Xiji

Proper noun

Xiji

1. A county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
   • Huo Kui-hua, a Hui woman from Hsi-chi Hsien, accused Ma at the meeting and said that during the “April 2” revolt Ma Chen-wu’s bandit followers in Hsi-chi Hsien forced her father to join them. Because her father refused to comply, these bandits first cut off his legs and then burned him to death.[1972, Donald E. MacInnis, “Religion and Feudalism”, in Religious Policy and Practice in Communist China: A Documentary History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 170
   • Muslim villagers here in southern Ningxia, known as the Hui Autonomous Region, say that no official from the Xiji County government, 20 miles away, has ever hiked into this desperately poor hamlet to offer assistance to the peasants, most of whom cannot afford to send their children to school and...1996 October 26, Patrick E. Tyler, “In China's Outlands, Poorest Grow Poorer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, World