China on Wednesday refuted US senators' allegations that it is committing genocide against Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslims in the restive Xinjiang province, asserting that the American lawmakers are obsessed with making up "lies" to "vilify" the country for selfish political gains.
The situation in resource-rich Xinjiang has been restive as the native Muslim Uighurs have been resisting increasing settlements of majority Han Chinese from other provinces.
The claim assumes significance as it comes at a time when the ethnic minority Hui Muslims are holding protest against the planned demolition of a mosque in the town of Weizhou in Ningxia.
Beijing: A life sentence given to a moderate Chinese scholar on Tuesday shows the ruling Communist Party is cutting off dialogue on ethnic tensions and could end up radicalizing minority groups already resentful of central
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