Politics

China census: migration drives Han population growth in Xinjiang



The Han population in China’s western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, according to the results of the 2020 national census.Compared with the previous census in 2010, the Han population in the autonomous region grew by 25 per cent, while the Uygur population grew by 16 per cent.Most of the Han population growth came from migration from other parts of the country, the Xinjiang government said in a summary of the results released on…



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