Tag: Xinjiang
6.1 magnitude earthquake in China’s Xinjiang
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck China’s far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey…
China Publicly Humiliates Imams
In another crackdown on religious freedoms, China has forced the imams of eastern Muslim majority district of Xinjiang to dance…
China connects remote Xinjiang with high speed train
China tied the restive far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country Friday, opening a high-speed rail…
40 ‘rioters’ killed in China
Forty “rioters” were killed in China’s far-western Xinjiang region following a series of explosions last Sunday, the worst incident of…
37 civilians, 59 ‘terrorists’ killed in China
Chinese state media early Sunday said that 37 civilians and 59 “terrorists” had been killed in a terror attack in…
Dozens killed and injured in terror attack in China’s Xinjiang
Dozens of people were killed and injured in a “terrorist attack” in China’s far western Xinjiang region, home to the…
China bans civil servants, students from Ramadan fasting
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from taking part in Ramadan fasting,…
China sentences 55 in mass trial at Xinjiang stadium
Authorities in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang mounted a mass sentencing in a stadium for 55 people on offences including terrorism,…
China vows year-long terrorism crackdown
China on Sunday vowed a year-long campaign against terrorism, days after attackers in the western region of Xinjiang killed 39…
China arrests seven linked to Xinjiang attack
Chinese police have arrested seven people suspected of being linked to a deadly stabbing spree and explosion at a railway…
China’s Xi Jinping vows decisive actions after Xinjiang attack
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive…