India abstains from voting in UNHRC over holding debate on rights situation in China's XinjiangThe draft resolution on "holding a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China" was rejected ...
07 Oct, 2022, 11.34 AM IST
Why is China so angry over UN report on Xinjiang?The report has been in the works for years and was released despite Chinese efforts to delay or block it, aware of how it could validate cl...
01 Sep, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Activists call on Tesla to close new Xinjiang showroomThe appeals add to pressure on foreign companies to take positions on Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan and other politically charged issues. The rul...
04 Jan, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
China hits out at criticism over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongXinjiang in particular has prompted Washington to slap sanctions on a growing list of Chinese politicians and companies as well as a diplom...
21 Dec, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
Chinese, Russian militaries hold drills in northwest ChinaThe region borders on Xinjiang, where China has detained more than 1 million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities in what it call...
10 Aug, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
China appoints new military commander in restive XinjiangLt Gen Wang Haijiang will oversee a massive military presence in the sprawling northwestern region that borders on several unstable Central...
06 Aug, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
US to ban products from China’s XinjiangThe Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which cleared the upper chamber by unanimous consent late Wednesday, is intended to bar the import ...
16 Jul, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
Thousands of mosques in Xinjiang demolished in recent years, says latest reportRights groups say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking people have been incarcerated in camps across the n...
25 Sep, 2020, 12.58 PM IST
China records 57 new domestic cases; highest surge in coronavirus figures since April57 new domestic cases were found in the far northwestern Xinjiang region and 14 domestic cases were also recorded in the northeastern provi...
27 Jul, 2020, 08.28 AM IST
China asks Xinjiang residents to surrender passport to "maintain social order"All citizens in Aksu prefecture are required to hand their passports - private or official - to local police stations, the daily reported q...
24 Nov, 2016, 03.53 PM IST
China's Xinjiang passes rules, plans fines to curb unrest: ReportRules stipulate penalties between 5K & 30K yuan for using Internet, mobiles or digital publishing to undermine national unity, social stabi...
30 Nov, 2014, 09.18 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
China reaches another milestone; completes the longest railway tunnel in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RegionSpanning 22.449 km, the left part of the Zhongtianshan Tunnel was finished last morning, making the tunnel the longest of its kind in Xinji...
01 Mar, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
- China to pump $100 bn into its western regions
China has said it will invest more than $ 100 bn this year in 23 new infrastructure projects in impoverished western regions as part of eff...
06 Jul, 2010, 11.33 AM IST
- China vows economic growth in restive Xinjiang
China's top leadership has decided to ramp up development in its restive Xinjiang region, state media said Friday, where ethnic Uighurs hav...
23 Apr, 2010, 04.12 PM IST
- Two die in serial blasts in China
A series of explosions rocked Kuqa county in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang early today killing at least two people.
10 Aug, 2008, 05.49 AM IST
- Kazakhstan starts building natural gas pipeline to China
Construction on a gas pipeline linking energy-rich Kazakhstan with China started on Wednesday. The pipeline should be completed by June 201...
09 Jul, 2008, 03.31 PM IST