Xinjiang Unrest

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  Chinese Security Forces Kill 17 in Xinjiang: Reports

  Chinese security forces in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have killed 17 people, including women and children, accused of involvement in an attack at a coal mine that left at least 50 dead, US-based Radio Free Asia said today.

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  China to Strengthen Surveillance, Security in Anti-Terror Push

  China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late on Monday, as part of a larger push to beef up surveillance and security in response to violent unrest.

• China Police Seize 1.8 Tonnes of Bomb Material in Xinjiang: Sources

  Police in China's restive Xinjiang seized 1.8 tonnes of bombmaking material and detained five people, authorities said on Tuesday, following a string of deadly attacks blamed on militants from the Muslim Uighur homeland.

• In China's Xinjiang, Economic Divide Seen Fuelling Ethnic Unrest

  Hundreds of migrant workers from distant corners of China pour daily into the Urumqi South railway station, their first waypoint on a journey carrying them to lucrative work in other parts of the far western Xinjiang region.

• China says 11 'terrorists' killed in new Xinjiang unrest

  Eleven "terrorists" were killed during an attack in China's far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, state news agency Xinhua said, in the latest violence to hit a part of the country with a large Muslim population.

• Unrest leaves 27 dead in China's Xinjiang region

  Chinese state media say riots in a restive far western region of China have killed 27 and left at least three injured.