Xinjiang

China's New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington

By Charlie Campbell / Khorgos

China Orders Residents in One Province to Hand In Their Passports

By Feliz Solomon

5 Ways China Is More Repressive Under President Xi Jinping

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

China Sends Vines Into Space in Bid to Create Heavenly Wine

By Tekendra Parmar
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China Will Have to Get Used to Being a Terrorist Target

Its plan to forge a trade route across Eurasia, through the dangerous territories of Afghanistan and Pakistan, will only expose Beijing to more risk

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

Uighur Extremists Joining ISIS Poses a Security and Economic Headache for China’s Xi Jinping

Insecurity in China’s far Western province of Xinjiang throws up obstacles for Xi’s signature "One Belt, One Road" initiative

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Xi Jinping Puts New Emphasis on 'Marxist Atheism'

He tells cadres to beware of "overseas infiltrations via religious means"

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Singing, Dancing Minorities: China's Political Theater

A profusion of ethnic dress at China's National People's Congress fails to hide the deep ethnic tensions in the country

By Hannah Beech / Beijing

China Jails Xinjiang Activist for 19 Years

Zhang Haitao had posted articles online critical of the Beijing government

By Simon Lewis

Meet the Men and Women Fighting China's 'Anti-Terrorist' War

In the wake of the Paris attacks, members of China's special forces tell TIME, and open up on social media, about their own battles

By Hannah Beech / Beijing

In China, U.K. Chancellor Focuses on Trade, Not Human Rights

George Osborne sidestepped calls to discuss human-rights issues in Xinjiang province

By Nash Jenkins

Chinese Sculpture Resembles Chicago Icon

And artist Anish Kapoor is mad about it

By Joanna Plucinska

Thailand Defends Deportation of Uighur Migrants to China

The move has been condemned by the U.N., Washington and human-rights groups

By Charlie Campbell

Pakistan Will Deploy 12,000 Troops to Protect Chinese Workers

"Pakistan considers China’s security as our own security"

By Rishi Iyengar

The Politics of Pop Music in China's Xinjiang Region

Heartthrob Ablajan embodies the tension between pop and politics in China's Xinjiang region

By Emily Rauhala / Sangzhu

Xinjiang Death Toll Raised

Most of the dead are described as "rioters," killed in the aftermath of last week's explosions

By Elizabeth Barber

Chinese Court Gives Uighur Academic Life Sentence

International human-rights observers repeatedly called the trial a sham

By Elizabeth Barber

Blasts Kill 2 in China's Xinjiang Region

The explosions come just ahead of a verdict in the trial of Ilham Tohti, a Uighur academic accused of fueling separatist sentiment in Xinjiang

By Elizabeth Barber

China's Silent War on Terror

A virtual media blackout makes it hard to know what's happening as China tackles unrest among its Uighur Muslim minorities

By Emily Rauhala

Is China Anti-Muslim? Not So Fast

Beijing bans some Muslims from observing Ramadan, or boarding public transport while veiled, but it allows millions of others to practice their religion without hindrance

By Hannah Beech
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