Jin Shuren

Image by Jin Shuren (from around 1928)

Jin Shuren (also Chin Shu-jen, Chinese  金樹仁 , Pinyin Jīn Shùrén , * 1883 in Gansu Province , † 1941 in Gansu Province) was a warlord in the Republic of China and governor of Xinjiang from 1928 to 1933 .

Term of office as governor

In 1928, Kuomintang sympathizers put a coup against the long-time governor of Xinjiang, Yang Zengxin, and murdered him. His student, Jin Shuren, in turn had the coup plotters arrested and shot. He then ruled himself. In 1928, he sent Burhan Shahidi to the Weimar Republic to study the political and economic conditions there.

Jin's tenure was marked by his hatred of the region's Muslims, especially the Uighurs . This policy led to tensions between the Han Chinese and Muslim communities, as well as to Uighur and Kazak uprisings in the province.

In 1933, Sheng Shicai replaced Jin Shuren.

Web links

Commons : Jin Shuren  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mi Shoujiang / You Jia: Islam in China , Beijing: China Intercontinental Press 2004, p. 147.
2. ↑ Qin Huibin: Western China (Xinjiang) , in: Chahryar Adle (ed.): History of Civilizations of Central Asia , Paris: UNESCO Publishing 2005, p. 391.
3. ↑ Debasish Chaudhuri: China's policy in Xinjiang, 1948–78 , in: K. Warikoo (ed.): Xinjiang - China's Northwest Frontier , New York / London: Routledge 2016, p. 63.
4. ^ Wolfgang Bartke: Who was Who in the People's Republic of China , Berlin: De Gruyter 2012, p. 16.
5. ↑ Vincent Goossaert / David A. Palmer: The Religious Question in Modern China , Chicago / London: University of Chicago Press 2011, p. 65.
6. ^ Ondřej Klimeš: Struggle by the Pen: The Uyghur Discourse of Nation and National Interest, c.1900–1949 , Leiden: Brill 2015, p. 120.