China tries to play peacemaker between Pakistan and AfghanistanPakistan and Afghanistan are engaged in crucial talks in China. Beijing is facilitating these discussions to de-escalate tensions and foste...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
China builds expressway tunnel in Xinjiang to link Central Asia with PacificBeijing has built a significant 22.1 km expressway tunnel in the Xinjiang region, enhancing connectivity between Central Asia and eastern C...
02 Jan, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
China warns UN cooperation 'in danger' after Xinjiang reportBeijing has made no secret of its displeasure with the report, which was released minutes before former UN human rights chief Michelle Bach...
09 Sep, 2022, 07.42 PM IST
India takes note of UN report on maltreatment of minorities in China's Xinjiang regionIn the report, the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner referred to serious human rights violations in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomou...
01 Sep, 2022, 10.47 PM IST
First-ever Tibet-based athletes to compete in Winter GamesThe Games will also include five competitors from China's western Xinjiang region, media there reported, including two ethnic Kazakhs, one ...
26 Jan, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
21 miners trapped after Xinjiang coal mine accident: Official mediaA part of the mine flooded leading to power outages just after 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Saturday when 29 miners were working at the mine locate...
11 Apr, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
BBC journalist leaves China amid Beijing's criticisms of network's coverageBBC News said on Wednesday one of its journalists in China had relocated to Taiwan, a move that comes amid criticism from Beijing about the...
31 Mar, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
China labels Pompeo 'doomsday clown' over genocide claims in XinjiangThe allegations of abuses against Muslim minority groups in China's Xinjiang region are "outright sensational pseudo-propositions and a mal...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
UK says credible evidence of forced labour in China's Xinjiang region"Evidence of forced Uighur labour within Xinjiang, and in other parts of China, is credible, it is growing and deeply troubling to the UK g...
16 Dec, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
Beijing detains hundreds of Imams in Xinjiang region“We started this search in 2018, around May … and after the interviews finished in November [that year], I found that the most targeted pop...
26 Nov, 2020, 12.56 AM IST
China battles new Covid-19 outbreak in far west Xinjiang, infections climb to 17The outbreak in the city of Urumqi is the latest to pop up since China largely contained the domestic spread of the virus in March. The lar...
18 Jul, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
5.3-magnitude quake hits China's Xinjiang regionThe quake with a depth of 5 kilometer hit the Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture at 5:18 am (local time), China Earthquake Networks C...
14 Jan, 2016, 09.27 AM IST
China introduces new banking law to freeze terrorists' assetsChina has introduced a new law enabling banks to freeze assets of "terrorists" as it doubled the budget in the restive Xinjiang region.
17 Jan, 2014, 05.42 PM IST
- Strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake shakes China's Xinjiang region; 24 injured
A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake jolted China's Xinjiang today, causing damage to residential buildings and leaving at least 24 people injure...
30 Jun, 2012, 02.06 PM IST
- Fresh protest erupts in China's Xinjiang region
The incident played out in front of reporters who were being taken around Urumqi to see the aftermath of Sunday's riots, when hundreds of v...
07 Jul, 2009, 10.10 AM IST
- 'Bombings in the restive Xinjiang region'
Attackers hurled homemade bombs at government buildings in western China on Sunday, wounding three officers.
10 Aug, 2008, 09.25 AM IST
- High security greets Olympic torch in China's restive Xinjiang region
Hundreds of security personnel lined the streets to head off any disruption as the Olympic torch relay resumed Wednesday in western China's...
18 Jun, 2008, 10.22 AM IST