Articles related to "Urumqi"

Urumqi is the capital city of Xinjiang, a large desert province in the northwest of China. It is a business and transportation hub, and site of the riots of July 2009.

The July 2009 outbreak of violence in China's westernmost province is just the latest in a long history of a people's struggle for independence.

China has a vast railway network which every day moves thousands of travelers from one end of the country to the other, efficiently, quickly and inexpensively.

Gordon Brown has condemned the execution in China of a British subject suffering from bi-polar disorder.