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M5.7 earthquake hits NW China’s Xinjiang

Amagnitude-5.7earthquakehashitKuqacountyinnorthwesternChina’sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegionatadepthof6km,accordingtoChinaEarthquakeNetworksCenter(CENC).Theearthq

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In pics: daily life in Kashgar, China's Xinjiang

ResidentsareseenatateahouseintheoldtownofKashgar,northwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,May22,2017.PeoplebuybakedsnacksintheoldtownofKashgar,northwestChi

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Ethnic exchange thrives under Belt and Road initiative

IntheXinjiangArtTheater,dozensofdancersandballerinasrehearseforamusicaltheyaretakingtoBeijing.DeputydirectorofthetheaterAnwarSamathastakenthemusical"ForeverMesh

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Xinjiang burqa ban not repression of religious freedom: official

​A senior official of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region defended a local ban on burqas Thursday, saying burqas are not folk costumes nor Muslim clothes but are "garments of extremism."

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Xinjiang entrepreneurs publish anti-terrorism open letter

A total of 354 representatives for entrepreneurs and staff belonging to ethnic minority groups in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have published an open letter to denounce terrorism.

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"We are not like them," say Uygurs in Kunming

"We are not like them," said Abliz, a 62-year-old Uygur who has run a store in Kunming for 11 years. He was referring to the terrorists from Xinjiang who killed 29 civilians and injured 143 at Kunming railway station Saturday night.

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Terrorism, extremism biggest threat to Uygur culture

Five years after fatal violence left nearly 200 dead in the city of Urumqi, the concussion created by the watershed incident has not died down.