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Meet China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali, Vijender Singh's next opponent eager to show what he is capable of

Both WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight championship and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Championship on the line in the bout between Zulpikar Maimaitiali and Vijender Singh.

China bans burqa in Xinjiang city with largest Muslim population

The capital of China's Xinjiang has banned the wearing of burqa in public, the regional government said on Thursday.

China begins crackdown on terrorist groups after Xinjiang attack

Chinese authorities launched a yearlong anti-terrorism crackdown on Saturday in China's Muslim northwest after a bombing in the region killed at least 43 people, while also announcing the first arrest in the attack.

China asks Xinjiang govt to toughen punishment for terrorists

Stepping up security in restive Xinjiang province after a series of blasts in the provincial capital Urumqi, China has asked the local administration to severely punish the "terrorists" responsible for the attack.

China: 5 suicide bombers carried out Xinjiang attacks, media reports

"Five suspects who participated in the violent terrorist attack blew themselves up," the Global Times, a tabloid run by the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, reported on Friday.

China: Why the Xinjiang region is seeing increasing violence

China's western areas have seen a lot of unrest lately, the most recent case being that of the Xinjiang explosions. Here is a general account of the history and potential causes of that unrest.

Amid tight security, shoppers return to Xinjiang market after attack

Shoppers returned to the market which in Xinjiang which had earlier been the site of terror attacks. But the site is still under tight security.

Biggest attack in years kills 31 in China's troubled Xinjiang

Explosives hurled from two vehicles which ploughed into an open market in China's troubled Xinjiang region killed 31 people on Thursday, state media reported.

Explosion in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, casualties unknown

An explosion caused by vehicle collision took place in Urumqi, the capital of China's volatile Xinjiang region.

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.