Early Life and Career
Rebiya Kadeer is a prominent Uyghur businesswoman and political activist from the northwest region of Xinjiang, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). She was born into poverty in the city of Altay, then she married in 1965 and moved to the city of Aksu.
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