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United States Declares China Committing "Genocide" Against Uighurs
The United States declared Tuesday that China is carrying out genocide against the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim people, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dramatically raising pressure over Beijing's sweeping incarceration of minorities on his last full day in office.
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China Is Educating, Not Mistreating Muslims, Say Chinese Officials
China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday.
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Rights Group Alleges China Using Big Data as Repression Tool
Human Rights Watch says it has found new evidence that authorities in one of China's most repressive regions are sweeping up citizens' personal information.
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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 Tries Out New Hardware In Xinjiang Counter-Terror Exercise
China has tested 21 new pieces of security equipment, including drones, during a counter-terrorism exercise in the western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Tuesday, as it strengthens its presence in the violence-prone area.
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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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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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8 Sentenced To Die For Attacks In China's Xinjiang: CCTV
A Chinese court condemned eight people to death today for two deadly attacks in Xinjiang, as Beijing cracks down hard on violence in the homeland of the mostly Muslim Uighur minority.
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China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Prison For Separatism
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison the country's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, his lawyer said, the latest sign of Beijing's determination to suppress dissent.
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China City Bans Long Beards, Islamic Clothing on Buses: Report
A city in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group Wednesday.
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United States Declares China Committing "Genocide" Against Uighurs
The United States declared Tuesday that China is carrying out genocide against the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim people, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dramatically raising pressure over Beijing's sweeping incarceration of minorities on his last full day in office.
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China Is Educating, Not Mistreating Muslims, Say Chinese Officials
China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday.
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Rights Group Alleges China Using Big Data as Repression Tool
Human Rights Watch says it has found new evidence that authorities in one of China's most repressive regions are sweeping up citizens' personal information.
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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 Tries Out New Hardware In Xinjiang Counter-Terror Exercise
China has tested 21 new pieces of security equipment, including drones, during a counter-terrorism exercise in the western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Tuesday, as it strengthens its presence in the violence-prone area.
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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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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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8 Sentenced To Die For Attacks In China's Xinjiang: CCTV
A Chinese court condemned eight people to death today for two deadly attacks in Xinjiang, as Beijing cracks down hard on violence in the homeland of the mostly Muslim Uighur minority.
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China Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Prison For Separatism
A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison the country's most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people, his lawyer said, the latest sign of Beijing's determination to suppress dissent.
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China City Bans Long Beards, Islamic Clothing on Buses: Report
A city in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group Wednesday.
