Projects are dead and surveillance is omnipresent in Xinjiang, which once lured Western companies such as Volkswagen.

Kamile Wayit, a 19-year-old Uyghur female university student was sentenced on 25 ... At the age of 14, she had to live alone in Urumqi for two years between 2017 and 2019, because her father was held ...

With his father disappeared, he cannot return to China for the funeral Protesters gather at a vigil in honour of the victims of a fire in a Uyghur-majority neighbourhood of Urumqi, western China ...

Bournemouth Airport has been described as "an importing hub for products likely made through crimes against humanity." ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan tweeted about fulfilling his long-held dream of visiting Urumqi and Kashgar in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in western China. "For many years, I have had ...

Thailand reportedly deported 48 ethnic Uyghurs to China, snubbing asylum offers from the US, Canada, and Australia, says ...

China has used its financial power to silence dissent, as seen in 2022, when a motion to investigate its Uyghur genocide was blocked—primarily by nations receiving Chinese investments. Muslim-majority ...

Cathay Chief Customer and Commercial Officer Lavinia Lau said: “Urumqi is an exciting new addition to our network, directly connecting our home city with an important Belt and Road hub in ...

Kashgar was born in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Before starting to work for VOA in 2019, he founded a language education school in Urumqi, the region’s capital. Until May ...