China wades into furore over controversial remarks against Prophet; hopes incident can be properly managedChina, which faces serious allegations of a mass crackdown on Uygur Muslims in the volatile Xinjiang province, said it "believes that diffe...
13 Jun, 2022, 05.36 PM IST
China offers to host Afghan peace talks, backs leading role for Ghani-led govtChina, which has stepped up its diplomacy between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the wake of the US troops withdrawal from the war-torn countr...
18 May, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
Kamala Harris' nomination adds 'fuel to fire' for China-US conflict: Chinese observersHarris in the past called for increasing pressure on China for human rights violations against Uygur Muslims of Xinjiang and the crackdown ...
12 Aug, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
Chinese official demoted for not smoking in front of Muslim leaders'Smoking is a personal choice, and religious and ordinary people should respect each other, but his behaviour of 'not daring' to smoke conf...
11 Apr, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
China deploys more troops in Xinjiang to plug infiltrationXinjiang, the province with majority of Uygur Muslims is experiencing most violent attacks in by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).
23 Jan, 2015, 01.48 PM IST
Over 800 Uygur Muslims tried to sneak out of China for Jihad training in 2014"Uygurs were leaving China due to government oppression, not because they wanted to join terrorists abroad," said Dilxat Rexit, spokesman f...
20 Jan, 2015, 04.53 PM IST
China arrests 21 for helping Uygurs travel abroad to join ISNine alleged militants from Xinjiang were intercepted while trying to leave China illegally via the Shanghai Pudong Airport in November.
14 Jan, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Chinese city of Urumqi in restive Muslim region bans burqaChina today banned burqas in public places in the capital of its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region which is often hit by separatist violence.
10 Jan, 2015, 09.28 PM IST
China sentences 8 to death for attacks in XinjiangAn explosion at the Urumqi train station on April 30 killed three people, including two attackers.
08 Dec, 2014, 04.40 PM IST
Barack Obama calls for US-China anti-terror cooperationObama denounced the violent acts of Xinjiang-based ETIM militant outfit, which he said must not be allowed to establish safe havens in the ...
11 Nov, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
China slams US report on religious freedomChina today accused the US of having a "political bias" and expressed its "firm opposition" to an American report alleging that the Communi...
30 Jul, 2014, 07.43 PM IST
Crackdown on terror cells in China; 380 detainedA total of 32 terror groups were cracked, 380 suspects detained and 315 people sentenced, a month after a massive anti-terrorism crackdown.
23 Jun, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
China clamps down on terror groups, offers amnesty to militantsAuthorities in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued a joint statement last night calling for law-breakers who are invol...
25 May, 2014, 09.29 PM IST
Chinese Uygurs receive training in Pakistan to fight in SyriaA number of Uygur Muslims from China's volatile Xinjiang province are being trained in Pakistan-based militant camps and then sent to Syria.
02 Jul, 2013, 12.36 PM IST
- Moderate earthquake jolts northwest China
An earthquake measuring 4.9 today jolted Ruoqiang county in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
12 May, 2012, 12.40 PM IST
- 6.0-magnitude earthquake hits parts of China's Xinjiang
A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this morning but no casualties were reported.
09 Mar, 2012, 01.27 PM IST
- China to build world's largest national park
BEIJING: China plans to build the world’s largest national park in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region seeking to edge out the US Ye...
13 Oct, 2007, 02.00 PM IST