Shihezi

alternative Shih-ho-tzu

1. A county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

   But most Bingtuan new cities were like Shihezi: company towns populated mainly by Han and independent of the Xinjiang authorities, answering only to the Party.

   2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366

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   The same day, violent clashes erupted in many parts of Sinkiang, such as Shihhotzu where fighting was particularly serious. Army-backed factions controlled the roads linking Shihhotzu and Urumchi and telephone communications were cut.

   [1969 August, Chien Yu-shen, “Wuhan Upheaval and After”, in China's Fading Revolution: Army Dissent and Military Divisions, 1967-68, Hong Kong: Centre of Contemporary Chinese Studies, →OCLC, page 19

   Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service in Mandarin at 1300 GMT on 30 October reports that 143d Regimental Farm in Shihhotze Prefecture develops forestry. The same broadcasts reports that 84th Regimental Farm in Poerhtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture restores award system in efforts to promote animal husbandry.

   [1978 November 3 [1978 October 30], “PRC Radio Reports on Activities of Chinese PLA Units”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 214, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service via Editorial Report OW, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, National Affairs, page E 7

   In October, the Police Department of the town of Shihezi, in northern Xinjiang, posted a notice on a microblog saying that all residents would have to hand in their passports for an annual review. The notice was later deleted, but screen captures of it remain online. Shihezi was founded decades ago as an agricultural settlement and garrison, known as a bingtuan. The bingtuan system is widespread across Xinjiang and is operated by the powerful Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a central-government agency with military ties. Like other bingtuan, Shihezi has a mostly Han population.

   2016 December 1, Edward Wong, “Police Confiscate Passports in Parts of Xinjiang, in Western China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2016, Asia Pacific