2017 December 17, Gerry Shih, “AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on 28 April 2022[2]:
In one year, Kashgar Prefecture, which has a population of 4 million, has carried out mandatory checks for practically its entire population, said Yang Yanfeng, deputy director of Kashgar’s propaganda department. She characterized the checkups as a public health success story, not a security measure.
In addition, in January 2019, the Hong Kong-based security services company Frontier Services Group (FSG) announced on its website that it had signed an agreement with local XUAR officials to build a training facility in Kashgar prefecture, XUAR.
2020, “6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Xinjiang, no casualties reported”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency[4], archived from the original on January 20, 2020[5]:
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 9:27 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
[1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World[6], 3rd edition, page 439:
The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade.]
The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul.
The weapon steel and metalwork of Kashgar, the carpets of Khotan, the painted caves of Kezir were famed throughout Central Asia.
1992, “Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring”, in Tibet Information Network (Background Papers on Tibet)[9], page 51:
In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising.
2020 October 24, Muyu Xu, Shen Yan, Brenda Goh, Ryan Woo, “China's Kashgar detects 137 new asymptomatic COVID cases”, in Reuters[10], archived from the original on 25 October 2020, HEALTHCARE & PHARMACEUTICALS[11]:
The Kashgar government said on Sunday all schools except universities will be closed through Friday but supermarkets and shopping malls would remain open. Four towns in the Kashgar region were identified as “high-risk” areas, according to a statement from Kashgar city authority on Sunday night, and stringent controls such as travel restrictions are expected.
