Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is a large, sparsely populated area which takes up about one sixth of the country's territory. Xinjiang borders the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south, Qinghai and Gansu provinces to the southeast, and Mongolia to the east.
"Xinjiang" or "Ice Jecen" in Manchu, literally means "New Frontier", a name given during the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Uyghurs. The region is often referred to as Chinese Turkestan or East Turkestan.
1903 ~ 1933
English medical missionary who devoted his life to the minority peoples of Xinjiang.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission
1869 ~ 1961
Courageous women missionary pioneers in central Asia.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales: Gansu Province
1562 ~ 1607
First Jesuit missionary to cross Asia en route to China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus
1861 ~ 1946
China Inland Mission missionary in Turkestan.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales: Ningxia Province
1884 ~ 1933
Missionary pioneer of the China Inland Mission in Central Asia; linguist and translator.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales: Anhui Province
1906 ~ 2008
American medical missionary, who served in Xinjiang and Gansu for 20 years; President of the Borden Memorial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales: Gansu Province