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TIBET – XIZANG AUTONOMOUS REGION
1 Tibet is a contentious international issue
2 Tibetan Buddhism has a strong hold on the people
3 After centuries of failed attempts and limited fruit
there may be about 1,000 evangelical and 2,000 Catholic Christians among the
5m Tibetans in the world
4 Political sensitivity and tensions in Tibet make entry
and travel difficult for both Chinese and foreign Christians
5 There is a growing number of Han Chinese in Tibet
XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION
1 Xinjiang's rich natural resources and strategic location
make it important for China's future
2 Almost all the indigenous peoples are Muslim
and unreached
3 There were once believers and some churches among
the Uygur in the 1930s, but in violent persecution the churches were destroyed
and believers killed or scattered
4 The 360,000 Christians in Xinjiang, almost all Han
Chinese, are culturally isolated from the indigenous population
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Area 1,222,000 sq.km. High, barren Tibetan plateau
north of the Himalaya Mountains,
Population 2,500,000; 2 people/sq.km.
Capital Lhasa 310,000.
Han Chinese 20%.
Sino-Tibetan 80%.
Lama Buddhist 80%.
Area 1,646,900 sq.km.
Population 17,582,000; 11 people/sq.km.
Capital Urumqi 1,635,000.
Turkic 60.7%.
Han Chinese 33.1%.
Hui 4.2%.
Mongolian-Tungus 1.7%.
Other 0.3%:
Muslim 65.1%.
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