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 August 31, 2016

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 July 21, 2016

Xi Jinping Puts New Emphasis on 'Marxist Atheism'

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

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing April 25, 2016

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 March 10, 2016

China Jails Xinjiang Activist for 19 Years

Zhang Haitao had posted articles online critical of the Beijing government

By Simon Lewis January 22, 2016

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 November 23, 2015

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 September 25, 2015

Chinese Sculpture Resembles Chicago Icon

And artist Anish Kapoor is mad about it

By Joanna Plucinska August 13, 2015

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 July 10, 2015

Pakistan Will Deploy 12,000 Troops to Protect Chinese Workers

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

By Rishi Iyengar April 23, 2015
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