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President Joe Biden signs the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law banning imports from China's Xinjiang region citing concerns about the use of forced labour. China denies human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
2021-12-23

The United States Senate unanimously votes to pass the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bill that would ban products from Xinjiang in China, unless they are certified as not from the Xinjiang internment camps.
2021-07-14

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) will be deployed in Pakistan to protect the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor that connects the Chinese-operated Gwadar Port in Balochistan, Pakistan to China's Xinjiang region. Neighboring India has voiced concern about the planned move.
2016-03-13

The People's Republic of China jails 32 people for allegedly downloading and spreading violent Islamist material via the Internet to Xinjiang.
2014-07-11

The People's Republic of China claims to have arrested 29 people following recent terrorist attacks in the Xinjiang region.
2014-06-5

The People's Republic of China arrests 139 people in Xinjiang for allegedly calling for jihad.
2013-10-9

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

China sentences 20 men of the ethnic Uighur group to jail terms of up to life imprisonment on charges of terrorism and inciting secession in Xinjiang.
2013-03-27

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