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China imposes sanctions on Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, others: FM
China’s foreign ministry said it would apply sanctions against US officials including Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio starting Monday, in response ... World News -
China says Pompeo welcome to visit Xinjiang, visit region’s Uighur Muslim minority
China reiterated on Thursday that it does not seek to challenge or replace the United States and called on Washington to view China objectively and ... World News -
China detaining Uighurs for wearing veil, growing beard: Leaked document
Wearing a veil or growing a beard are among the reasons that China has been detaining Uighur Muslims from the western region of Xinjiang, according to ... World News -
Powerful 6.0 earthquake shakes China’s Xinjiang
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of northwest China’s Xinjiang region late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.The shallow quake ... World News -
China tightens info control after leaks on detention camps
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and holding high ... World News -
China claims everyone in Xinjiang camps has ‘graduated’
People who were at vocational training centers in China’s far west Xinjiang have all “graduated” and are living happy lives, an ... World News -
China may ban all US diplomatic passport-holders from Xinjiang
China might ban all US diplomatic passport-holders from entering the country's western Xinjiang autonomous region, Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu ... World News -
Leaked Chinese documents show details of Xinjiang clampdown - NYT report
A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country’s western Xinjiang ... Features -
China complains about US visa restrictions
China has accused the US of harassing Chinese scholars, students, entrepreneurs and scientists, in part through the delay, denial or revocation of ... World News -
US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Muslim treatment
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials it believes responsible for the detention or abuse ... World News -
UN chief rejects claim he didn’t condemn China over Muslims
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly rejected claims by five human rights groups that he hasn’t condemned the Chinese ... World News -
China’s former energy chief accused of corruption
China has expelled one of its most senior ethnic Uighur officials from the Communist Party, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog said on ... Economy -
US ‘deeply troubled’ by China crackdown on Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the US government was "deeply troubled" by China's "worsening crackdown" on ... World News -
China rejects allegations of detaining one million Uighurs in Xinjiang camps
China insisted Monday there is no “arbitrary detention” and there are no “re-education centers” in its western Xinjiang region ... World News -
Here’s how to re-educate an entire ethnic group
There are 10-11 million native Uyghur Turks living in China’s western-most Xinjiang province. But as many as 1 million of those are believed to ... Middle East -
Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region ‘happiest in the world’
Muslims living in China’s far western region of Xinjiang are the happiest in the world and people should not believe the lies spread by ... World News -
Britain finance chief slammed over visit to restive China region
Osborne is seeking to promote closer business and economic ties between Britain and China World News -
China restricts Ramadan fasting in far western region
Uighur rights groups say China’s restrictions on Islam in Xinjiang have added to ethnic tensions in the region Asia -
China steps up controls in unruly Xinjiang as Ramadan approaches
The government there has always denied trying to curb fasting Asia -
Arrests in China’s mainly-Muslim Xinjiang nearly doubled in 2014: report
Prosecutors in the far-western area approved the arrest of 27,164 criminal suspects in 2014 Asia -
China bans burqas in Xinjiang region
The new regulation is seen as an effort to curb growing extremism Asia -
China’s mainly Muslim region to ban veiled robes
The law in the predominantly Muslim region comes as Beijing intensifies a campaign against religious extremism Asia -
China sentences eight to death for attacks in Xinjiang
The eight people were sentenced to death on charges of leading terror groups and setting off explosives in two attacks that left 46 people killed Asia -
40 ‘rioters’ killed in China’s Xinjiang: State media
Six civilians, two police officers and two auxiliary police were killed in the attacks in Xinjiang’s Luntai county World News -
China targets ordinary Uighurs with beards, burkas
Uighurs have been adopting veils and beards in a shift toward more pious lives, partly as symbolic resistance to Chinese rule Perspective -
Imam of China’s largest mosque stabbed to death
Imam Jume Tahir, seen as supporter of China’s Communist party, was attacked as he was leaving the Id Kah mosque Wednesday morning News -
‘Beware bearded terrorists,’ Chinese posters warn
Images criticized for showing stereotypical image of ethnic Uighur militants from Xinjiang province Variety -
China bans Ramadan fast in Xinjiang region
Civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region have been banned from taking part in the fast World News -
Official: Xinjiang ‘terrorist’ attack should not be an ethnic issue
Beijing has not explicitly accused Uighurs of carrying out the attack, but by calling the perpetrators Xinjiang extremists the implication is clear Asia -
China’s turbulent Xinjiang weighs anti-terror laws for the first time
The Asian country uses its Criminal Law to tackle what it calls terror-related crimes in Xinjiang Asia
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