Xinjiang
(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 e...
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BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters) - There is still a problem with
ethnic unrest in China's far western region of Xinjiang though
the situation is much improved on previous years, its top
government offici...
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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 ...
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Berlin (dpa) - Sensational recent archaeological finds from
Xinjiang, China's most northwestern province, are on show for the
first time in Europe at The Origins of the Silk...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government is
forcibly moving young women of the ethnic Uighur minority from
their homes in Xinjiang to factories in eastern China, a Uighur
activist told the U.S. C...
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Beijing (dpa) - A court in China's Central Asian region of
Xinjiang on Tuesday sentenced the son of a prominent Uighur political
activist to nine years in prison after convi...
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Beijing (dpa) - A court in China's Central Asian region of
Xinjiang has sentenced three men to death for terrorism and
separatism and handed suspended death sentences or lif...
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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 han...
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Beijing (dpa) - A court in China's Central Asian region of
Xinjiang on Thursday sentenced a Canadian citizen who is a member of
the Uighur ethnic minority to life in prison ...
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BEIJING, Nov 21 (Reuters) - An underground coal fire in
remote northwest China that has raged unchecked for more than
50 years has finally been put out, state media reported on
Wednesday. More tha...
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Xinjiang
China says unrest still a problem in Xinjiang
