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Pakistan And Afghanistan Agreed To Avoid Escalation: China
Representatives from China, Afghanistan and Pakistan held a week of informal meetings in Xinjiang, said the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman.
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Chinese City Where Apartment Fire Killed 10 Eases Covid Curbs After Protests
More Chinese cities including Urumqi in the far west announced easing of coronavirus curbs on Sunday, as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after extraordinary protests against restrictions last weekend.
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After Deadly Fire, China Eases Covid Curbs In Xinjiang
China's western Xinjiang region eased some Covid restrictions in its capital Urumqi on Monday, after a deadly fire in the city blamed on virus controls sparked protests across the country.
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.2 Strikes China's Xinjiang
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit China's far western region of Xinjiang on Thursday, the China Earthquake Administration said, with tremors shaking buildings near the epicentre about 100 km (60 miles) west of the regional capital of Urumqi.
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Chinese Woman Gets Pregnant 13 Times in 10 Years to Avoid Jail Term
A woman sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region evaded prison for ten years by getting pregnant 13 times before she was finally sent to jail by a court.
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China Opens First Leg of High-Speed Railway in Xinjiang
China opened the first stretch of a new high-speed railway in the western region of Xinjiang on Sunday, a milestone in the central government's efforts to promote economic development in restive hinterlands and bind them closer to the rest of China.
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16 Killed in China Coal Mine Collapse
A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, China's official news agency said on Saturday.
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China Sentences Two to Death For Killing of Pro-Beijing Imam
A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a state-backed imam in China's restive western region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency has said.
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China Executes Eight for 'Terrorist' Attacks in Xinjiang
China has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state media said.
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Chinese City Bans Big Beards, Burqa-Wearers from Buses: Report
Amid an upsurge in separatist violence, a city in China's restive Xinjiang region has banned those in Islamic headscarves, burqas and with long beards from public transport.
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Pakistan And Afghanistan Agreed To Avoid Escalation: China
Representatives from China, Afghanistan and Pakistan held a week of informal meetings in Xinjiang, said the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman.
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Chinese City Where Apartment Fire Killed 10 Eases Covid Curbs After Protests
More Chinese cities including Urumqi in the far west announced easing of coronavirus curbs on Sunday, as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after extraordinary protests against restrictions last weekend.
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After Deadly Fire, China Eases Covid Curbs In Xinjiang
China's western Xinjiang region eased some Covid restrictions in its capital Urumqi on Monday, after a deadly fire in the city blamed on virus controls sparked protests across the country.
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Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.2 Strikes China's Xinjiang
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit China's far western region of Xinjiang on Thursday, the China Earthquake Administration said, with tremors shaking buildings near the epicentre about 100 km (60 miles) west of the regional capital of Urumqi.
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Chinese Woman Gets Pregnant 13 Times in 10 Years to Avoid Jail Term
A woman sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region evaded prison for ten years by getting pregnant 13 times before she was finally sent to jail by a court.
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China Opens First Leg of High-Speed Railway in Xinjiang
China opened the first stretch of a new high-speed railway in the western region of Xinjiang on Sunday, a milestone in the central government's efforts to promote economic development in restive hinterlands and bind them closer to the rest of China.
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16 Killed in China Coal Mine Collapse
A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, China's official news agency said on Saturday.
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China Sentences Two to Death For Killing of Pro-Beijing Imam
A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a state-backed imam in China's restive western region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency has said.
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China Executes Eight for 'Terrorist' Attacks in Xinjiang
China has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state media said.
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Chinese City Bans Big Beards, Burqa-Wearers from Buses: Report
Amid an upsurge in separatist violence, a city in China's restive Xinjiang region has banned those in Islamic headscarves, burqas and with long beards from public transport.
