Jul
08
China says development in western regions key to stability
China says development in western regions key to stability
Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2010 China said Thursday that development in the country’s restive far western regions was key to nationwide stability, a year after deadly ethnic violence rocked Xinjiang. The impoverished west accounts for more than two thirds of China’s land mass and 18,000 kilometres (11,000 miles) of border, and has “complicated” religious problems, said a senior official from the top …
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