Topic: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

China police killed 14 in Xinjiang attack: report

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police said 14 "rioters" were among 18 people killed in a clash at a police station in the restive Xinjiang region, a government website reported on Wednesday, an account that more closely reflected the tally reported by an exile ...

Several killed in attack on Xinjiang police station: report

BEIJING (Reuters) - An attack on a police station in western China's restive Xinjiang region by "thugs" has resulted in the death of several of the attackers, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.The attack happened in the city of Hotan ...
Nearly 100 children were hurt in a stampede at a primary school in China's far-western Xinjiang region but no deaths have been reported, state media reported.The accident occurred Monday in the city of Aksu as school children were rushing outside ...

Chinese students injured in fall

An accident Monday at an elementary school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region injured 41 children, seven severely, officials said. About 100 pupils fell on top of each other while descending stairs at a school in Aksu City, Xinhua reported ...

Blast in China's Xinjiang kills seven, injures 14

An explosion in China's restive Xinjiang region left seven people dead and another 14 injured on Thursday, state media reported.Police have already caught a suspect at the site of the blast, which happened in the outskirts of the city of ...

WEEKLY WATCH

This section offers world news briefs. //www.bjreview.com WEEKLY WATCH BIRD GUARDIAN Farmers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have built rock nests for rosy starlings, birds that live on grasshoppers, to help protect their pastures against the insects LIU YU Restoring ...

Why Local Bonds Failed to Sell

//www.bjreview.com APRIL 30, 2009 BEIJING REVIEW 31 BUSINESS/OBSERVER The prices of the first two local bonds issued by the governments of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Anhui Province fell after they started officially tradin;o;th;market;I;woul ...

The Promising Land

The article discusses economic trends in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. The region is a known exporter of agricultural products such as green grapes, red jujubes and white cotton. //www.bjreview.com NATION By JING XIAOLEI Tiansha; Mountain; ; par; o ...

A Tale of Cotton Pickers

The article focuses on the cotton industry in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. It is stated that cotton growers in the region have to compete fiercely for scarce labor resources. 24 BEIIJING REVIEW JANUARY 3, 2008 NATION By WANG HAIRONG ...

Leading Tibetan art collector gets 15 years in jail

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday.Karma Samdup was sentenced on Thursday for ...