Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

China introduced a 5% resource tax last year in oil-rich but ethnically troubled Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, later extending it to 12 western provinces and regions.

China Expands Resource Tax to Nation Aaron Back 2011

Geographically, they come from an extremely arid desert in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China, where temperatures can range from 40 degrees below zero in winter to more than 100 in the summer.

Following controversy, mummies at Penn Museum remain objects of mystery 2011

And last week it said it had entered into an initial agreement with the government of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in northwestern China to develop a large open-pit coal mine.

Peabody CEO Targets More Projects Abroad Matt Day 2011

PLC and PetroChina agreed to cooperate in coal-bed methane development at the Sha Erhu block at Tuha basin in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Exxon Mobil Is in Talks to Develop China Gas Field 2010

The government of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region speedily deployed police to those places where the situation was grave.

We Are Protecting All Our Citizens, Uighur and Han 2009

Wang Lequan, party secretary of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, has blamed me for the unrest.

The Real Story of the Uighur Riots 2009

The Chinese army immediately invaded what is now Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Uighur vs Afghan: A study in contrasts 2009

There was no major reaction though to news Chinese President Hu Jintao had canceled his plan to attend the summit, opting to return home to deal with the outbreak of ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Stocks Extend Drop on Oil, Metals 2009

In light of China's recent crackdown in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, this hearing will explore why

Chinese interrogation of Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay 2009

Fears about the economic outlook intensified as a number of developments conspired to raise questions about the extent to which China will be able to drive the global recovery, including civil unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Yen Gains Broadly in a Haven Revival 2009