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US government slaps travel bans on Chinese officials involved in crackdown on Uighurs, other Muslim minorities
•The Trump administration on Tuesday slapped travel bans on Chinese officials involved in a massive crackdown against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in its west
Amid criticism over detention of Uyghur Muslims, China says around 13,000 ‘terrorists’ have been arrested in Xinjiang
•China said on Monday it had arrested about 13,000 'terrorists' in a massive crackdown against militants in the volatile Uyghur Muslim-majority Xinjiang region since 2014, denying criticism that Beijing is 'buying' silence of the Muslim world with heavy investments in Pakistan and other Islamic countries.
China must admit to 'massive crackdown' on Muslim minority community in Xinjiang region: Amnesty International
•China must come clean about the fate of an estimated one million minority Muslims swept up in a "massive crackdown" in the far western region of Xinjiang, Amnesty International said in a new report on Monday.
China reasserts control over CPEC, disciplines Pakistan by halting funding for three infrastructure projects
Atul Kumar •The Chinese government has stopped funding three infrastructure projects in Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) programme. These three projects were included in the CPEC agenda in December 2016 and the final procedural formalities were pending.
China bans use of anti-Islam words on social media despite criticism from netizens
•"Islamophobic" terms used by Chinese internet users to stigmatise Muslims have been blocked by authorities to prevent bias against Islam, official media reported on Thursday.
India cancelled my visa due to pressure from govt in China, says dissident Dolkun Isa
Fp Staff •India has withdrawn the visa granted to Chinese dissident Dolkun Isa and three others on Monday after Beijing protested the move calling Isa a terrorist
Police eliminates 28 terrorists after 56-day-long operation in China's Xinjiang province
Fp Archives •China says it is fighting terrorists in Xinjiang - hundreds have died in attacks over the past three years.
Terrorist attacks in China's Xinjiang province kills 21
Fp Archives •Confirming reports of incidents of "terrorist violence" which took place yesterday in Bachu county near Kashgar city in the Xinjiang province, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying in media briefing here on Wednesday said that 21 persons were killed.