A senior official of Xinjiang stressed here Sunday the fight against separatism as he announced 198 people have been sentenced in connection with a deadly riot in the remote northwestern Chinese region last July.
The renovation of the old city zone in Kashi, located in northwest China´s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, demonstrated the Chinese government´s concerns for the lives of Kashi residents, a senior official of the region said here Sunday.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is well known for its charming landscape, abundant natural resources and diverse ethnic culture.
The imbalance of living standards in Xinjiang is a regional problem rather than an ethnic one, a senior local official said here Sunday.
Fighting separatism in Xinjiang would be a long-term, complicated and tough task, said Xinjiang government head Nur Berkri on Sunday when speaking of the current situation in the region.
It will not "take long" for people in Xinjiang to have a full access to Internet that was cut after a deadly riot rocked the regional capital of Urumqi eight months ago, a senior local official said Sunday.