Hundre­ds of people have been killed in Xinjia­ng in past few years in violen­ce betwee­n Uighur­s and Han Chines­eBEIJING: China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang will build a “Great Wall” around its borders to prevent the infiltration of militants from outside the country, state media reported on Tuesday citing the regional governor. Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years in violence between Uighurs, a mostly Muslim people who speak a Turkic language, and ethnic majority Han Chinese, especially in the heavily Uighur southern part of Xinjiang. China blames the violence in Xinjiang on extremists and separatists, some of whom it says have links to groups outside the country. Xinjiang governor Shohrat Zakir said Xinjiang would step up border measures to create a “Great Wall”, the official China Daily reported. Technology along the border would be improved and roads and other infrastructure increased, Shohrat Zakir said.

Source: The Express Tribune January 23, 2018 06:33 UTC