East Turkestan

Chinese militants fled to get terror training from Islamic State: Report

China's government has blamed a surge of violence over the past year on Islamist militants from Xinjiang who China says are fighting for an independent state called East Turkestan.

China sentences Uighur man to death over Xinjiang attacks

A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly attacks in the far western region of Xinjiang in February has been sentenced to death, authorities said late on Monday.

Ten killed in riot in China's restive west: Xinhua

The Xinhua report said the killing occurred in Yecheng County near Kashgar, a city in the south of Xinjiang that has been beset by tensions between the mainly Muslim Uighur people and the Han Chinese.