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A woman contemplate the landscape in the Takamaklan deser in Xinjiang, China, March, 2009. Photographer: Bernardo De Niz..Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.is the name given to Eastern Turkistan by the Chinese.government, and is the cause of much resentment;.Xinjiang is Chinese for "New Dominion," or "New.Frontier," a legacy of their former Manchu rulers, who.invaded Eastern Turkistan in 1759 and incorporated it.into China. The reference, understandably, does not.go down well with Uyghur nationalists.
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- Bernardo De Niz
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- 3504x2336 / 1.0MB
- Contained in galleries
- East Turkestan, Xinjiang, China.

