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Alibaba "Eliminates" Ethnic Tag That Identifies Uighur Muslims
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify members of the country's Muslim Uighur minority.
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World Bank Says 'No Indication' China Misused Loan For Uighur Schools
The World Bank said Thursday it is again reviewing a loan to China to provide vocational education to the Muslim Uighur minority, but has "no indication" the funds were used for anything other than schooling.
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Scholars Want Sanctions On China Over Mass Detention Of Muslim Uighurs
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians".
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China Police Kill 4 Over Xinjiang Attack: Report
Chinese police have shot dead four people who allegedly attacked a Communist Party office in the restive Xinjiang region on Wednesday, state media said, in the bloodiest such incident in months.
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China's Xinjiang To Use Entertainment, Possibly Singing And Dancing, In Terror Fight
China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang will use entertainment to fight terrorism, holding cultural activities - which typically involve singing and dancing - to spread its law-enforcement message, state media said on Thursday.
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China Says Communist Party Officials Among Xinjiang Attackers
Officials from China's ruling Communist Party have supported violent attacks in restive Xinjiang, a top regional official said in remarks highlighting internal opposition to tough local policies.
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28 'Terrorist Group Members' Shot Dead in China's Xinjiang: Authorities
Chinese police have killed 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, authorities announced today, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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China to Prosecute Former Xinjiang Editor Who Queried Party Line
China will prosecute the former editor-in-chief of the official Communist Party publication in the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang on charges of corruption after he queried ethnic and security policies, the paper said today.
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China Holds Uighur Who 'Planned Bomb Attack': Report
China has arrested a member of its mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority who planned a bomb attack after returning from a training camp in Syria, state media said today.
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Uighurs Sold as 'Cannon Fodder' for Extremists: China
Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like Islamic State as "cannon fodder", a senior Chinese official said.
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At Least 18 Killed in Bomb Attack in China's Xinjiang: Report
Ethnic Uighurs attacked police with knives and bombs at a traffic checkpoint in China's far western Xinjiang region, Radio Free Asia reported today, and at least 18 people were killed.
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Uighur Group Says Nearly 100 Casualties in China Clash
A clash in China's far western region of Xinjiang, home to the country's mostly Muslim Uighur minority, left nearly 100 people dead and wounded, an exile group said on Wednesday.
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Blast in Capital of China's Restive Xinjiang: Xinhua
An explosion on Thursday hit Urumqi, capital of the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang which is home to mostly Muslim Uighurs, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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China Jails 39 in Troubled Xinjiang: State Media
Courts in China's ethnically-divided Xinjiang region, home to mainly Muslim Uighurs, have jailed 39 people for offences including spreading "terrorist videos", state media said Wednesday as Beijing tightens security after several deadly attacks.
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Three Chinese Officials 'Murdered in Xinjiang' During Xi Visit
Three Han Chinese officials were murdered in Xinjiang as President Xi Jinping visited the restive region, home to mainly-Muslim Uighurs, a report and online postings said.
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Alibaba "Eliminates" Ethnic Tag That Identifies Uighur Muslims
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify members of the country's Muslim Uighur minority.
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World Bank Says 'No Indication' China Misused Loan For Uighur Schools
The World Bank said Thursday it is again reviewing a loan to China to provide vocational education to the Muslim Uighur minority, but has "no indication" the funds were used for anything other than schooling.
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Scholars Want Sanctions On China Over Mass Detention Of Muslim Uighurs
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians".
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China Police Kill 4 Over Xinjiang Attack: Report
Chinese police have shot dead four people who allegedly attacked a Communist Party office in the restive Xinjiang region on Wednesday, state media said, in the bloodiest such incident in months.
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China's Xinjiang To Use Entertainment, Possibly Singing And Dancing, In Terror Fight
China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang will use entertainment to fight terrorism, holding cultural activities - which typically involve singing and dancing - to spread its law-enforcement message, state media said on Thursday.
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China Says Communist Party Officials Among Xinjiang Attackers
Officials from China's ruling Communist Party have supported violent attacks in restive Xinjiang, a top regional official said in remarks highlighting internal opposition to tough local policies.
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28 'Terrorist Group Members' Shot Dead in China's Xinjiang: Authorities
Chinese police have killed 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, authorities announced today, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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China to Prosecute Former Xinjiang Editor Who Queried Party Line
China will prosecute the former editor-in-chief of the official Communist Party publication in the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang on charges of corruption after he queried ethnic and security policies, the paper said today.
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China Holds Uighur Who 'Planned Bomb Attack': Report
China has arrested a member of its mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority who planned a bomb attack after returning from a training camp in Syria, state media said today.
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Uighurs Sold as 'Cannon Fodder' for Extremists: China
Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like Islamic State as "cannon fodder", a senior Chinese official said.
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At Least 18 Killed in Bomb Attack in China's Xinjiang: Report
Ethnic Uighurs attacked police with knives and bombs at a traffic checkpoint in China's far western Xinjiang region, Radio Free Asia reported today, and at least 18 people were killed.
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Uighur Group Says Nearly 100 Casualties in China Clash
A clash in China's far western region of Xinjiang, home to the country's mostly Muslim Uighur minority, left nearly 100 people dead and wounded, an exile group said on Wednesday.
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Blast in Capital of China's Restive Xinjiang: Xinhua
An explosion on Thursday hit Urumqi, capital of the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang which is home to mostly Muslim Uighurs, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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China Jails 39 in Troubled Xinjiang: State Media
Courts in China's ethnically-divided Xinjiang region, home to mainly Muslim Uighurs, have jailed 39 people for offences including spreading "terrorist videos", state media said Wednesday as Beijing tightens security after several deadly attacks.
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Three Chinese Officials 'Murdered in Xinjiang' During Xi Visit
Three Han Chinese officials were murdered in Xinjiang as President Xi Jinping visited the restive region, home to mainly-Muslim Uighurs, a report and online postings said.
