China's crackdown on suspected separatists in the western region of Xinjiang will continue in order to maintain social stability following last year's deadly ethnic riots, a top regional official said. Urumqi Mayor Jerla Isamudinhe pledged vigilance against what China has called the "three forces" — terrorism ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The capital of China's restless far western region of Xinjiang, hit by ethnic riots last year in which about 200 died, faces a long struggle to maintain stability, its mayor said in comments reported on Friday. Energy-rich Xinjiang is strategically located at the crossroads of Central Asia, and Beijing has shown it is determined to keep a ...

A court in China's Xinjiang region has sentenced four people to death over deadly riots in July, bringing to 26 the number of those condemned to die for the unrest, a government official said on Tuesday. The verdicts were handed down on Monday by a court in the regional capital Urumqi -- the site of deadly clashes that left nearly ...

A court in China's Xinjiang region has sentenced four people to death over deadly riots in July, bringing to 26 the number of those condemned to die for the unrest, a government official said. The verdicts were handed down on Monday by a court in the regional capital Urumqi, scene of the violence that pitted mainly Muslim Uighurs against ...