Ethnic Conflicts
LIUYUAN, China - They arrive at this gritty desert crossroads weary from a 13-hour train ride but determined.
BEIJING - Text messaging services restarted with some restrictions Sunday for cell phone users in far western China, more than six months after deadly ethnic rioting prompted the government to shut them down.
BEIJING - Chinese state media says that 156 people have been killed in violent riots in the country's western Xinjiang region.
URUMQI, China - Riots and street battles killed at least 140 people in China's western Xinjiang province and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades.
URUMQI, China - Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China's western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.
