Chinese Turkestan

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Chinese Turkestan is a historical term for the largely Muslim, Turkic-speaking region of western China, corresponding mainly to modern Xinjiang.

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Paul Pelliot traveledTo Chinese Turkestan
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition exploredRegion Chinese Central Asia
linked to: Chinese Turkestan
Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet stillUsedIn China (Kazakh communities)
linked to: Chinese Turkestan
Xinjiang Wars historicalRegion East Turkestan
linked to: Chinese Turkestan
Yakub Beg areaOfInfluence Eastern Turkestan
linked to: Chinese Turkestan
Yaghma originRegion eastern Turkestan
linked to: Chinese Turkestan
Kashgaria partOf Chinese Turkestan
Karluk territories region eastern Turkestan
linked to: Chinese Turkestan
Galdan Boshugtu Khan expandedInto eastern Turkestan
linked to: Chinese Turkestan