Tag: Xinjiang
Pakistan believes Chinese Muslims enjoy their due rights: Alvi
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said Pakistan believes that Muslims in China enjoy religious freedom and their fundamental rights are well protected.
"We do not think...
China defends internment camps of minorities in Xinjiang
BEIJING: China on Tuesday issued an ardent defence of its alleged mass internment of minorities in far west Xinjiang region amid a global outcry, with...
China says no discussion on Xinjiang took place between Pakistani minister,...
Chinese foreign ministry has denied reports that Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri had raised the issue of alleged Chinese restrictions on Muslims...
Xinjiang enjoys social stability, ethnic harmony: Chinese Embassy official
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of Chinese Embassy has said that Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China enjoys social stability, sound economic development and harmonious coexistence among ethnic...
China to spend $300m on improved irrigation in southern Xinjiang
The Chinese government will spend 1.875 billion yuan ($298.92 million) to improve irrigation systems in the heavily ethnic Uighur southern part of the violence-prone...
CPNE delegation returns after week-long China visit
KARACHI: A delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) visited Beijing as well as Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, during a...
The fervent rise of Islamophobia in China
You don't need to look West for stories of prejudice
A large number of Uyghur Muslims are in detention centres
without trial and re-education camps as...
Let’s make no mistake: this is China’s Berlin Wall
May you live in interesting times…
Uyghurs who had just arrived for pilgrimage got off his taxi
upon learning he was Uyghur who knew their language
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Xinjiang universities to offer Urdu, Farsi classes
Two universities in north-west China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region will add Urdu and Farsi (Persian) to their undergraduate curriculum.
Shihezi University and Xinjiang Normal University...
China’s Xinjiang tightening border amid terrorist threats
China is tightening border controls in its northwestern Xinjiang region amid rising terrorism threats, the regional governor was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
State media...
China says extremism losing grip in restless Xinjiang
The religious atmosphere in China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang became markedly less radical last year and the government was broadly successful in...
French journalist expected to leave China over Xinjiang reporting
A French journalist said she is prepared to leave China and does not expect authorities to renew her press credentials because of her reporting...
Chinese security forces kill 17 in Xinjiang
Chinese security forces in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have killed 17 people, including women and children, accused of involvement in an...
Women’s veils a sign of backwardness in Xinjiang
The custom of women wearing face veils is not a tradition of minority people in China's western area of Xinjiang or in any Muslim...
Kashgar’s new city to serve as major hub for developing connectivity...
Kashgar, close to Khunjrab Pass in Northern region will work as major hub to develop connectivity with Pakistan up to Gwadar under China-Pakistan economic...
China’s military on mission to bring ‘modern civilisation’ to Xinjiang
China’s military must bring “modern civilization” to the restive southern areas of the Xinjiang region, where Muslim ethnic Uighurs are in majority, and help...
Six terror suspects shot dead in Xinjiang
Chinese police shot dead six "attackers" who tried to set off an explosive device in the troubled Xinjiang province on Monday. The police acted...
