Explosions Rock Restive Chinese Region Aug 10, 2008
Kuqa is 460 miles from Urumqi, the regional capital. A woman who was on duty at the emergency unit of the Kuqa People's Hospital said one man was pronounced dead upon arrival while several other people were in critical condition. (CBS News)
Explosions rock north-western China Aug 10, 2008
Kuqa has a population of about 400,000 and is located about 740 kilometres from Urumqi, the regional capital of Muslim-majority Xinjiang, where 16 policemen were killed in a suspected terrorist attack on August 4. In what was one of the deadliest attacks in China in years, a lorry targeted 70 police officers jogging near their barracks in the region's Kashgar city, raising security fears just four days before the start of the Olympics. (Brisbane Times)
Blasts and clash kill 8 in China's tense far west Aug 10, 2008
The county, which has a population of 400,000, is about 740 km (460 miles) from Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi. Wang Wei, secretary-general of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, told reporters that Xinjiang separatists "want to use the platform of the Olympics to amplify the effects.". (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Eight killed in new China terror attack Aug 10, 2008
By Malcolm Moore in Urumqi Last Updated: 7:37AM BST 10 Aug 2008 ... Kuqa has a population of 400,000 and is around 460 miles south of Urumqi, the state capital ... The main bazaar in Urumqi has been closed for at least the opening week of the Olympics to make sure large crowds are unable to congregate. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Timeline: China Aug 10, 2008
Rioting erupts in Yining, Xinjiang and on day of Deng's funeral Xinjiang separatists plant three bombs on buses in Urumqi, Xinjiang, killing nine and injuring 74 ... Bomb explosion kills up to 60 in Urumqi, Xinjiang. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
World Leaders Gather to Celebrate Opening of Beijing... Aug 9, 2008
URUMQI, China Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. At the end of the ceremony, retired Chinese gymnast Li Ning lit the Beijing Olympic flame, which will remain lit throughout the Olympic games. (Fox News)
First Olympic Gold Medal Handed Out Aug 9, 2008
URUMQI, China And the first gold medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics goes to. Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic. (Fox News)
Security tightens more as Olympics get under way Aug 9, 2008
In Xinjiang's provincial capital, Urumqi, a sign at the entrance of the International Bazaar said the area, surrounded by mosques with minarets, was off limits ... At a shopping plaza in Urumqi, one Uighur businessman who would only identify himself as Kurban, said he did not support violent groups and valued his relationship with Han Chinese, the ethnic majority. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Another threat on eve of Olympics Aug 8, 2008
URUMQI, China - A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a US group that monitors militant organizations said yesterday ... Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, appeared to be on high alert yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Chinese Islamic group threatens Olympic transport Aug 8, 2008
URUMQI, China - An Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid planes, trains and buses used by Chinese, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday ... Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, appeared to be on high alert Thursday, the day before the games' opening ceremony in Beijing, thousand of miles (kilometers) away ... Meanwhile, in Kashgar an hour and half west of Urumqi by plane the police killed in Monday's... (MSNBC -- International)
More Top Stories Asia Pacific Headlines Aug 8, 2008
Xinjiang authorities had previously announced stepped up security in Urumqi, the regional capital, and elsewhere after Monday's attack. Beijing Olympic organisers had no comment on Friday to the Turkestan Islamic Party's latest video. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Photo Gallery Aug 8, 2008
URUMQI, China (AP) - A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said yesterday. . (The Trentonian, NJ)
Terror threat against Olympics Aug 8, 2008
URUMQI, CHINA: An Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid planes, trains and buses used by Chinese, a US group that monitors militant organistions said. The six-minute video, issued two days before Friday's opening of the Beijing Games, was purportedly made by the Turkistan Islamic Party, which seeks independence for China's western Xinjiang region, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Thursday. (India Times, India)
'Foreign agitators' held following China attack Aug 6, 2008
The more we give, the safer and more secure the residents will feel, Xinhua quoted Han Shubin, the deputy director of an Urumqi police division, as saying ... Separatists also staged nearly simultaneous explosions on three public buses in the provincial capital of Urumqi. (MSNBC -- International)
Raid on border police in Xinjiang terrorist attack Aug 6, 2008
The two suspects, caught at the scene, had confessed their crime, Liu Yaohua, head of the public security department of Xinjiang, said at a press conference held in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang ... In Urumqi, the regional capital, special police used wireless ID checking devices in routine street patrols. (Xinhuanet, China)
Jihad in China's Far West Aug 6, 2008
"The East Turkestan Islamic Movement and the East Turkestan Liberation Organization are the two most active ones." Shi cited online postings that describe how to make bombs and poisons, the attempted attack on a flight from the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi in March, and unrest in Hetian (or Khotan in the Uighur language) in March. He quoted the leader of the East Turkestan Liberation Organization as saying, "The Beijing Games are our one last golden opportunity to inflict such attacks on China.... (Time.com)
Attack in China a terrorist strike, authorities say Aug 5, 2008
A man was carried away by airport security for an unknown reason yesterday at the airport in Urumqi, the capital of China's far northwestern Xinjiang region. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) |Print|| Text size + By Jill Drew Washington Post / August 5, 2008. (Boston Globe)
How big is the Xinjiang threat? Aug 5, 2008
Earlier this year, China said it had foiled an attack on a passenger plane flying from the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi. And just last month officials said they had shot dead five members of a group planning a "holy war" in China. (BBC News)
Beijing tightens security measures... Aug 5, 2008
Also last month, the police raided an apartment in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and shot and killed five men who they said were planning a "holy war" against the region's ethnic Han population. The official media has publicized other acts in recent months, including what the authorities said was a thwarted attack by three airline passengers who were planning to crash a Beijing-bound plane. (The Drudge Report)
Trouble in China Aug 5, 2008
Separatists also staged nearly simultaneous explosions on three public buses in the provincial capital of Urumqi ... Police also shot and killed five people in an alleged cell in Urumqi last month. (Montana Standard, MT)
Weapons in Xinjiang attack resemble those of East Turkistan ... Aug 5, 2008
URUMQI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The gun and explosives found at the site of the fatal attack on policemen in Kashi City were similar to those used by East Turkistan terrorists, Xinjiang public security authority said Tuesday. Police found nine home-made explosive items and a home-made gunat the site of the suspected terrorist attack that left at least 16 border policemen dead and 16 others injured on Monday morning in Kashi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. (Xinhua)
Attack kills 16 police in China Aug 5, 2008
"We believe, with the support of the government, with the help of the international community, we have the confidence and the ability to host a safe and secure Olympic Games." Security was tight at the airport in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi on Tuesday morning ... Separatists also staged nearly simultaneous explosions on three public buses in the provincial capital of Urumqi ... Police also shot and killed five people in an alleged cell in Urumqi last month. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
ATTACK: Chinese strengthen security after 16 officers killed Aug 5, 2008
"The government in Beijing and (regional capital) Urumqi hypes up the threat," he said. "Most Uighurs, especially in the northern two thirds of Xinjiang, are not that religious. Many drink and smoke. They are not fanatic Islamists.". (USA Today)
China Games an Excuse to Crack Down? Aug 5, 2008
And in another raid July 5 in Urumqi, police killed five young Uighurs they said were terrorists. But many China experts say there is so little independently verified information about the northwest of China that it is impossible to assess the validity of the Chinese government's claims about the alleged Uighur terrorist threat. (ABC News)
Chinese Border Attack Kills 16 Aug 5, 2008
In 1997, three bombs exploded on buses in the provincial capital Urumqi, killing nine and injuring 74. During the 1980s, militants routinely targeted police stations, military bases and similar targets, but such attacks stopped in the 1990s as Chinese control of the region solidified and was extended down to the village level, says Nicholas Bequelin, a China researcher with New York-based Human Rights Watch. (Time.com)
Terror hits Olympics Aug 4, 2008
"We don't have any information about it. We have not heard of this matter," a police spokesperson in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi told AFP when contacted about the initial report about the explosion. He declined to give his name. (iAfrica.com)
Full Story » Aug 4, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008. Terrorists suspected in attack in China's Muslim region that kills 16 Posted: 04 August 2008 1253 hrs. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Free to roam Aug 3, 2008
"What time is the flight to Urumqi?" ... Hugh Sykes' view from the streets of Urumqi. (BBC News)
Total eclipse a dark show for thousands Aug 3, 2008
In China about 10,000 people gathered in the town of Yiwu, 500km east of Urumqi, the official Xinhua news agency said. Total eclipses occur on average once every 18 months. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Clear weather for sun eclipse observation Aug 2, 2008
She led a 12-member crew to broadcast the solar eclipse live from Yiwu, a small pastoral county in Hami Prefecture 500 kilometers east of Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital. Wang Kemin, the Beijing Astronomical Observatories deputy director was also optimistic about the weather, estimating a 76-percent chance of success in seeing the eclipse from Yiwu on Friday evening. (Xinhuanet, China)
* BEIJING 2008 : Chinese Muslims complain of restrictions on air travel Aug 1, 2008
AFP, URUMQI, CHINA Friday, Aug 01, 2008, Page 23 ... They went through everything I have, said a Uighur produce trader who gave only his first name, Hasmat, after a body search at the airport in Urumqi, capital of the mostly Muslim Xinjiang region ... China says it has broken up at least a dozen terrorist cells planning attacks targeting the Olympics, including an alleged failed plot by a Uighur woman to blow up a plane flying from Urumqi to Beijing in March. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Uighur fighter Jul 30, 2008
Mehmet Tursun Chong has been training in regional capital Urumqi ... I met Mehmet in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, 1,000 km from the Yizebah farm. (BBC News)
China seeks "absolute security" in Tibet for Olympics Jul 30, 2008
The 4,299 public buses in the regional capital Urumqi would carry "security inspectors" up to and during the Games, the Legal Daily reported. (Reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Nick Macfie) (chris. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
China to broadcast solar eclipse live on Internet Jul 30, 2008
In China, Yiwu County, 500 km east of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, will get the best view of the eclipse. It will start at about 7 p.m. (Beijing Time) and last about two minutes. (Xinhuanet, China)
Radical Islam stirs in China's remote west Jul 28, 2008
"What we want is simple -- freedom," said a Uighur resident of Xinjiang's regional capital, Urumqi, who asked not be identified, fearing repercussions with the authorities. "But there are too many Han and too few of us.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
S.F. scientists in China to Webcast solar eclipse Jul 28, 2008
The tent city's location is an eight-hour drive from the skyscrapers of booming Urumqi ... Chinese astronomers from the national observatory in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, are also setting up next to Semper's crew. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
NW China region's gold output up 30.9% Jul 26, 2008
URUMQI, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region produced 3,081 kg of gold in the first half, a 30. 9 percent rise from the same period last year. (Xinhuanet, China)
* China breaks up 12 Xinjiang terror cells: state media Jul 17, 2008
It also said five terrorists were shot dead in a raid in the Xinjiang capital Urumqi last week. Human rights groups and exiled members of the Uighur ethnic minority allege China has fabricated or exaggerated the terrorist threat as an excuse to crush all forms of dissent in Xinjiang, where Beijings rule is unpopular. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China's property price rise slows in June Jul 17, 2008
New house prices in northwestern Urumqi, southern Haikou, eastern Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Beijing rose by 20. 2 percent, 18. (Xinhuanet, China)
China Foils Terrorists Targeting Olympics Jul 15, 2008
In the first six months of the year, police detained 82 people in the restive far western Xinjiang region who had plotted to sabotage the Olympics, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing Chen Zhuangwei, police chief of regional capital Urumqi. "Police in the regional capital also detained 66 gang members of the 'three evil forces' of terrorism, separatism and extremism, and destroyed 41 training bases of 'holy war' from January to June," Xinhua quoted Chen as saying. (Newsmax)
China steps up Olympic security Jul 14, 2008
In one incident last week state press said police had shot dead five knife-wielding Uighurs and detained 10 others in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, who allegedly wanted to launch a "holy war". According to US-based Radio Free Asia, two ethnic minority Uighur Muslims convicted of terrorist and separatist activities were executed last week in Xinjiang and 15 were jailed for similar crimes. (Aljazeera.net)
* China vows to fight terror during Games Jul 14, 2008
State press also said last week that police had shot dead five knife-wielding Muslims and detained 10 others in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, who allegedly wanted to launch a holy war. This story has been viewed 330 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China reports killing 5 in radical Muslim group Jul 13, 2008
State media accounts of Tuesday's raid in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, said two other members of the group were hospitalized with injuries and eight others detained ... Calls to the police spokesman's office in Urumqi rang unanswered yesterday, and a security guard at the Chenguan Garden community where the raid reportedly occurred hung up the phone when asked about the shootings. (Boston Globe)
China: Uighurs plotted 'holy war' Jul 13, 2008
The five were killed in a raid on Tuesday in an apartment in the city of Urumqi, Xinjiang's regional capital ... "The suspected criminals that police killed and nabbed... were from a 'holy war' training group," Xinhua said, citing an unnamed Urumqi police spokesman ... In another case in January, police in Urumqi said they had broken up a group whose leaders were planning to stage attacks in Beijing and Shanghai with toxic materials and explosives. (Aljazeera.net)
* China executes two Uighurs, jails 15 for terrorism Jul 13, 2008
The same day, police in Urumqi reportedly killed five Uighur men who authorities claimed were part of a 15-member criminal gang allegedly trained for holy war. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Chinese Police Kill Five in Raid in Muslim Region Jul 13, 2008
Police said the violence occurred after they moved in on an apartment in a residential neighborhood of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang province, in China's northwest. All 15 members of the group were Uighurs, the. (Wall Street Journal)
Chinese police shoot Uighurs dead Jul 13, 2008
It said police had raided an apartment in the regional capital, Urumqi. Officers opened fire when some of the group of 15 Uighur Muslims inside - armed with knives - tried to escape. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China arrests 'Olympic plotters' Jul 13, 2008
In January the police carried out a raid in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, in which two militants were killed, and two months later China said there had been an attempted hijacking of a flight from Urumqi ... Most recently, Chinese state-controlled media reported that the police had killed five militants in Urumqi, injured two more and arrested eight others. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Beijing beefs up security Jul 8, 2008
Extra checks will also be implemented in the Himalayan region of Tibet and at the Urumqi airport in westernmost China's Xinjiang region. China has alleged that groups in Muslim-populated Xinjiang have been planning attacks on the Olympics, and accused Tibetans of trying to sabotage the Games. (iAfrica.com)
Air passengers face extra security checks for Olympics Jul 8, 2008
Xinjiang has 11 airports, Urumqi, Hami, Korla, Kuqa, Hetan, Kashi (Kashgar), Aksu, Yining, Karamay, Fuyun, and Altay. Tibet has at least two civilian airports, with one about 75 km away from the regional capital of Lhasa. (Xinhuanet, China)
* World News Quick Take Jun 25, 2008
Customs officials in Urumqi, capital of the far western Xinjiang region that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan among other countries, confiscated 48kg of heroin from 32 carpets sent from Pakistan in March alone, the China Daily said. Two months earlier, 5kg of heroin were discovered in three carpets shipped from Afghanistan, the newspaper said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Crackdown, American style Jun 22, 2008
We were on our way through security at the airport in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China's northwestern-most territory ... On the outbound flight, it had fit folded up through the X-ray machine, but Urumqi's baggage scanner was too small for it ... In March, state-run news reported that a passenger or passengers had tried to bring down a flight out of Urumqi, using gasoline as the would-be weapon. (Boston Globe)
Woman Rescued From Quake Gives Birth Jun 19, 2008
URUMQI, China, June 18, 2008 ... Earthquake survivor Zhang Xiaoyan kisses her newborn baby girl at a hospital in Urumqi, in China's western Xinjiang region Wednesday, June 18, 2008 ... "Even if I didn't make it, I just wanted my baby to survive. I was holding out hope during the earthquake that this day would come," Zhang, 35, said Wednesday as she reclined in a hospital bed in the Urumqi 00004000 Maternal Care Hospital in her home region of Xinjiang in China's far west. (CBS News)
After days in rubble, quake survivor gives birth Jun 19, 2008
URUMQI, China - In the 50 hours she was trapped under rubble after last month's earthquake, mother-to-be Zhang Xiaoyan prayed hardest not for her own life but for her baby's survival ... 3-pound girl at the Urumqi Maternal Care Hospital in her home region of Xinjiang in China's far west. (MSNBC -- International)
Baby Love born to quake victim Jun 19, 2008
AP photo Earthquake survivor Zhang Xiaoyan kisses her newborn baby girl Wednesday at a hospital in Urumqi, in China s western Xinjiang region ... URUMQI, China A little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building ... That day was Wednesday, when Zhang s daughter was born by Caesarean section in the Urumqi Maternal Care Hospital. (Montana Standard, MT)
* Rains threaten S China dams Jun 19, 2008
DANGER: There was only more bad news for the region as floodwaters rose, but to the west a small miracle was playing out as a quake victim gave birth to a healthy girl AGENCIES, FENGKOU AND URUMQI, CHINA Thursday, Jun 19, 2008, Page 5 ... 3kg girl at the Urumqi Maternal Care Hospital in her home region of Xinjiang. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ex-agriculture minister Lorraine dies Jun 19, 2008
Earthquake survivor Zhang Xiaoyan kisses her newborn baby girl at a hospital in Urumqi, China. Did You See That. (AOL Canada)
Baby Love born to quake victim in China Jun 19, 2008
URUMQI, China - A little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building ... That day was Wednesday, when Zhang's daughter was born by Caesarean section in the Urumqi Maternal Care Hospital ... She was flown first-class from Sichuan to Urumqi, located in her home region of Xinjiang in China's far west, and was given a private room in the maternity hospital. (AZCentral -- News)
1st Xinjiang Int'l Folk Dance Festival concludes Jun 19, 2008
Dancers perform during the closure of the first China Xinjiang International Folk Dance Festival in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 18, 2008. The 10-day festival attracted dancers and terpsichoreans from both China and other countries including Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Greece, India and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (Xinhuanet, China)
Security heavy for Olympic flame in China's Muslim region Jun 18, 2008
The flame began its journey through China's restive Muslim western region on Tuesday with a relay through Xinjiang's capital of Urumqig ... In Urumqi, police and troops watched thousands of onlookers, hand-picked by officials, as they waved the national flag and shouted "Go China!" from behind metal barriers. (Anchorage Daily News)
Moderate earthquakes jolt western China, no injuries reported Jun 18, 2008
6 quake in the Xinjiang region in western China around 6:17 p.m. The quake was centered about 59 miles (95 kilometers) west of Urumqi, where the Olympic torch relay was held Tuesday. However, there were no reports of any impact on the city. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Security heavy for torch Jun 18, 2008
The flame began its journey through China's restive Muslim western region on Tuesday with a relay through Xinjiang's capital of Urumqig ... In Urumqi, police and troops watched thousands of onlookers, hand-picked by officials, as they waved the national flag and shouted ''Go China. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Monday's Sports In Brief Jun 17, 2008
URUMQI, China (AP) The Olympic torch started its relay route Tuesday through China's restive western region of Xinjiang amid cheering crowds and heavy security. Torchbearers high-fived each other as they passed the flame on the streets of the capital Urumqi, guarded by a phalanx of security agents who jogged along on either side. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Security Tight For Olympic Torch Relay Jun 17, 2008
Crowds were tightly controlled as security staff jogged on either side of torchbearers, who high-fived each other as they passed the flame along the streets of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. Police and troops closely watched thousands of onlookers, hand-picked by officials, as they waved the national flag. (Sky News)
* Chinese authorities warn spectators off Xinjiang torch relay Jun 17, 2008
AGENCIES, URUMQI AND BEIJING, CHINA Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008, Page 5 ... The torch will be paraded through Urumqi today before heading to the mainly Uighur city of Kashgar, not far from the Pakistan and Afghanistan frontier ... Do not shout slogans that damage the image of the nation or of the city, the Urumqi Evening News said, outlining a long list of behavior that was similarly banned, including not taking pets along to look at the spectacle or setting off fireworks. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
