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Authorities in China's Xinjiang region sentence nine people for up to 14 years for terrorism offences.
2014-06-26

Sixteen people die in a clash near the city of Kashgar in China's restive Xinjiang province.
2013-12-15

Meng Jianzhu, the Minister for Public Security in the People's Republic of China, orders a clampdown in Xinjiang following recent unrest.
2011-08-5

At least 9 people including a suspect are killed and 28 others are injured in a knife attack in Kashgar, west Xinjiang, China, marking the second attack of the month in Xinjiang.
2011-07-31

A bus plunges into a ravine in the Xinjiang region in western China killing at least 16 people and with 24 people injured.
2011-03-11

Seven people are killed and fourteen injured in a bomb attack in China's Xinjiang province. Although the region has recently been embroiled in violence including Muslim separatists and majority Han Chinese, the attack is being investigated as a criminal case.
2010-08-19

China sentences an Uyghur journalist who spoke to foreign media after riots in Xinjiang last year to 15 years imprisonment.
2010-07-23

China announces it has broken up what it describes as a terrorist ring in Xinjiang in the west of the country.
2010-06-24

China commences surveillance of text messages, with customers from the country's two largest operators being blocked for lewd messages. Meanwhile, text messaging returns to Xinjiang, after riots last July.
2010-01-18