The Uighurs in Xinjiang have a history of initiating an independence movement in the 1930s under the name "East Turkestan." Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changing political ...

A S REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions ...

Li Pengxin, a former senior official of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, pleaded guilty to charges of accepting bribes totaling over 822 million yuan ($112 million) on Thursday. Li, who formerly ...

Xinjiang and Tibetan independence. You have to question why the example used would be a banned organisation,” he said, referring to the separatist party, which was outlawed by the government in ...

International experts are urging Western countries, including the United States, to lift sanctions against the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, claiming the measures are based on unsubstantiated ...

Fast Retailing did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The issue of sourcing from Xinjiang, where rights groups and the U.S. government accuse China of abuses against the Uyghur ...