Celebrating Chinese New Year’s in China’s Uyghur Region
URUMQI, China — Urumqi, the capital of northwest Xinjiang Province, is a city that operates on two clocks. Trains, planes and business hours tend to correspond to “Beijing time,” while…
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China bans wearing burqa in biggest Muslim city
The ordinance name suggests it targets outer garments covering someone’s full body including the face, which is called a burqa in some Islamic traditions. A spate of recent violent incidents…