villages and Towns, Human Rights Groups Claim

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According to research published by Human Rights Watch and Uyghur Hjelp, between 2009 and 2023, the Chinese government has renamed approximately 630 communities in Xinjiang. The name changes aim to remove religious, historical, or cultural references, replacing them with words that reflect the ruling Communist Party's ideology. Common replacements include "Happiness", "Unity", and "Harmony". Rights groups have analyzed official data from this period, confirming the systematic renaming of hundreds of villages with significant meaning for Uighurs. Traditional Uyghur terms such as "dutar" (a string instrument) or "mazar" have been removed from village names, replaced by words that align with the government's ideology.

  1. AU
    Elaine Pearson
    Human Rights Watch
    1. This is part of the broader efforts by the Chinese government to conflate Islam with terrorism.
  2. US
    Maya Wang
    Human Rights Watch
    1. The Chinese authorities have been changing hundreds of village names in Xinjiang from those rich in meaning for Uyghurs to those that reflect government propaganda.
    2. These name changes appear part of Chinese government efforts to erase the cultural and religious expressions of Uyghurs.

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sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.BBC
  5. 5.Guardian

perspectives

  1. 1.US under Donald Trump
  2. 2.US-China Relations
  3. 3.Authoritarianism
  4. 4.China under Xi Jinping
  5. 5.Human rights
  6. 6.Islam
  7. 7.Thai Foreign Policy

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.KazakhstanKZ
  4. 4.NorwayNO
  5. 5.TurkeyTR

organizations

  1. 1.Human Rights Watch
  2. 2.Uyghur Hjelp
  3. 3.Uyghurs
  4. 4.Chinese Communist PartyCN
  5. 5.National Bureau of Statistics of ChinaCN
  6. 6.Communist Party
  7. 7.UN Human Rights Council
  8. 8.United Nations

persons

  1. 1.Abduweli Ayup
  2. 2.Maya WangUS
  3. 3.Elaine PearsonAU
  4. 4.Michelle Bachelet
  5. 5.Qutb Al-Din Al-Shirazi
  6. 6.Rayhan Asat

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Dutar
  3. 3.Himalayas
  4. 4.Quran