A special anti-terrorism campaign in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has delivered a powerful counterpunch to religious extremism and terrorists, according to Chinese experts.
With the Chinese central government set to roll out a free education policy next year in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, students like Ryangul have new dreams of attending high school.
A new online sitcom set in Xinjiang has made the far western region fashionable among China's young viewers.
"A harsh winter has come for Xinjiang's tourism after the terrorist attack in May," said Zhang Ru, a 26-year-old in charge of Xinjiang tours in a Beijing-based travel agency.
The trial run for the first high-speed railway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region started on Tuesday, marking a countdown to formal operations by the end of the year and a confidence boost to the region.
A free high school education pilot project has benefitted 93,287 students in southern parts of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since last fall .
A group of nearly 100 tourists from six countries and regions arrived on Monday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China will harshly crack down on terrorist attacks and maintain lasting stability in Xinjiang, the central leadership of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) said on Monday.
China's minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun on Thursday called for doing utmost to treat the injured people in Xinjiang terrorist attack, and severely punishing those terrorists
A supposedly joyful wedding that was going to witness 15 new marriages in Xinjiang was inevitably overshadowed by terrorism, with rigorous security checks and intimidating armed police on the scene.
China needs an anti-terrorist campaign by the people and for the people of all ethnic groups to end terrorism and violent crimes, a renowned expert on ethnology said Wednesday.
Two suspects and a citizen were killed in Wednesday's railway station terror attack in the regional capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, police said Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered troops stationed in Xinjiang to deal a "crushing blow" to terrorists.
On July 5, 2009, rock-flinging and knife-wielding thugs looted shops, torched vehicles, killed nearly 200 people and injured another 1,700 in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Internet access in the region was cut off in the wake of the riot to prevent violent crimes from happening again.
Chinese authorities now face new challenges in countering terrorism as terrorist attacks have crossed the Xinjiang border years after 2009, when the worst riots in decades broke out in the region.
For northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a new high-speed rail line means more than just easier access for travelers and tourists.
Sandstorms will continue to sweep most parts of northwest China on Wednesday, the National Meteorological Center forecast.
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