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Xinjiang, literally "new frontier," is a provincial-level autonomous region situated in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Media reports and scholarly studies of terrorism in contemporary China frequently focus on members of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, who are concentrated in the northwestern province of Xinjiang. [11]
About Category:Terrorist incidents in China and related categories. The scope of this category includes pages whose subjects relate to terrorism, a contentious label.. Value-laden labels—such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text ...
The GTD defines a terrorist attack as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non‐state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation." [2]
Gongyuan Street (the location of the attack) After the market blasts, Ürümqi entered a state of enhanced security with each school, university, residential area entrance, avenue, and vital junction having concrete barricades set up in order to defend against similar ramming attacks by vehicles. This image shows many concrete barricades on ...
Vehicular Attack 15 43: Mishui, China: 2018 Mishui vehicle attack: A man plowed into a crowded square and attacked people with a knife and spade seeking “revenge” on society. The attacker, Yang Zanyun, was sentenced to death and executed. [124] [125] [126] Lone Wolf: Terrorism in China: 22 September Mass shooting 25 (+5) 70: Ahvaz, Iran
Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China.Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s. In early February 1997, the execution of 30 suspected separatists [3] who had been involved in the organization of Meshrep [4] during Ramadan resulted in large demonstrations, culminating in the Gulja incident on February 5, where at least 9 ...
The attack occurred on the final day of Xi Jinping's 4-day tour of the region. [4] A day prior, he labelled Xinjiang the "front line against terrorism" during a visit to the nearby city of Kashgar, and vowed to take a hardline against terrorism and violence attributed to Muslim Uyghur separatists, which killed at least 100 people over the past year. [7]
About Category:Terrorist incidents in China by year and related categories The scope of this category includes pages whose subjects relate to terrorism , a contentious label . Value-laden labels —such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable ...