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China's Xinjiang to build 'Great Wall' to protect border, governor says
China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang will build a "Great Wall" around its borders to prevent the infiltration of militants from outside the country, state media reported Tuesday citing the regional governor. Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few ...
China sacks senior Xinjiang party official for not fighting extremism
China has sacked and will prosecute a senior official in its violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang after a probe found he wasn't doing enough to tackle extremism in one of the most sensitive parts of the country and had taken bribes. Anti-graft watchdog the ...
China says number of 'terror attacks' is down, but threat remains high
The number of violent attacks by "terrorist cells" in China has dropped due to increased security measures, state media reported on Tuesday, however it also cited experts as saying the level of attempted violence remains high. China says it faces a serious threat from violent ...
Chinese forces rumble through Uighur-dominated Urumqi in new display
China has staged a fresh display of military might in its western Xinjiang region, sending more than 10,000 armed police, columns of armored vehicles and helicopters rumbling through the regional capital. A government news website published reports and photos of Monday's exercise in the city ...
Attackers drove a car into a government building in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday and set off an explosive device, killing one person, the regional government said. All four of the attackers were shot dead. Hundreds of people have been killed ...
China to prosecute former chief in Xinjiang city of Hotan for corruption, abuse of power
China will prosecute a former Communist Party boss in the western city of Hotan, in the troubled Xinjiang region, an anti-graft watchdog said on Wednesday, as President Xi Jinping pushes on with a years-long crackdown on corruption. Chen Yuanhua, 50, was removed from his post ...
China has pledged to reward people who report online "terrorist" content up to 100,000 yuan ($15,200) for each tipoff, after giving out 2 million yuan worth of rewards last year, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. "The Internet has become a channel for terrorists ...
China reduces 11 Xinjiang jail sentences, calls de-radicalization a success
Authorities in China's unruly far-western region of Xinjiang have reduced the sentences of 11 people jailed for threatening state security after declaring the success of a re-radicalization programme, state Xinhua News Agency reported. Hundreds of people have been killed in violence in Xinjiang in the ...
China's Xinjiang region adopts nondiscrimination rules amid ethnic violence
China's western region of Xinjiang has set new rules to boost "ethnic solidarity," state media said on Friday, amid roiling violence between Muslim Uighurs and the majority Han Chinese that has left hundreds dead in recent years. The government has blamed unrest in Xinjiang on ...
China's rubber-stamp legislature OKs controversial anti-terrorism law
China's rubber-stamp national legislature approved the country's first anti-terrorism law on Sunday, amid concerns that its requirements that tech companies share information with the government could hurt business interests and further infringe upon human rights. The National People's Congress said its standing committee adopted the ...
China confirms deadly Xinjiang attack, says 28 of the 29 culprits have been killed
A state-run news website says police have killed all but one of the 29 culprits responsible for a deadly attack on a coal mine that killed 16 people in the ethnically restive region of Xinjiang. The remaining suspect was detained. The report Friday in Tianshan ...
China says Uighurs being sold as 'cannon fodder' for extremist groups
Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups such as the Islamic State as "cannon fodder," a senior Chinese official said Saturday. Beijing says ...
