Bandit Suppression in Xinjiang

Arresting a bandit in Urumqi, autumn 1950

Chinese soldiers on the move

A Bandit Suppression Unit eats lunch with local Kazakh herdsmen

Ren Shutian, Commander of the 16th Division 46th Regiment, eats flat bread with his troops

Kazakh herdsmen give directions to cavalry units

Commander Luo Yuanfa

Luo Shaowei and Hu Qingshan, two soldiers who died during bandit suppression

A memorial for Luo Shaowei

Osman Batur, who was caught by the PLA in February 1951

The public execution of Osman Batur and others in Urumqi, April 29, 1951

All photos courtesy of Halamasi.com. View the original story in Chinese here.

See also:

• Unlikely Immigrants: Xinjiang White Russians in the United States
• Douglas Mackiernan, Osman Batur, and the ‘Kazakh Exodus’
• J. Hall Paxton and Xinjiang Refugees

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