The Greater Bay Area is expected to be a world-class innovation hub by 2030. China Daily visits Zhuhai in the GBA to learn about the GDP growth and how this innovation region is already rivaling major economies, like Canada and Italy.
By Mao Weihua in Urumqi and Xing Wen in Beijing
Apr 15, 2021
Manasi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to sow grass seeds from the air to cover 3,666 hectares of land this year.
By Hu Dongmei, Li Hongyang, Zhai Anru and Li Yinglian
Apr 14, 2021
During a recent class in Zhangyi, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, teenage girls were having a lively discussion about menstruation, although some hid their faces in their hands or smiled sheepishly.
"A rumor saying that cotton-producing enterprises in Xinjiang forced the people of minority ethnic groups to pick cotton is nothing but nonsense!" said Alimjan Alijan, a Uyghur born in Xinjiang.
Alim Kurban is a Xinjiang native who currently works in a textile company. He felt outraged when he learned that Xinjiang cotton was being smeared by some foreign brands.
Mierban is a native of Moyu county, in Hotan city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. She was furious when she heard Xinjiang cotton was being smeared by some foreign brands.
A Xinjiang businessman lives a happy life with his wife, daughter and son. He runs an agritainment business and plans to open a homestay. In his spare time, he raises pigeons and learns root-carving. Check it out.
Duman Mahsat, a native of Altay, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, feels so angry after some foreign clothing brands deliberately smeared the region and decided to boycott Xinjiang cotton.
Sylvain Laurent had aspired to become a cook, but his father wanted him to become an engineer instead. As it turned out, following his father's advice has not been a bad move – the Frenchman is today the executive vice president of French software corporation Dassault Systemes.
The Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy in Shanghai on April 10.
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is once again under the global spotlight, as some countries attack its cotton industry with accusations of "forced labor."
Almira Muhter was a hardworking student before becoming radicalized. In 2012, she was convicted of inciting "jihad" online and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. While serving her sentence, she met Bai Fengjie – one of the prison instructors who helped her change her mind about "jihad."
For years, extremists in and out of Xinjiang have turned to the internet to spread their separatist ideologies. Recruitment and propaganda videos, including some that taught how to make weapons such as explosives, were being uploaded onto the internet. To counter this threat, Xinjiang's internet safe-keepers have been actively scanning the internet for suspicious materials and activities.
Shirzat Bawudun was once a high-ranking government official commended as a "counter-terrorism hero" in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. He was later found secretly supporting extremist activities linked to the terrorist organization known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which changed its name to the Islamic Party of Turkistan, or TIP, in 2004.
As the official investigation discovered, a large number of perpetrators behind Xinjiang's terrorist attacks were heavily influenced by radical thoughts of extremism.
A documentary airing on Friday exposes how some former senior officials of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region were actually "two-faced people" who were behind regional sabotage activities but acted as if they were terrorist and extremist fighters.
On March 1, 2014, eight knife-wielding Xinjiang terrorists unleashed deadly attacks on unsuspecting passengers at Kunming Railway Station in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The assailants killed 31 civilians and injured over 140.
