From snow-capped mountains to expansive grasslands, and from pristine lakes to desolate deserts, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has become a premier tourist destination with its ...

Like the rest of the country, China’s far-western Xinjiang Province is slowly starting to open up after months of near-total lockdown meant to halt the spread of Covid-19. For the past six years, ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling ...

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

Besh pede,” a popular Uyghur folk ballad, is among dozens of Uyghur-language songs that have been deemed “problematic” by ...

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in China’s ...

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 ...