Source: China – South China Morning PostChina’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Urumqi to attend the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to state media reports, making him the first national leader to attend such a landmark celebration.
Established by the central government in October 1955, Xinjiang is one of China’s five autonomous regions with significant ethnic minority populations. At least 10 million Uygurs, who are predominantly Muslim, live in the region.
Yu Zhengsheng, then the…Read More