Rain-triggered floods strand 6 trains in Xinjiang

Torrential rain, hail and floods have affected about 98,717 residents in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since Tuesday, local authorities said on Sunday. Strong rainfall began on Tuesday and has continued into Sunday ...

About CNY 27.85 billion non-government assets were invested in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the first four months of 2013, rising 29.4% year on year. The investment took up 40% of the total fixed-assets invested and helped increase the ...

BEIJING, June 4 (UPI) -- The tombs were found in Xinjiang's Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, a border region neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. Located on a crossroads of the ancient ...

China on Wednesday announced it has discovered a gold mine in the Ili Valley in the country's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With reserves estimated to be at 53 tonnes, the said discovery could translate to an economic value of $3.2 billion.

One-time nuclear testing ground in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is still

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's foreign trade has diversified, as the region strengthens its efforts at exploring emerging markets, Jiang Yaoping, vice-minister of commerce, said on Tuesday. From January to April, the value of Xinjiang's ...

A new artificial greenbelt in Hotan county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. (China Daily/

KASHGAR. — Eleven suspected terrorists linked to a deadly attack on April 23 in north-west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been captured, local police sources said on Monday. Police said that as of Sunday, they had nabbed all 19 ...

BEIJING, April 29 (UPI) -- The battle took place in northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Monday. In announcing the arrests, Meng Hongwei, vice minister of public security, said police seized ...