Large gold mine discovered in China

With a total of 47 ethnic nationalities in Northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Uygur language is one of the most widely spoken there. Ethnic minorities make up 60 percent of the region's population, and preserving their mother ...

Two courts in northwest China''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have sentenced 20 people for taking part in terrorist activities and plotting to divide the country. Nineteen of the suspects were given prison sentences ranging from five years to ...

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 ...

Security forces stand guard along a street in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on July 4, 2010, the day before the capital of China's remote western region marked the first anniversary of ethnic rioting that killed around 200 people.

Attack survivor wishes to forget, reports Cui Jia in Selibuya town, Kashgar, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Ahmetjon Wubuli doesn't want to remember how six of his colleagues were killed by a terrorist group, but the horrors keep coming back.

Icicles hang off trees in Hami city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on April 8, 2013. A rare cold front has hit the city, bringing big temperature drops in

It's been one week since the terrorist attack in Bachu county of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. 15 community workers and police officers were killed in the violence. As the investigation concludes, some surprising details are ...

Two people were killed and another was critically injured in a landslide on Monday in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Tuesday. The landslide occurred at around 7 p.m. in Manas County in the autonomous region, burying ...

Construction on a new airport will start in June in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, government authorities said Wednesday. A domestic branch airport for civil use will be built in Qiemo county in the Mongolian autonomous ...