This progress paved the way for Xinjiang to harmonize its administrative structure with that of the inland regions. The concept of a unified multi-ethnic country started taking root among the ...

The Uighurs, a mostly-Muslim ethnic minority in Xinjiang, western China, are living in one of the most heavily-policed and oppressive states in the world. This map helps explain why. China's ...

A symposium focused on stability, development and ethnic unity of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was held ...

At least 1 million Uighurs have been interned since 2017 in more than 85 identified camps within Xinjiang-- an autonomous region in Northwest China, according to Western reports. Most of the ...

China’s top ethnic policy official has dismissed claims that Xinjiang is being “assimilated” into Chinese culture as “ignorance of history”. Pan Yue, director of the National Ethnic ...

TAIPEI--Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uighurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist ...