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Ten people are killed and nine others injured in a fire at an apartment block in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China.
2022-11-25

China reports 127 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. From that, 123 of them were locally transmitted which includes 112 in Xinjiang and 11 in Liaoning. It is the highest number of cases reported since March 5.
2020-07-31

The U.S. State Department imposes visa restrictions on numerous Chinese government officials whom it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang province. On Monday the Department of Commerce added twenty-eight Chinese firms and bureaus to its "trade blacklist" for similar reasons.
2019-10-8

Chinese security forces have killed 28 members of a supposed terrorist group in the mainly ethnic Uyghur Xinjiang region.
2015-11-20

The United States State Department criticizes Thailand for deporting ethnic Uyghur back to China. The predominantly Uyghur Xinjiang province is the site of an ongoing political and religious crackdown in response to a wave of Muslim terrorist attacks in China.
2015-07-10

Chinese police kill six attacking militants wearing explosive devices in Xinjiang.
2015-01-12

The People's Republic of China jails 113 people in Xinjiang autonomous region for terrorism and other offences.
2014-06-30

Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in 21 people killed, including 15 police and social workers. Of the 15 government casualties, 10 members are ethnic Uighur, 3 are Han Chinese, and 2 are ethnic Mongolian.
2013-04-23

20 people are jailed in China on charges of terrorism in the Xinjiang region.
2012-08-2

Violence in the Xinjiang region of China leaves 20 people dead.
2012-02-29