China’s assimilation moves do not stop: The new districts established in Kashgar and Hotan are a move against the centuries-old homeland of Muslim Uyghurs, aimed at alienating them from their roots and destroying their spirit.
April 11, 2026
The Beijing administration under Xi Jinping has ramped up its strategy to completely liquidate the Muslim Uyghur presence in East Turkistan. Attempting to legitimize its occupation under the lie of "Xinjiang," China is now attempting to detach the geography from its soul by redrawing the region’s administrative map with foreign names such as "Shengling," "He’an," and "Hekan."
An Occupation Move in Kashgar: Shengling (Xinling)
In Kashgar, the heart of East Turkistan and the ancient center of the geography, it was announced on March 27 that a new district named "Shengling" (Xinling) was established with the approval of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the State Council. This news, presented by Xinhua as a "development gospel," is part of a planned attack aimed at erasing the Islamic and Uyghur identity of Kashgar.
The replacement of local names in the region (those with religious, historical, and cultural origins) with Chinese names reflecting CCP ideology is an attempt to uproot the bond of future generations to their own roots from their memory.
Siege Stretching from Hotan to Kashmir
The He’an and Hekan districts, established under Hoten Prefecture in the final days of 2025, proved that the issue is not limited to internal assimilation but also harbors regional expansionism.
The overlap of these new administrative units with the Ladakh region of Kashmir put New Delhi on alert. This move, carried out by China under the guise of "border adjustment," was protested by India, which characterized it as an "illegal occupation."
These steps by Beijing are, on one hand, a demographic engineering that makes Muslim Uyghurs "foreigners" in their own lands, and on the other hand, an effort to consolidate its dominance in the region with military-administrative units.
These moves by Imperialist China are a "faith-cide" (imankırım)—a situation that the West treats as a mere "human rights" talking point without producing solutions, and which the Islamic world mostly remains silent about.
Faith-cide: China’s Attempt to Kill a Nation's Religion and Soul
Changing place names is an attempt to cancel the title deed of that land. The name "Kashgar" is not just a city name, it is the name of a soul.
Every newly established district means the CCP will pile more police force, more surveillance cameras, and more "ideological training centers" (concentration camps) into the region.
East Turkistan, one of the most oppressed geographies in the Islamic world, is not just a "human rights" issue, but an issue of "faith and dignity."
Source: Uygur Haber, Baran Magazine
