(2002 pop. 19.0 million). Located in northwestern China, the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang is bordered by Mongolia to the northeast; the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Gansu to the east; the Tibetan Autonomous Region to the southeast; India...

Xinjiang (Uyghur: شىنجاڭ, Shinjang; Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: Xīnjiāng; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal map spelling: Sinkiang) is an autonomous region (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) of the People's Republic of China. It is a large,...

Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, by James A. Millward. London: Hurst & Company, 2007. xxii + 440 pp. £25.00 (hardcover). Eurasian Crossroads is a survey history of Xinjiang, from prehistoric times to the present, but it is very much written from a...

To promote the vigorous development of the western areas, Xinjiang will launch 26 major construction projects and adding 11 preparative major construction projects in 2000. The total investment of the major construction projects to be launched is 20.0089 billion yuan. There are 6...

China has sentenced to death five ethnic Muslims from the country's restive far western region who were accused of separatist activities, state media reported Sunday.Xinhua News Agency said of the five men who were sentenced to death, two had their sentences suspended for two years....

An exiled Chinese Muslim activist living in the U.S. urged China on Wednesday to allow an independent probe of an anti-terror raid that officials say killed 18 militants.Police found a cache of hand grenades, guns and handmade explosives Friday in Akto, a county in the...