Darya Boyi News Today

Research by anthropologist Darren Byler provides a rare look inside the surveillance state China has created to control the Uyghur population of Xinjiang province, where every move is tracked, people are forced to carry cell phones, and "re-education camps" await anyone suspected of trying to break free.

A roaring fire flashes with a crisp turn of the dial, as Spiremuhan Bawudong lights the gas stove in her kitchen to prepare lunch. Until just a few years ago, making a meal seemed to take forever as she still relied on firewood for cooking. With natural gas available, life is so much easier now, ..

Residents’ income surges after desert village in Chinas Xinjiang relocated Share Darya Boyi village, a sparsely populated village that used to sit in the Taklimakan Desert of northwest Chinas Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has witnessed profound changes over the past years after being relocated to a new site, thanks to Chinas poverty alleviation efforts. The per capita annual income of the residents in the village surged to 9,136 yuan (nearly $1,400) from 3,200 yuan six years ago. All 2...