1,300 exploited kids rescued in China
January 15th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 15 (IANS) As many as 1,332 children belonging to China's Xinjiang region who were lured by criminal gangs to larger cities and forced into petty crimes like stealing ... Read more...
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Over 1,400 evacuated after quake hits China
December 2nd, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 2 (IANS) Over 1,450 people were evacuated Friday after a 5.2 Richter magnitude earthquake jolted the Xinjiang Uygur region of China and damaged over 2,000 houses, officials said. ... Read more...
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Beijing increases investment in China-Pakistan railway
October 11th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) Beijing has hiked investment in the China-Pakistan railway, it was reported here.
Pakistan welcomed China's cabinet decision to increase investment in major infrastructure construction projects in the ... Read more...
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Pakistan mulls cross-border economic zone with China
August 21st, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 21 (IANS) Pakistan plans to build a cross-border economic zone with railway linkages covering its Gilgit-Baltistan region and the neighbouring Xinjiang region in China, Pakistan's Ambassador to China ... Read more...
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China to hike anti-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) China will step up its anti-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan to ensure regional peace and stability, Xinhua reported Wednesday."China and Pakistan have forged excellent cooperation in anti-terrorism," ... Read more...
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Xinjiang terror attack not good for Pakistan, says daily
August 3rd, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) The terror attack in China's Xinjiang region is "not good for Pakistan", said a Pakistani daily as it noted that Beijing has claimed extremists trained here ... Read more...
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Police in China’s Xinjiang region gun down rioters
July 18th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 18 (IANS) Chinese police Monday afternoon gunned down several rioters who attacked a police station and killed four people in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinhua reported.The incident took ... Read more...
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Facebook in talks to enter Chinese market
April 10th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr.10 (ANI): Popular social networking site Facebook is in talks with potential partners about how to enter the market in China."We are currently studying and learning about China, as ... Read more...
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China to create world’s largest security network with 500,000 cameras
March 10th, 2011 - 11:42 am ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar.10 (ANI): China will spend 2.6billion pounds on 500,000 surveillance cameras to create the world's largest security network.The system would create world's largest 'Big Brother' network of CCTV since the September ... Read more...
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‘Post riots, China’s Xinjiang region still remains unstable’
December 25th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec 25 (ANI): China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which was shaken by a deadly riot last year, still faces many factors that may affect stability, according to one of the top ... Read more...
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China jet makes emergency landing amid bomb scare
July 15th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Lanzhou (China), July 15 (ANI): A passenger jet flying from China's restive Xinjiang region to the country's south made an emergency landing on Wednesday night following warnings of a possible bomb aboard. ... Read more...
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Pakistan has helped break anti-China Islamic group
May 8th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, May 8 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that a leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which China accuses of orchestrating attacks in its restive Xinjiang region, ... Read more...
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Three Chinese among two dead, six injured in Kazakhstan bus accident
April 13th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- At least two people were killed and several others were injured in a bus accident in Kazakhstan on Monday evening, according to Chinese state media, who reported that ... Read more...
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Giant dino’s footprints may have created “death pits” 160 mln yrs ago
January 20th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 20 (ANI): A new study has suggested that mysterious "death pits" holding the fossil skeletons of nearly two dozen small dinosaur species may actually be the 160-million-year-old footprints of a ... Read more...
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British citizen Akmal Shaikh executed in China
December 29th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London/Beijing, Dec.29 (ANI): A British man arrested in China on drug smuggling charges has been put to death, the Briitsh Foreign Office has confirmed. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the ... Read more...
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Cambodia deports Uighur asylum seekers back to China
December 20th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Phnom Penh, Dec 20 (DPA) The Cambodian government deported 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China on the eve of the Chinese vice president's arrival in Phnom Penh on a state visit Sunday, ... Read more...
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Chinese city isolated, divided after ethnic killings
December 13th, 2009 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
By Bill Smith
Beijing, Dec 13 (DPA) Many residents of China's far western city of Urumqi spent the second half of 2009 cut off from the world after the government sent in paramilitary ... Read more...
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Life returns to normal in Xinjiang capital
September 7th, 2009 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), Sep 6 (Xinhua) Life gradually returned to normalcy Sunday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region Sunday, where police have eased traffic restrictions imposed in the wake of public ... Read more...
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China sacks senior officials in Xinjiang capital
September 5th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Urumqi, Sep 5 (Xinhua) The communist party chief of Xinjiang capital Urumqi and the police chief of northwest China's Xinjiang region were removed from their posts Saturday.
Li Zhi, secretary of the Urumqi ... Read more...
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China wants mountain lakes on World Heritage List
September 1st, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), Sep 1 (Xinhua) China is planning to include four mountain lakes in the country's northwest on the World Heritage List, an expert said Tuesday. The lakes will be entered as ... Read more...
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Threatened Afghan plane lands in Kandahar (Lead)
August 10th, 2009 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 9 (Xinhua) A China-bound Afghan plane of Kam Airlines, reportedly threatened by a bomb, landed at the airport in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan Sunday night, sources at Kabul International ... Read more...
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Bomb scare on China-bound plane
August 10th, 2009 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Urumqi (China), Aug 9 (Xinhua) An Afghan plane scheduled for Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang region was threatened by a bomb Sunday, police sources in Xinjiang said.
The sources had previously said ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda vows revenge for Uighurs’ death in China
July 14th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 14 (IANS) International terror group Al Qaeda's North African wing has threatened to attack Chinese workers in Africa in revenge for deaths of Uighurs during the ethnic clashes in Xinjian ... Read more...
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Certain ‘elements’ trying to damage Sino-Pak ties: FO
July 10th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 10 (ANI): Pakistan has said some 'elements' are trying to damage its relations with China by linking Islamabad with the unrest in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi.Addressing a weekly ... Read more...
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Travel agencies suspend trips to riot-hit Xinjiang
July 9th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou (China), July 9 (Xinhua) Many tourist agencies are calling off group trips to China's Xinjiang region following the recent deadly riots in Urumqi city that left at least 156 people dead ... Read more...
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China says it will execute riot killers
July 9th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Urumqi, July 9 (ANI): A senior official has warned that China will execute anyone found to be behind the 156 riot killings in the north west city of Urumqi.Sky News quoted Li ... Read more...
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Riot-torn city calmer as Chinese leaders call for unity (Lead)
July 8th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 8 (DPA) China's riot-hit city of Urumqi appeared calmer early Wednesday, witnesses and state media said, a day after authorities imposed an overnight curfew following more ethnic-related protests and the ... Read more...
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US expresses concern over China province
July 7th, 2009 - 4:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 7 (DPA) The US Monday called for restraint after clashes in China's Xinjiang region left more than 150 people dead.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement that the ... Read more...
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Rubiya Kadeer And The Chinese Riot Connection
July 6th, 2009 - 6:48 pm ICT by GD
Communal riots does not happen much in China but recently the nation is bearing witness to a huge communal riot. It has been reported that around 80 people have been injured and ... Read more...
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China’s Xinjiang region promotes Mandarin to fight terrorism
June 5th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, June 5 (ANI): Teaching Mandarin lessons in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is helping the people to fight terrorism, claimed Nur Bekri, chairman of the region."Terrorists from neighboring countries mainly target ... Read more...
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Overseas Uighur group fears ‘fierce’ repression after Olympics
August 23rd, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 23 (DPA) A US-based group of exiled members of China's Uighur ethnic community issued a statement Saturday saying it feared the Chinese government will launch a "fierce" repression of Uighurs ... Read more...
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Olympics may make China more obdurate over Tibet (Commentary)
August 14th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Chhaya
The Dalai Lama's reported acceptance of Communist Party rule in Tibet as a gesture of sincerity to bring the resolution of the Tibetan issue within grasp is bit of a ... Read more...
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Blasts, gunfire kill at least eight in China (Lead)
August 10th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 10 (DPA) Several explosions and sporadic rifle fire rocked Kuqa county in north-western China's restive Xinjiang region Sunday morning, leaving at least eight people dead and four injured, state-run Xinhua ... Read more...
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China tightens security, detains reporters after Xinjiang attack
August 5th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 5 (DPA) Police in northwestern China's Xinjiang region Tuesday stepped up security following a deadly attack against paramilitary police which authorities suspected to be a terrorist plot by ethnic minority ... Read more...
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16 killed in terror attack on police station in China(Third Lead, Changing dateline)
August 4th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 4 (DPA) Police blamed terrorists for a raid Monday against a police station in north-western China's Xinjiang region in which two men killed 16 police personnel and injured 16 others, ... Read more...
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