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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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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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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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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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Chinese Minority Scholar Indicted for Separatism
An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country's far west.
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China Sentences 32 in Xinjiang For 'Terror' Videos
China sentenced 32 people in its western Xinjiang region to prison terms for downloading or sending "violent terror" videos, state media said, as authorities crackdown on people they say are Islamists and separatists behind recent attacks.
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China's Crackdown in Restive Xinjiang Nets 400 Suspects
China has taken down more than 40 groups it calls "violent terror gangs" and arrested more than 400 people in its restive western region of Xinjiang since authorities began a crackdown in May, state media said on Monday.
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China Uighur Scholar Denied Food in Detention: Lawyer
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang denied food for 10 days to a prominent Uighur academic detained on separatism charges, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, as nine in the region were sentenced for terror offences.
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Chinese Police Shoot Dead 13 Attackers in Xinjiang
Police shot dead 13 attackers in China's restive Xinjiang region after they rammed a car into a police station and detonated explosives, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in the latest of a series of attacks to worry Beijing.
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Concerns Rise Over China's Detention of Uighur Scholar
Concerns about the prolonged detention in China of prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti are rising amid a crackdown by Beijing on Islamist separatists it says are seeking to establish an independent state in the far west.
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Four Hurt in Knife Attack in Restive Western China
Knife-wielding attackers in western China injured four people in a crowded chess hall, state television reported on Monday, as the country grapples with a wave of unrest in the region.
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China says 29 Arrested in Anti-Terror Crackdown
Chinese authorities announced 29 more arrests Thursday in their continuing anti-terrorism crackdown in the northwestern region of Xinjiang following a series of deadly attacks blamed on Muslim extremists.
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China Court to Try Eight for Tiananmen Bomb Attack
China will try eight people linked to a car-bomb attack in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last year, prosecutors said, as the government escalates a crackdown on violence emanating from its restive Xinjiang region.
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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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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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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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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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Chinese Minority Scholar Indicted for Separatism
An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country's far west.
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China Sentences 32 in Xinjiang For 'Terror' Videos
China sentenced 32 people in its western Xinjiang region to prison terms for downloading or sending "violent terror" videos, state media said, as authorities crackdown on people they say are Islamists and separatists behind recent attacks.
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China's Crackdown in Restive Xinjiang Nets 400 Suspects
China has taken down more than 40 groups it calls "violent terror gangs" and arrested more than 400 people in its restive western region of Xinjiang since authorities began a crackdown in May, state media said on Monday.
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China Uighur Scholar Denied Food in Detention: Lawyer
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang denied food for 10 days to a prominent Uighur academic detained on separatism charges, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, as nine in the region were sentenced for terror offences.
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Chinese Police Shoot Dead 13 Attackers in Xinjiang
Police shot dead 13 attackers in China's restive Xinjiang region after they rammed a car into a police station and detonated explosives, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in the latest of a series of attacks to worry Beijing.
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Concerns Rise Over China's Detention of Uighur Scholar
Concerns about the prolonged detention in China of prominent Uighur academic Ilham Tohti are rising amid a crackdown by Beijing on Islamist separatists it says are seeking to establish an independent state in the far west.
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Four Hurt in Knife Attack in Restive Western China
Knife-wielding attackers in western China injured four people in a crowded chess hall, state television reported on Monday, as the country grapples with a wave of unrest in the region.
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China says 29 Arrested in Anti-Terror Crackdown
Chinese authorities announced 29 more arrests Thursday in their continuing anti-terrorism crackdown in the northwestern region of Xinjiang following a series of deadly attacks blamed on Muslim extremists.
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China Court to Try Eight for Tiananmen Bomb Attack
China will try eight people linked to a car-bomb attack in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last year, prosecutors said, as the government escalates a crackdown on violence emanating from its restive Xinjiang region.
