@@twxpda During the 1950s, a large network of quasi-military Han settlements, known as the "Production and Construction Corps" (PCCs) administered several dozen forced-labor camps and other notoriously harsh penal institutions where long-term prisoners have for decades been dispatched from around China to serve out their sentences. The PCCs accounted for cotton and livestock production, as well as gold, salt, iron, coal and other types of mining in the region.
@@lesterchester8097 My grandpa was proud to work there. He‘s been heathy so far. One of his hobbies is playing Chinese chess with his former colleagues. Yes they all moved to the same place after leaving that small town.
@@pvusianl3978 Not saying people were not proud of their own work. However, their lives could have been very different if they hadn't been "exiled" there. By the way, the Han population in Xinjian was less than 1% at that time.
@@pvusianl3978Glad your grandpa is living a great life. I loved the land and the people. The place was full of Uyghurs who didn't want to be Chinese, and of the Chinese who didn't want to be exiled there in the first place. How did your grandpa get there in the first place?
