Tag: Xinjiang
Imam of China’s biggest mosque killed in Xinjiang
The head of China’s largest mosque was murdered after conducting morning prayers, the local government in far western Xinjiang said Thursday, amid intensifying violence...
China says 13 attackers killed in Xinjiang assault
Chinese police shot dead 13 people in Xinjiang after they drove into a police building and set off an explosion Saturday, regional authorities said,...
Three Chinese officials knifed to death in Xinjiang
Three Chinese government officials were knifed to death and their bodies dumped in a lake, in the latest incident of violence in the restive...
China may put Xinjiang terror on Nawaz’ menu
China's Communist Party has blamed terrorists from "outside the country" for the rise in violence in the restive Xinjiang province, which borders Pakistan and...
Xinjiang sets world record for cotton production
Chinese scientists have set a world record by harvesting 12,575 kg of seed cotton on a single hectare of land in northwest China's Xinjiang...
China restricts Ramadan fasting in restive Xinjiang
Authorities in China’s restive northwestern region of Xinjiang have banned Muslim officials and students from fasting during Ramadan, prompting an exiled rights group to...
China sentences Xinjiang attack ringleader to death
A man accused of plotting a deadly knife and hatchet attack last month in China’s restive Xinjiang region has been sentenced to death, judicial...
20 dead in violence in China’s Xinjiang
Twenty people died when a group of armed men attacked a market in Xinjiang, the latest outbreak of violence in the ethnically divided Chinese...
China says 7 killed in Xinjiang wanted ‘holy war’
China on Wednesday said seven people killed in a hostage rescue operation in the restive Xinjiang region had been trying to leave the country...
Chinese police kill seven in restive Xinjiang
China said Thursday a police operation to free hostages in the restive Xinjiang region had left seven “terrorists” dead, but an exile group described...
China sentences four to death over Xinjiang attacks
China sentenced to death four members of the Uighur minority over deadly attacks in restive Xinjiang, state media said Thursday, but activists alleged the...
Xinjiang aids strong ties with neighbours: President Zardari
Xinjiang plays a strategic role in tightening the relationship between China and Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview in Urumqi. “The...
China sends anti-terrorist unit to restive Xinjiang
China has deployed an elite police counter-terrorism unit to the restive northwest region of Xinjiang after a series of deadly attacks there, state media...
China police shoot dead two suspects in Xinjiang attacks
Chinese police have shot dead two suspects being hunted for a deadly attack in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which an exiled regional...
Police ‘gun down’ rioters in China’s Xinjiang, at least 4 dead
Police in western China's restive Xinjiang on Monday "gunned down" several rioters who attacked a police station and killed at least four people, though...
