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Large gold mine discovered in Xinjiang

URUMQI, May 21 (Xinhua) — Geological workers have discovered a large gold mine in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, officials said on Tuesday. With gold reserves of at least 53 tonnes, the mine in Xinyuan County [...]

Large gold mine discovered in Xinjiang

Geological workers have discovered a large gold mine in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, officials said on Tuesday. With gold reserves of at least 53 tonnes, the mine in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is expected [...]

96% Xinjiang terrorist attacks foiled

Chinese police authorities estimate they foiled more than 96 percent of planned separatist and terrorist activities in the far western Xinjiang region in the past three years, the region’s top official has said. Zhang Chunxian, secretary [...]

Melting snow leads to floods in Xinjiang

A sudden flood triggered by melting snow has led to the collapse of a river embankment in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday. About 5,000 square meters of the embankment on the Sino-Kazakhstan [...]

Xinjiang Dance Festival dates announced

Updated: 2013-05-08 21:39 By Cui Jia in Urumqi (chinadaily.com.cn) The third Xinjiang International Dance Festival will take place July 20 to Aug 5, the organizing committee said on May 8. “This year, we want as many people participating [...]

Details of Xinjiang Bachu case revealed

[unable to retrieve full-text content]It?s been one week since the terrorist attack in Bachu county of northwest China?s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. 15 community workers and police officers were killed in the violence. As the investigation [...]

11 more Xinjiang terrorist suspects captured

Eleven runaway suspected terrorists linked to a deadly attack on April 23 in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been captured, local police sources said on Monday. Police said that as of Sunday, they had nabbed all [...]
Relatives of victims killed by terrorists on April 23 are overwhelmed by grief during a memorial in Kashgar, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Monday. [Zhen Shixin/China Daily]

15 deceased awarded after Xinjiang terrorist clash

Fifteen community workers and police officers who died during a terrorist clash on April 23 in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been awarded for their bravery. A commendation meeting was held on Monday morning with [...]

15 deceased commemorated after Xinjiang terrorist clash

2013-04-30 10:03    Xinhua     Web Editor:Gu Liping Photo taken on April 29, 2013 shows the scene of a commendation meeting held to award the 15 community workers and police officers who died during a terrorist clash on April 23 [...]

China makes more arrests over Xinjiang violence

China has arrested 11 more suspects over clashes in the ethnically divided region of Xinjiang last week that left 21 people dead, state media said Monday. China blamed the violence in the western Chinese region on “terrorists”, [...]

15 deceased awarded after Xinjiang terrorist clash

KASHGAR, Xinjiang, April 29 (Xinhua) — Fifteen community workers and police officers who died during a terrorist clash on April 23 in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been awarded for their bravery. A commendation [...]

Details revealed on violent clash in Xinjiang

Hou Hanmin, spokeswoman for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, revealed on Friday some details about a violent clash that left 21 people dead in the region’s Serikbuya town in Bachu county. Hou said that the clash on April 23 started [...]

China president calls for stability in Xinjiang

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for stability in the ethnically-divided region of Xinjiang after clashes this week killed 21 people, state media reported on Friday. Xi’s comments came after 15 police and social workers were killed [...]

21 Killed in Clash With Xinjiang “Terrorists”

A violent confrontation between officials and police and armed men left 21 people dead and eight more in custody near the Xinjiang city of Kashgar on Tuesday. From Christopher Bodeen at The Associated Press: Among the dead in the Tuesday afternoon [...]

21 Killed in Clash With Xinjiang “Terrorists”

A violent confrontation between officials and police and armed men left 21 people dead and eight more in custody near the Xinjiang city of Kashgar on Tuesday. From Christopher Bodeen at The Associated Press: Among the dead in the Tuesday afternoon [...]

Terrorist attack in Xinjiang kills 15

Fifteen people, including police officers and community workers, were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack yesterday afternoon in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to www.ts.cn, a major news portal in the region. In [...]

Reporter’s Death In Xinjiang Stokes Netizen Scrutiny

The death of a young female journalist on the site of a politically charged infrastructure project in Xinjiang Province earlier this month has drawn the scrutiny of netizens, according to David Bandurski of the China Media Project: The Tianzi [...]

Reporter’s Death In Xinjiang Stokes Netizen Scrutiny

The death of a young female journalist on the site of a politically charged infrastructure project in Xinjiang Province earlier this month has drawn the scrutiny of netizens, according to David Bandurski of the China Media Project: The Tianzi [...]

Tributes paid in Xinjiang to fallen journalist

Media professionals gather at the offices of the Urumqi Evening News to pay tribute to fallen journalist Bai Lu Thursday following her death on a construction site in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, [...]

5.6-magnitude quake hits Xinjiang

People gather at a street after evacuating from a building after a quake in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 29, 2013. A 5.6-magnitude quake jolted the junction of Changji City and Urumqi [...]