Xinjiang Province stories:
China issues death sentences over Xinjiang riots
Oct 12th, 2009 - CNN
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Six people were sentenced to death for murder and other crimes in riots that killed about 200 people in western China, state media reported Monday. A seventh person was sentenced to life in prison...
Uighur film screening in Taiwan has angered China
Sep 21st, 2009 - Washington Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Hackers on Monday posted vulgarities and pro-Chinese slogans on a Taiwanese film festival's Web site to protest plans to screen a documentary about an...
Syringe attackers could face death penalty in China
Sep 6th, 2009 - Press TV
China warns that harsh punishment would be meted out to those found guilty of using syringe attacks in the Xinjiang province where renewed unrest has left five people dead. The official Xinhua news agency...
Ethnic Violence Continues in Urumqi Despite Chinese Show of Force
Jul 8th, 2009 - VOA News
Large numbers of security forces patrolled the capital city of China's Xinjiang province Wednesday in an attempt to stop a third day of ethnic violence. Chinese authorities the situation was under control Wednesday...
Chinese President Leaves Italy for China Over Xinjiang Riots
Jul 7th, 2009 - VOA News
Chinese President Hu Jintao is returning home from Italy to deal with ethnic violence in China's Xinjiang province. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua says the president cut short his visit and left for home early Wednesday...
Xinjiang Province videos from YouTube:
7:24CCTV9: Xinjiang Urumqi Violence (Uygur Autonomous Region)
CCTV9: Xinjiang Urumoi Violence Death toll in Xinjiang riot rises to 140 Xinhua 2009-07-06 13:28:24 URUMQI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has risen to 140 following Sunday night's riot in Urumqi ...
1:06Bird Flu Outbreak in Xinjiang Province
ZHANG: Moving on to China, where more cases of bird flu have been reported in northwestern Xinjiang Province. More than 13000 domestic birds have been culled in an effort to contain the deadly virus ...
0:29Tian Chi, Xinjiang Province, China
View over 'Heavenly Lake', Tian Chi
1:42Xinjiang Riots Explode in China: News Current
Ethnic protests have spread to a second city in China's western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region's capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800.
Xinjiang Province from WikiPedia:
Xinjiang (Mandarin pronunciation: [?ínt?j???]; Uyghur: ??????, Shinjang; Chinese: ??; pinyin: X?nji?ng; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal map spelling: Sinkiang or "Ice Jecen" in Manchu) is an autonomous region (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) of the People's Republic of China and also claimed by the territory of Republic of China.
Older English-language reference works often refer to the area as Chinese Turkestan, Sinkiang, East Turkestan, or Uyghuristan. More specifically, at times, the term East Turkestan only referred to the Xinjiang area south of the Tian Shan mountains, North of the Tian Shan was called Dzungaria (Zungaria).
The general region of Xinjiang has been known by many other names in earlier times including: ?? (Mandarin: xiyu) = 'Western Regions', Chinese Tartary, High Tartary, East Chagatay, Mugholistan, Kashgaria, Altishahr ('the six cities' of the Tarim), Little Bokhara and Serindia.
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