URUMQI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Across Xinjiang's wind-lashed Gobi Desert and sun-scorched basins, the rotation of the wind ...

Manchester City's former defender Sun Jihai is spearheading a drive to develop football in China's troubled Xinjiang region -- while also instilling loyalty to the ruling Communist Party. The ...

Authorities in China's Xinjiang region are threatening to detain residents over downloading, listening to and sharing Uyghur-language songs they consider sensitive. That's according to a recording ...

Chinese authorities have launched a campaign against halal products in the name of fighting extremism in the capital of Xinjiang, the fractious northwest region where Muslims are facing a raft of ...

Generations of Uighurs, the Turkic ethnic minority in China’s Xinjiang region, have played it at parties and weddings. But today, if they download it, play it or share it online, they risk ending up ...

The Municipal Bureau of Justice in Karamay, Xinjiang posted—and later deleted—a skit to Douyin (Chinese TikTok) boasting that WeChat automatically records user activity and shares it with law ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The ethnic Uighur mayor of a major city in China's unruly far-western region of Xinjiang is being investigated for corruption, state media said on Thursday, one of the few minority ...

A Xi Jinping-themed twist on a Chinese Lunar New Year tradition drew incredulous reactions from Twitter users after it was shared by famed dissident Twitter account @whyyoutouzhele. “Lantern riddles” ...

The Eid festival is celebrated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 2025. (Photo by Luke Johnston) ...

KASHGAR, China, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Urumqi is located in the central part of Xinjiang, the hinterland of Eurasia. The city has Xinjiang ethnic characteristics and regional culture, as well as ...