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CHINESE AUTHORITIES COLLECTING DNA FROM ALL RESIDENTS OF XINJIANG


Chinese authorities are collecting DNA samples, fingerprints and other biometric data from every resident in a far western region, Human Rights Watch has said... READ MORE

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IS CENTRAL ASIA A 'HOTBED FOR EXTREMISM'?


As evidence, many cited a string of recent attacks carried out by individuals of Central Asian origin in Istanbul, Saint Petersburg and Stockholm... READ MORE

6th November, 2017 769

WHY UZBEKS BECAME A KEY FIGHTING FORCE FOR IS GROUP


Experts say Central Asians, and Uzbeks in particular, are a prominent fighting force in the militant group's jihad... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 120

CARGO TRAIN SERVICES CONNECT CHINA WITH 34 EUROPEAN CITIES


A working meeting on deepened international cooperation of China-Europe freight trains was recently held in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 0

700 CHINA-EUROPE FREIGHT TRAINS TO DEPART XINJIANG IN 2017


Freight train X9091 waits for transportation to Almaty of Kazakhstan, in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Oct 19, 2017... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 0

700 CHINA-EUROPE FREIGHT TRAINS TO DEPART XINJIANG IN 2017[1]


A total of 700 China-Europe freight trains are expected to depart from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, by the end of 2017, the regional logistic center said Thursday... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 2

BLIND MAN HIKES 40 DAYS FROM BEIJING TO XI'AN ALONG BELT AND ROAD ROUTE


He flew 4,700 kilometers from Xi'an to Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 20, planning to hike back to Xi'an in 5 months... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 0

URUMQI JEWELER SHOWCASES HETIAN JADE CREATIONS IN BEIJING[1]


Zhang Jing, a native of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is familiar with the beautiful, high quality jade found in Hetian... READ MORE

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CHINA BANS RAMADAN FASTING IN MAINLY MUSLIM REGION


China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to stay open... READ MORE

4th May, 2016 21961

COULD GREAT WALL OF IRON BECOME NEW SILK ROADBLOCK?


The Daesh video signals the formal excommunication of the Turkestan Islamic Party TIP, which is essentially al-Qaeda in Xinjiang... READ MORE

23rd March, 2017 12348

BAN ON LONG BEARDS, VEILS IN XINJIANG


Xinjiang is home ot about 10 million Uighur Muslims, who have said they routinely face discrimination... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 8503

CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY HARDENS RHETORIC ON ISLAM


READ MORE Is China changing its policy towards Uighur Muslims?... READ MORE

13th March, 2017 8416

CHINA: XINJIANG RESIDENTS TOLD TO TURN IN PASSPORTS


A Xinjiang official told the Global Times that the new policy tightening was intended to maintain social order in the region... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 6137

ISIL VIDEO THREATENS CHINA WITH 'RIVERS OF BLOODSHED'


China has for years blamed exiled Uighur separatists for a series of violent attacks in its western Xinjiang region... READ MORE

1st March, 2017 5138

HOW THE USSR'S EFFORT TO DESTROY ISLAM CREATED A GENERATION OF RADICALS


They did, and by the '70s Islam had made a comeback in much of Central Asia... READ MORE

5th January, 2017 4532

CHINA TARGETS PARENTS WITH RELIGION RULES IN XINJIANG


The government strongly denies committing any abuses in Xinjiang and insists the legal, cultural and religious rights of the Uighur people are fully protected... READ MORE

12th October, 2016 4265

XINJIANG BAN ON LONG BEARDS AND VEILS


The restrictions were approved by Xinjiang lawmakers and published on the region's official news website... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 3845

CHINA, SAUDI ARABIA HOLD JOINT 'ANTI-TERROR' DRILLS


Human rights groups say violence in Xinjiang is more a reaction to repressive government policies and limits on Uighurs' religious freedoms, accusations the government denies... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 3083

CHINESE MUSLIM WEBSITE BLOCKED AFTER XI JINPING LETTER


In the next spring of China's new Jasmine Revolution, who will drive your tanks to crush us, the new generation of students after 1989?... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 2822

CHINA BANS 'ABNORMAL' BEARDS & VEILS TO CURB EXTREMISM IN MUSLIM REGION


The Uighur people - the dominant Muslim minority in Xinjiang -mostly practice a moderate form of Sunni Islam... READ MORE

31st March, 2017 1648

PAKISTAN APPROVES RUSSIA'S REQUEST TO USE STRATEGIC GWADAR PORT


On top of it, Russia also wants to join the USD 46 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor to reap the maximum dividends... READ MORE

26th November, 2016 1313

XINJIANG SEETHES UNDER CHINESE CRACKDOWN


KASHGAR, China -- Families sundered by a wave of detentions... READ MORE

3rd January, 2016 1283

DODGING CHINESE POLICE IN KASHGAR, A SILK ROAD OASIS TOWN


The greatest outburst took place in 2009, when ethnic rioting in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, the autonomous region where Kashgar is located, resulted in about 200 deaths... READ MORE

19th July, 2017 1256

IN CHINA'S FAR WEST THE 'PERFECT POLICE STATE' IS EMERGING


Zenz said the recruitment of security staff in Xinjiang had gone absolutely through the roof under Chen's rule... READ MORE

23rd June, 2017 1228

THAILAND BLAMES UIGHUR MILITANTS FOR BOMBING AT BANGKOK SHRINE


But Thailand has made it clear that the Uighurs were repatriated at China's request, a decision Thailand seems unlikely to repeat anytime soon... READ MORE

15th September, 2015 1163

BEIJING'S LATEST WORRY: THOUSANDS OF CHINESE JIHADIS JOINING TERROR GROUPS IN SYRIA


The Turkistan Islamic Party is the other name for the East Turkistan Islamic Movement that considers China's Xinjiang to be East Turkistan... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 954

CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM


BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE

31st October, 2015 868

CPEC: PAKISTAN AND CHINA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES


The 3,000km trade route, called the China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, links China's Xinjiang province with Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province... READ MORE

12th November, 2016 738

BALLOON BEARING TIBETAN FLAG TAKES TO AIR IN BRISTOL DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO BAN IT


Organisers of Bristol balloon festival say they were approached by individuals purporting to be Chinese embassy officials urging a ban on the balloon... READ MORE

7th August, 2015 695

CHINA WIDENS ITS SILK ROAD TO THE WORLD


China's new 'Silk Road' initiative is the only large-scale, multilateral development project that the 21st century has seen so far... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 662

PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET


Several said they were simply told to show up Tuesday at the same courthouse in Xinjiang's regional capital, Urumqi, where Mr. Tohti was convicted in a closed trial... READ MORE

23rd November, 2014 629

UIGHUR IS FIGHTERS VOW BLOOD WILL 'FLOW IN RIVERS' IN CHINA


Rian Thum, a Uighur specialist at Loyola University New Orleans, said the Uighurs in the video were presented in the style of Islamic State propaganda... READ MORE

2nd March, 2017 569

AT LEAST 5 POLICE SAID TO BE KILLED IN CHINA STABBING


Repeated calls to the Xinjiang government and public security departments were not answered... READ MORE

23rd September, 2015 501

TURKMENISTAN COULD PROVIDE CHINA WITH MORE ENERGY


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20th November, 2014 499

A VOICE FROM CHINAS UIGHUR HOMELAND REPORTING FROM THE UNITED STATES


According to R.F.A., the police have told Mr. Hoshur's relatives that his brothers will be released only if he stops reporting on Xinjiang... READ MORE

31st July, 2015 495

CHINA HOLDS FIRST ANTI-TERROR DRILLS WITH SAUDI ARABIA


Chinese officials have long been concerned that instability in Afghanistan will spill over into China's western region of Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur people... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 495

CHINA PLANS TO LAUNCH CARGO SERVICE TO PAKISTAN THROUGH POK


China is planning to launch a road and rail freight service to Pakistan through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, a move which could raise concerns in India... READ MORE

6th July, 2017 397

CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S STATE VISIT TO THE UK, IN PICTURES


Chinese president xi jinping's state visit to the uk in pictures... READ MORE

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