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China violence: Ethnic tension in Xinjiang province

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 20:00

China's president has said there should be "no mercy for terrorists" after an outbreak of violence this week which left more than 20 people dead.

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US calls for transparent probe over Xinjiang clashes

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

The US has urged China to conduct a transparent investigation after clashes in the restive Xinjiang region left 21 people dead.

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Questions surround Urumqi reporter’s death

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00
Urumqi Evening Post intern Bailu was struck and killed by a tractor shovel when reporting on a major construction project on April 18.]

One female journalist was killed and a second seriously injured on April 18 after they were struck by a tractor shovel on the worksite of a high-profile infrastructure project in Urumqi.

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China says aims to banish superstition, promote knowledge

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

China is struggling to get its estimated 100 million religious believers to banish superstitious beliefs about things like sickness and death, the country's top religious affairs official told a state-run newspaper.

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Second Clash Reported in Xinjiang

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 00:00

Violence between local Uyghurs and community police leaves two people dead. 

 

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New malware variant targets Uyghur Mac users

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:40

Yet another malware variant is being sent to Uyghur activists via e-mail spam; however, for updated systems the threat is nonexistent.

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US 'Deeply Concerned' by Violence in China's Xinjiang Province

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:37

The United States is calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into a confrontation in China's restive northwest province of Xinjiang that left 21 people dead.

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China’s Xinjiang Violence Highlights Tensions with Uighurs

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:31
In this August 2, 2011 photo, a policeman patrols near the site of an attack in Kashgar in China's far western Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region.

Deadly clashes this week in China’s western province Xinjiang that killed 21 people have again drawn attention to the long-running tensions between the predominantly Muslim Uighur community and the Han Chinese majority.

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Safeguard rights of Uighurs in Xinjiang: US to China

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:28

The US has asked China to safeguard the rights of its Uighur minority in Xinjiang province and carry out a transparent probe into the latest incident of violence in which 21 people died.

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Uighur grievances in China's Xinjiang not addressed - rights groups

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 20:23

Chinese authorities have accused terrorists of setting a trap to kill policemen in the latest flare up of violence in western Xinjiang region.

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