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# Xinjiang


## Xinjiang


* ![xinjiang-china-silk-road-patrick-wack](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3c2eae10e291eb5/6988e2e2fb4eac7176894410/xinjiang-china-silk-road-patrick-wack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 23, 2017  
## [China's New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington](https://time.com/4992103/china-silk-road-belt-xi-jinping-khorgos-kazakhstan-infrastructure/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![China's Uyghur Minority Marks Muslim Holiday In Country's Far West](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7225790db17956b/6988afa9524fc0fb25dfa57e/gettyimages-606025462.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 25, 2016  
## [China Orders Residents in One Province to Hand In Their Passports](https://time.com/4582214/china-xinjiang-uighur-passports-terrorism/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Feliz Solomon
* ![CHINA-BEIJING-V-DAY PARADE-XI JINPING \(CN\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73564ec1d2bd4c21/6988a8ed0b72e34b6b6eb408/gettyimages-486335704.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2016  
## [5 Ways China Is More Repressive Under President Xi Jinping](https://time.com/4519160/china-xi-jinping-cecc-human-rights-rule-of-law/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory Blasts Off In Jiuquan](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d7894c5af77d9eb/6988a7102dce01e8559eabfa/gettyimages-605941636.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 22, 2016  
## [China Sends Vines Into Space in Bid to Create Heavenly Wine](https://time.com/4503778/china-space-wine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tekendra Parmar
* ![Police officers gather outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Aug. 30, 2016. A van driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c3e2cbe5e88ae5d/6988a44c524fc03db8df9566/gettyimages-597889324.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 31, 2016  
## [China Will Have to Get Used to Being a Terrorist Target](https://time.com/4473748/china-terrorism-uighur-xinjiang/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Hannah Beech  
* ![CHINA-UNREST-XINJIANG](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b6aecbd4540be2f/69889cfcf887dc7302e96b63/gettyimages-172120508.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 21, 2016  
## [Uighur Extremists Joining ISIS Poses a Security and Economic Headache for China’s Xi Jinping](https://time.com/4416585/isis-islamic-state-china-xinjiang-uighur-xi-jinping/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he reviews the army, at the beginning of the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a96fe9dc5638f6e/6988907abc6cfc0d2e3dcb62/rtx1qu3a.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 25, 2016  
## [Xi Jinping Puts New Emphasis on 'Marxist Atheism'](https://time.com/4306179/china-religion-freedom-xi-jinping-muslim-christian-xinjiang-buddhist-tibet/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![Ethnic minority delegates pose for pictures outside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3be0b4705d187ca5/69888a705f570f0704b1ff91/rts9dww.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 10, 2016  
## [Singing, Dancing Minorities: China's Political Theater](https://time.com/4253712/china-npc-tibetans-uighurs-ethnic-minorities/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Hannah Beech
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 22, 2016  
## [China Jails Xinjiang Activist for 19 Years](https://time.com/4189878/china-xinjiang-jail-zhang-haitao-uighur/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![CHINA-UNREST-XINJIANG](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf278092b1376504e/698872693c1639503845adf8/gettyimages-172120508.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 23, 2015  
## [Meet the Men and Women Fighting China's 'Anti-Terrorist' War](https://time.com/4124001/china-xinjiang-uighur-terrorism-police/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Hannah Beech  
* ![Osborne visits China - Day Four](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb58712a5385a8f36/69886568524fc02283df4b4c/ap599794819539.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 25, 2015  
## [In China, U.K. Chancellor Focuses on Trade, Not Human Rights](https://time.com/4049717/george-osborne-xinjiang-china-human-rights/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![Chicago Cityscapes And City Views](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd48cc95816690875/69885f100b72e3b30c6e55d3/gettyimages-141079754.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 13, 2015  
## [Chinese Sculpture Resembles Chicago Icon](https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joanna Plucinska
* ![A man removes broken glass from a window of Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7010e7ef03d42a/69885a5d428a9ea8d0cce1b5/rtx1jor0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 10, 2015  
## [Thailand Defends Deportation of Uighur Migrants to China](https://time.com/3952498/china-uighur-xinjiang-deportations-turkey-thailand-human-rights/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![A man hangs decorations on a pole next to a banner showing Pakistan's President Hussain, China's President Xi and Pakistan's PM Sharif, ahead of Xi's visit to Islamabad](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19106da0ad023814/6987ec740b72e37a356e1a83/rtr4xx41.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 23, 2015  
## [Pakistan Will Deploy 12,000 Troops to Protect Chinese Workers](https://time.com/3832531/pakistan-security-force-china-workers-infrastructure-projects-corridor-12000/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Ablajan performs on stage with his dancers at rehearsals for a planned live webcast concert scheduled for that afternoon in Urumqi, China on July 31st, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte727848d2cc771d3/6986a5551eebf70907372d94/ablajan-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2014  
## [The Politics of Pop Music in China's Xinjiang Region](https://time.com/3424671/ablajan-awut-ayup-uighur-xinjiang-music-pop-star-china/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Emily Rauhala

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