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China tells Turkey to support its fight against Uighur militants
Middle East
May 17, 2019
China tells Turkey to support its fight against Uighur militants
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has called on Turkey to support its fight against militants operating in China’s restive far western…
China frees ‘lost’ Uighur wives but at a price, families say
World
April 30, 2019
China frees ‘lost’ Uighur wives but at a price, families say
Their Uighur wives vanished in 2017, swept up in a Chinese dragnet tackling Islamic extremism, now they’ve been released —…
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China’s Belt and Road
World
April 28, 2019
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China’s Belt and Road
Traders travel freely through the bustling Khorgos special economic zone that straddles the Kazakhstan-China border, but signs on the Chinese…
China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang
World
March 18, 2019
China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang
China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 “terrorists”…
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
Middle East
February 25, 2019
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after the Chinese government began to detain members of Muslim minority groups like the…
Saudi crown prince meets Chinese president, bags oil deal
Middle East
February 22, 2019
Saudi crown prince meets Chinese president, bags oil deal
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday and bagged a $10-billion oil deal, pressing…
China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
World
February 10, 2019
China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
Turkey on Saturday condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as “a great embarrassment for humanity,” adding to…
China allows 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to leave Xinjiang
World
January 9, 2019
China allows 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to leave Xinjiang
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — China is allowing more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to abandon their Chinese citizenship and leave the…
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Society
December 28, 2018
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his Hui people’s oppression under China’s…
Inside China’s internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks
World
October 24, 2018
Inside China’s internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks
On state television, the vocational education center in China’s far west looked like a modern school where happy students…