Definition of "Baren"

On 3 April, Abudure Yimu and Aihaiti Alabai, backbone members of the counterrevolutionary armed rebellion in Baren Township, went to Aigusi Township in Yengisar County to buy horses for battle. They offered a price as high as 2,000 yuan to buy a good horse owned by Danixi in San Village. The horse won several champions during races in Yengisar County.

1990 June 19 , Shi Jian, Dong Jianshneg, Yusufujiang, Shi Linjie, “Report on the Quelling of the Counterrevolutionary Rebellion in Baren Township”, in Daily Report: China‎, number 118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, page 59, column 2‎

In the dusty bazaar streets of Kashi, also known as Kashgar, Uighur hatred of Chinese authorities runs deep. Many here believe that more than 100 died fighting Chinese troops last spring in the nearby town of Baren.

1990, David Holley, “COLUMN ONE : An Islamic Challenge to China : Officials fear the spread of fundamentalism in the westernmost region. They toughen controls on religious life and suppress secessionist activities.”, in Los Angeles Times‎

Although there had been periodic outbreaks for several years beforehand, notably in a protest against nuclear testing in Lop Nur in 1986, the current unrest began with the Baren incident in April 1990, when hundreds of armed Uyghurs invaded Baren, attacked local government offices and for several days fought off the Chinese military sent to stop them.

2011, Justin V. Hastings, “Charting the Course of Uyghur Unrest”, in The China Quarterly‎, number 208, page 900

In 1984 a small town in south-west Xinjiang was awarded the title of 'Ethnic Unity Model'. The population of Baren, in Akto county, in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, was two-thirds Uyghur and slightly less than one-third Kyrgyz, with the remainder Han Chinese, Tajik and Hui. While this kind of ethnic diversity is common in Xinjiang, the authorities seldom miss a chance to stress the value of ‘ethnic unity, The town’s apparent stability made the violent incident that took place there six years later an even greater shock for the government - and it is today the event most Western analysts regard as the first major confrontation between Uyghurs and the Chinese authorities in Xinjiang.

2015, Nick Holdstock, “'Opening Up'”, in China's Forgotten People: Xinjiang, Repression and the Chinese State‎, I.B. Tauris, page 49

On April 5, 1990, incited by the East Turkistan Islamic Party (also known as Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, East Turkistan Islamic Party of Allah, East Turkistan Islamic Hezbollah), a group of terrorists with submachine guns, pistols, explosive devices and grenades, mustered over 200 people to attack the government building of Baren Township, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, kidnapping 10 people, killing 6 armed police officers, and blowing up 2 vehicles.

2019 March 19, “Fighting terror, protecting human rights in Xinjiang”, in China Daily‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2019

The East Turkistan Government in Exile and the overwhelming majority of East Turkistanis across our global diaspora commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution, also known as the Baren Uprising, or the Baren Massacre, which erupted on April 5, 1990 in East Turkistan's Akto County.

2020 April 5, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Voice of East Turkistan‎, volume 1, number 3, page 17