Yining

Proper noun

Yining

1. A county-level city of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • Meanwhile, in the northwest corner of Sinkiang, the green star-and-crescent flag of the "East Turkestan Republic" flies over the districts of Ili, Tacheng and Altai. The "Republic's" capital is Ining in Ili district just east of the Sino-Soviet border.[1948 August 26 [1948 August 18], Henry R. Liebermanby, “RUSSIA HOLDS ZONE ON CHINA'S BORDER; Turki Republic, Detached From Sinkiang, Is Closed Sphere of Soviet Influence”, in The New York Times...
   • The Uighurs yearn for reestablishment of the once independent Central Asian republic that was called Eastern Turkestan and had its capital in Yining 50 years ago.1997 February 23, Steven Mufson, “ETHNIC TURMOIL ROILS WESTERN CHINA”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017
2. A county of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.