From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send ...

A top Chinese envoy has warned Damascus's new government not to support terrorism as a Syria-based Islamic militant group sent messages to Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, urging them to wage ...

Kathmandu: Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province have long resisted the authority of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), despite ...

BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - Officials in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups ...

After locking up as many as a million people in camps in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are destroying Uighur neighborhoods and purging the region's culture. They say they’re fighting terrorism. Their ...

WASHINGTON - On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China’s policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province ...

Visiting Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region offers a rare opportunity to observe daily life within a Muslim community that many people only hear about from afar. Walking through neighborhoods, markets, ...

In 2017, satellite images, leaked government documents, online tenders for prison construction and guards, as well as social-media posts of ribbon-cutting ceremonies revealed a network of prison camps ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Rights activists urged European and Muslim nations on Monday to take the lead in establishing a U.N. investigation into China's detention and what they call its "forced ...

At a shelter in the Flushing area of New York, Hui Muslims who fled oppression in China are concerned about the president-elect’s vows to tighten asylum policy. Muslim immigrants preparing a meal at a ...

When Anna was planning her first visit to Xinjiang in 2015, her friends were perplexed. "They couldn't understand why I'd visit a place that back then was considered one of China's most dangerous ...