Place: Xinjiang region

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World is silent about China’s prison camps

President Xi’s repression of Muslim minorities is redolent of the Soviet Union’s gulag and will foster a new generation of Islamist domestic terrorists, says Brahma Chellaney

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Tourists among 13 dead in China quake

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Suspects in court for Bangkok bombing trial

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Seventeen coal miners die after blast in China

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Thirty-four injured in China earthquake

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Jihadist group claims responsibility for China attacks

China bomb attack kills seven

Seven people were killed in a bomb attack in China’s far west Xinjiang region today.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2010

British PM condemns execution in China

CHINA brushed aside international appeals yesterday and executed a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.

Wed, 30 Dec, 2009

Thousands flee China’s ethnic unrest

THOUSANDS of people poured into bus and train stations to leave Urumqi city yesterday after deadly ethnic unrest, as many mosques were ordered shut for the main Muslim day of prayer.

Sat, 11 Jul, 2009

30 killed in Tibet earthquakes

At least 30 people were killed when a pair of earthquakes jolted Tibet’s capital and surrounding areas today, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Mon, 06 Oct, 2008

China evacuates one million as flooding kills 100 people

MORE than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China, and tens of thousands have fled their homes in the east where dykes are in danger of being breached by a swollen river.

Mon, 23 Jul, 2007

20 Chinese farmers killed in tractor accident

Twenty Chinese women were killed and four injured when a three-wheel tractor overturned on a mountain road in the north of the country, state media said today.

Mon, 21 May, 2007

Canadian activist jailed for life in China

A Canadian activist has today been jailed for life in China for terrorist offences, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Thu, 19 Apr, 2007

Four killed as Sandstorm derails Chinese train

A sandstorm with hurricane-strength wind gusts derailed a train in China’s far west today, killing at least four people and injuring another 30.

Wed, 28 Feb, 2007

10 killed in China mudslide

Heavy rains triggered a mudslide that swept onto a railway bridge in China’s far west, killing 10 people and injuring one, the official Xinhua News Agency said today.

Wed, 05 Jul, 2006

China culls 91,000 birds after flu outbreak

China has destroyed 91,100 birds around a farm in Inner Mongolia to stop a bird flu outbreak, the World Health Organisation said today.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005

Many dead and missing in China coal mine blast

At least 22 workers were killed and some 60 missing after a gas explosion ripped through a mine in China’s far west, the government said.

Mon, 11 Jul, 2005

China culls 13,000 geese after bird flu discovery

China today confirmed that an outbreak of bird flu in its far north-west had killed 460 geese and said the case had been contained.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2005

Quake leaves thousands without shelter

Thousands of earthquake survivors in western China prepared to spend a fourth night outdoors in freezing conditions as aftershocks continued to jolt the isolated area, a relief worker said today.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2003

Quake in west China kills at least 94 people

A powerful earthquake struck China’s remote west today, killing at least 94 people and collapsing houses, a disaster official said.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2003