At least 1 million Uighurs have been interned since 2017 in more than 85 identified camps within Xinjiang-- an autonomous region in Northwest China, according to Western reports. Most of the ...

China’s top security official Chen Wenqing has urged ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang to use Mandarin and called for signs of terrorism to be “struck down promptly” in the far western region.

Attendees of the 6th World Media Summit watch performance at the grand bazaar in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Oct 16, 2024.[Photo/Xinhua] Xinjiang was known as Xiyu ...

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has made "unprecedented" efforts in expanding multilevel practical cooperation with Central Asian countries in recent years, as part of China's efforts to ...

BEIJING--It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labor of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the U.N.’s top expert on slavery said in a ...

An aerial drone photo taken on April 7, 2025 shows oleaster saplings in Hotan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest ...