La Fabrica
China Western
Carlos Spottorna
256 pages
24 x 33cm
Hard Back cover
ISBN: 978-84-92498-49-9
The Xianjiang region is located in northwest China, a remote area inside Eurasia. It occupies one-sixth of China´s territory, and with its more than 1.5 million square kilometres it is the largest region in the People´s Republic.
The Uighur minorityare people with a Turkic lenguage, a sedentary tradition and Sunni Muslim religion who, from a historical and cultural viewpoint, are very close to the other Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia.
The Xinjiang situation is a latent conflict with cyclical explosions of violence.
Foreword by Nicolás de Pedro, expert on Central Asia.