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Two new books on the history and religious development of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region were released in Beijing on September 2. Photo: Sun Langchen/GT ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: New books gather Xinjiang's scattered historical threads
Xinjiang People's Publishing House launched two books — Zhongguo Xinjiang Diqu Lishi (The History of China's Xinjiang Region) and Zhongguo Xinjiang Diqu Zongjiao Shi (The Religious History in China's ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: How China is tearing down Islam
Beijing’s Doudian Mosque, with its striking domes and ornate minarets, was one of the grandest mosques in northern China. Scroll to continue But earlier this year, its minarets were removed, its domes ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: China targets parents in new religion rules for Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - Parents and guardians in China's heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang who encourage or force their children into religious activities will be reported to the police, the government ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: Xi Jinping says religions in China should 'further adapt' to socialist society
BEIJANG: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said religions in the Communist nation should "further adapt" to the socialist society, expanding on his earlier assertion of sinicization of religions ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: China bans list of Islamic names in restive Xinjiang region
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News China » Xinjiang » Religion: China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — It is a soulful folk song, filled with feeling and history: A love-stricken young man tells God about his hopes and dreams of happiness. Generations of Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: Chinese Communist Party Erasing Religion with Village Renaming Effort
The 630 changes exhibit a greater campaign within China toward eliminating all religious belief, according to Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers. The renaming ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such coordinated Western action against ...
News China » Xinjiang » Religion: "Poisoned" by religion, 20 Uighurs jailed in Xinjiang
Beijing uses an iron fist in the northwestern province, homeland of minority Turkic Muslims. Courts convict "activists" for preparing "Holy war". For exiled Uighurs, they are only guilty of talking ...