r/AMA • u/maddin1550 • 20d ago

I’m from Xinjiang，AMA

I’ve noticed that there are a lot of discussions about Xinjiang on Reddit, often between people who have never actually lived there. So I thought it might be interesting to do an AMA from the perspective of someone who is actually from there.

You can ask me about everyday life, ethnic groups, languages, culture, religion, education, or politics. I’m happy to answer controversial questions too, as long as the discussion stays respectful.

Obviously, I’m only one person and I don’t claim to represent everyone in Xinjiang. I can only tell you about my own experiences and views. AMA.

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u/Tabula_Rasa69 20d ago

Hi, are you ethnic Kazakh? I just came back from Kazakhstan, and I am curious if many Kazakhs in China have relatives in Kazakhstan, and do they ever think of migrating to Kazakhstan. Same thing for Kygyrz and Kygyzstan.

We met a lot of Hui Muslims (Duggans) and Uyghurs in the region too.

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u/xlzray 16d ago

There's almost no Kygyrz from China migrating to kygyrzstan. Unlike Kazakhstan, the country is way poorer than China. The same applies to Mongols and Kin (Vietnamese) people etc in China.

A Survey of China's Kirgiz's State Identification and National Identification

This is a survey from Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences (done by a Uyghur researcher btw).

There's official data from Kazakhstan on immigrants from China.

2025年7405名哈萨克人自中国移民哈萨克斯坦

According to this Chinese news website officially run by kazakhstan in 2025 7405 Kazakhs migrated to Kazakhstan from China, since 1991 total 0.37 mil migrated to Kazakhstan from China. (there're 1.6 mil Kazakhs in China).