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Mysterious syringe and needle attacks, both real and imagined, are continuing in Xinjiang and spreading outside Urumqi, Reuters reports: Nearly 600 people in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, home to ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government acknowledged for the first time that police killed 12 people during July 5 unrest in western China but put the blame squarely on rioters, saying they stockpiled ...

The Chinese government and Uighur exile groups blamed each other after the deadliest ethnic violence in decades left at least 156 people dead and 800 injured in Urumqi, western China, on Sunday. As ...

It has been five years since the July 5, 2009 ethnic riots rocked Urumqi, straining already uneasy ties between Han Chinese and Uighur locals. Cars pass and pedestrians stroll freely through the South ...

Tourism in Xinjiang recovering after July 5th riot [2009-07-16 10:24] Tourism in Xinjiang is slowly recovering following the July 5th riot. Some of the region's scenic areas are starting to receive ...

JUAN GONZALEZ: Thousands of Chinese troops have flooded into the regional capital of the country’s westernmost Xinjiang province following bloody clashes between the city’s Han Chinese and Uyghur ...

HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Retailers in the Chinese city of Urumqi, which witnessed deadly protests last weekend, and other cities in the region have resumed business, the Xinhua news agency reported ...

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Xinhua said that police would not say how many – if any – of the 1,600 detained earlier have been released. Last week state media quoted officials as saying the first trials of suspects detained in ...

Zhang Hong, Urumqi’s deputy mayor, said the deaths followed demonstrations on Thursday by ethnic Han Chinese demanding punishment of Muslim Uighurs blamed for the July 5 rioting that killed nearly 200 ...