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07.01.15China Concerned Over Turkish Religious Complaints
Washington Post
China expressed displeasure with Turkey’s complaints about restrictions on worship and fasting by Uighur Muslims during Ramadan.
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06.24.15At Least 18 Dead in Ramadan Attack on Police Checkpoint in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia
18 dead after a knife and bomb attack by a group of Uyghurs on a checkpoint in Xinjiang amid harsh restrictions on observance of Ramadan.
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06.18.15Civil servants, students, teachers in Xinjiang banned from fasting during Ramadan
South China Morning Post
China bans fasting for Ramadan and orders restaurants to stay open in Xinjiang.
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12.30.14
Seeing China in 2014
In 2014, ChinaFile published great original work in photography. As always, we worked to look beyond stereotypical images of the country to find nuanced representations of the new and ChinaFile contributors’ commentary on it. Still, many of our...
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07.31.14Dozens Dead or Injured in Xinjiang ‘Terror,’ but Facts Are Few and Far Between
Time
Two vastly different accounts have emerged about the a violent incident that occurred on the first day of the ‘Id al-Fitr festival, highlighting the difficulties of getting reliable information from the increasingly restless region.