He was opposed to Xinjiang independence. He constantly worried about intense minzu conflicts breaking out in Xinjiang—a real possibility in his mind. [...] Ilham insisted that Uyghur’s pursuit ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gulgine has since vanished and is now believed to be among the estimated one million people — mostly Uighurs — in detention in China’s Xinjiang province. It is believed to be the largest ...