Singkiang

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  1. 1
    Misspelling of Sinkiang. alt-of, misspelling

    "Moscow's position in its quarrel with Peking is being echoed alose to the Chinese border I the native languages of most of the inhabitants of Singkiang^([sic – meaning Sinkiang]), China's Central Asian province known also as East Turkestan.[…] Uigurs constitute about 75 per cent of the population of Sinkiang and Kazakhs about 10 per cent."

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chinese turkestaneast turkestaneast turkistanlittle bokharasinkiangxinjiang uighur autonomous region

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"Moscow's position in its quarrel with Peking is being echoed alose to the Chinese border I the native languages of most of the inhabitants of Singkiang^([sic – meaning Sinkiang]), China's Central Asian province known also as East Turkestan.[…] Uigurs constitute about 75 per cent of the population of Sinkiang and Kazakhs about 10 per cent."

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