Life changed dramatically in Xinjiang when it, like Tibet, was swept up in the nation-wide leftist and Maoist struggle-campaigns that culminated in the 10-year Cultural Revolution and from 1966-76 wreaked havoc on the entire country.
Život v Sin-ťiangu se dramaticky změnil poté, co jej - a Tibet - zachvátily celonárodní levicové a maoistické kampaně, jež vyvrcholily desetiletou kulturní revolucí, která v letech 1966 až 1976 stihla celou zemi obrátit v trosky.