<!– google_ad_section_start –> Wearing an embroidered cap signalling her Uighur ethnicity, Rehangul Yimir’s presence in the Great Hall of the People symbolises Beijing’s efforts to gloss over simmering frictions among its disparate peoples. According to official figures Xinjiang is 46 per cent Uighur – who speak a Turkic language and are mostly Muslim – and 39 per cent Han Chinese, after millions moved to the area in recent decades. Relations between them are often tense and riots rocked Xinjiang, which is twice the size of Turkey and rich in oil and gas, in 2009, when about 200 people died. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Uighur leader youngest member of Xinjiang’s delegation to NPC
Uighur leader youngest member of Xinjiang’s delegation to NPC
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Wearing an embroidered cap signalling her Uighur ethnicity, Rehangul Yimir’s presence in the Great Hall of the People symbolises Beijing’s efforts to gloss over simmering frictions among its disparate peoples. According to official figures Xinjiang is 46 per cent Uighur – who speak a Turkic language and are mostly Muslim – and 39 per cent Han Chinese, after millions moved to the area in recent decades. Relations between them are often tense and riots rocked Xinjiang, which is twice the size of Turkey and rich in oil and gas, in 2009, when about 200 people died. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Uighur leader youngest member of Xinjiang’s delegation to NPC
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