Xinjiang

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Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country. Being the largest province-level division of China and the 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over 1.6 million km². The Aksai Chin region, administered by China mostly as part of Xinjiang's Hotan Prefecture, is claimed by India. Xinjiang borders the countries of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan (Badakhshan). The rugged Karakoram, Kunlun and Tian Shan mountain ranges occupy much of Xinjiang's borders, as well as its western and southern regions. Xinjiang also borders the Tibet Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. The most well-known route of the historical Silk Road ran through the territory from the east to its northwestern border.

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Over 18,000 People Quarantined in China as COVID-19 Cases Rise in Asia More than 12,000 of those in isolation are in the western province of Xinjiang, the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 01:07Published 3 days ago

Chinese ambassador: Disputes between UK and China have seriously poisoned relations Disputes between the UK and China over Hong Kong, tech giant Huawei and humanrights abuses in Xinjiang have “seriously poisoned” relations between the twocountries, Beijing’s ambassador to London.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:20Published 4 days ago

Raab accuses China of ‘gross human rights abuses’ against the Uighurs 24-hour use only. China has warned it will deliver a “resolute response” to any move by Britain to sanction officials involved in the alleged human rights abuses against the country’s Uighur.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:00Published 2 weeks ago

China-US: Relations fray between the two superpowers The US has imposed sanctions on Chinese officials it says are committing human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:39Published 2 weeks ago

U.S. sanctions Chinese official over Uighur rights The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official it's ever targeted over alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region. Gloria Tso.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:12Published 3 weeks ago

CBP Seizes 26,000 Pounds Of Human Hair US Customs and Border Protection officers seized a 13-ton shipment of beauty products made out of human hair on Wednesday. CNN reports CBP officials at the Port of New York/Newark say the shipment.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:39Published on July 3, 2020

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U.S. Adds Sanctions Over Human Rights Abuses in China The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a powerful government entity that runs companies and farms in the Xinjiang region, where officials carry out the mass internment of Muslims. NYTimes.com - Published 3 days ago
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NBA cries foul and pulls out of Xinjiang project The National Basketball Association (NBA) has severed ties to a training center in China’s western Xinjiang region, where Beijing faces growing international condemnation over its treatment of.. WorldNews - Published 2 weeks ago
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UK risks China’s wrath by suspending Hong Kong extradition treaty The UK is to immediately suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and also bar the export of riot control equipment following Beijing’s imposition of a sweeping national security law on the.. WorldNews - Published 2 weeks ago
China coronavirus: 'Wartime state' declared for Urumqi in Xinjiang The capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region has a population of about 3.5 million. The latest infections began to be detected on Wednesday, the first in the region for months, prompting the.. WorldNews - Published 2 weeks agoAlso reported by •BBC News
China coronavirus: Most flights cut to Xinjiang after outbreak China's government cancels hundreds of flights in and out of the area after new infections emerge. BBC News - Published 2 weeks ago
China: US Xinjiang warning 'bad for the whole world' BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has warned it will protect Chinese companies after Washington said enterprises may face legal trouble if they help carry out abuses in the Muslim northwestern.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago

Xinjiang: Rubio and Cruz hit with tit-for-tat China sanctions The move comes after the US sanctions Chinese officials for Beijing's actions in Xinjiang. BBC News - Published 3 weeks ago
China sanctions U.S. lawmakers including Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz over Xinjiang Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were among those sanctioned by China, days after the U.S. sanctioned China over alleged rights abuses. USATODAY.com - Published 3 weeks ago
China hits back, sanctioning US officials in response to Xinjiang ban China announced the details of its promised retaliation against the US for its sanctions over Xinjiang, sanctioning American officials and senators on Monday in the latest tit-for-tat confrontation in.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago	Beijing vows retaliation against US sanctions over Xinjiang China said Friday it will retaliate against U.S. officials and institutions following Washington’s imposition of sanctions on three local officials of the ruling Communist Party over human rights.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago
US sanctions Chinese officials over Xinjiang 'violations' China is accused of mass detentions and religious persecution of the Uighur Muslims. BBC News - Published on July 9, 2020	Pullback on, but India won’t rest till China scales down along LAC Top sources on Tuesday said it would take “sustained” dialogue at the politico-diplomatic level for China to move its over 25,000 soldiers from the Western Theatre Command, with tanks, artillery.. IndiaTimes - Published on July 7, 2020
Shipment of Chinese hair goods seized by US officials suspecting forced labor Shares The US government on Wednesday said it blocked an $800,000 shipment of hair extensions and accessories from China on suspicions that the products were made with forced labor. The goods were held.. WorldNews - Published on July 2, 2020	US seizes Chinese products made from human hair in forced labour crackdown WASHINGTON: US customs officials said Wednesday they had seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to be made by in labour camps in China's western Xinjiang region. They were part of.. WorldNews - Published on July 2, 2020
Xinjiang: US seizes 'forced labour' Chinese hair imports The products came from Xinjiang - where a million Muslims have been detained for "re-education". BBC News - Published on July 2, 2020	China’s software stalked Uighurs earlier and more widely, researchers learn TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Before the Chinese police hung high-powered surveillance cameras and locked up ethnic minorities by the hundreds of thousands in China’s western region of Xinjiang, China’s hackers.. WorldNews - Published on July 1, 2020
PLA has deployed over 20,000 troops along LAC, India wary of third division in Xinjiang IndiaTimes - Published on July 1, 2020	Calls for UN probe of China’s forced birth control on Uighurs Politicians around the world have called for a United Nations probe into a Chinese government birth control campaign targeting largely Muslim minorities in the far western region of Xinjiang. They were.. WorldNews - Published on July 1, 2020
China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of.. WorldNews - Published on June 29, 2020	IAF watching Chinese bases, sure of matching air power There has been “no major or fresh infusion of assets” by the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force at Hotan and Kashgar in Xinjiang as well as Gargunsa, Lhasa-Gonggar and Shigatse airbases said.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 27, 2020
EU: Make China Rights Crisis a Summit Priority (Brussels) – European Union leaders should use the forthcoming EU-China summit to press for an end to Beijing’s grave and systemic human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. The 22nd.. WorldNews - Published on June 19, 2020	Leverage China’s vulnerabilities in Tibet, Taiwan and Xinjiang IndiaTimes - Published on June 18, 2020
China says it will 'resolutely hit back' at US over sanctions law on Uighur abuses Beijing has criticised a new US law that would sanction Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, saying it “maliciously attacks” China’s policy in the.. WorldNews - Published on June 18, 2020	China tells U.S. to stop interfering in its affairs, work to repair relations China's top diplomat told his U.S. counterpart that Washington needed to respect Beijing's positions on key issues, halt its interference in issues such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang and work to.. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020
Trump signs bill calling for sanctions over China treatment of Uighur Muslims U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions against those responsible for repression of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, the White House said in a.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020	US Congress approves China sanctions over ethnic crackdown Congress has voted to toughen the US response to a brutal Chinese crackdown on ethnic minorities, adding another factor to the increasingly stormy relationship between the two countries. The House.. WorldNews - Published on May 28, 2020
U.S. senator calls for action on forced labor in China's Xinjiang A senior U.S. senator on Tuesday accused U.S. firms of willfully ignoring "horrific" forced labor conditions in China's Xinjiang region and called on the Commerce Department to stop American companies.. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020	U.N. rights boss expected in China, including restive Xinjiang region, this year: envoy China expects U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to visit the country this year, including its restive Xinjiang region, its Geneva ambassador said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published on February 26, 2020
Three more Chinese regions lower emergency response level as virus threat recedes The northwestern Chinese regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang and the southwestern province of Sichuan have downgraded their emergency response level after assessing that health risks from the.. Reuters - Published on February 26, 2020	Uighur man issues desperate plea for wife and child after Chinese official 'lied' on Australian TV Sadam Abdusalam is fighting to have his wife and three-year-old son, who is an Australian citizen, freed from house arrest in Xinjiang. SBS - Published on February 25, 2020
Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained due to religion BEIJING (AP) — When a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer's native Xinjiang region three years ago, the elderly Uighur imam was swept up and locked away, along with.. WorldNews - Published on February 17, 2020	Uighurs 'detained for beards and veils' - leak New "leak" said to reveal "strongest evidence yet" of China's crackdown on religion in Xinjiang. BBC News - Published on February 17, 2020
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China says confident of Central Asia support before Pompeo visit Attempts to sow discord over Chinese policies in its Xinjiang region will fail, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to neighboring central.. Reuters - Published on December 31, 2019	Indonesia Muslim groups deny China lobbying sways views on Uighurs Indonesia's biggest Muslim groups have denied that lobbying by Beijing, including tours facilitated by China in Xinjiang, had influenced their stance on the treatment of the region's Muslim Uighur.. Reuters - Published on December 17, 2019
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Chinese official blasts U.S. for Xinjiang bills A Chinese official on Monday - blasted a new U.S. bill on Xinjiang. The legislation was passed last week and condemns the mass detention of Uighur Muslims in the area. Xinjiang's governor called the.. WorldNews - Published on December 9, 2019	China says people held in Xinjiang camps have 'graduated', condemns U.S. bill People held in camps in China's Xinjiang region have now "graduated" and new trainees will have the freedom to come and go, the regional governor said on Monday. Reuters - Published on December 9, 2019