BEIJING: China's Communist Party has blamed terrorists from "outside the country" for the rise in violence in the restive Xinjiang province, which borders Pakistan and Central Asia. Last week's clashes in the province, scene of a decades-old separatist movement involving Uighur Muslims, left 35 dead and 21 injured.
The official Xinhua news agency quoted Yu Zhengsheng, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central committee , as saying that "separatists in and outside the country have been escalating their efforts", to cause disturbances.
Chinese leaders are expected to discuss the free movement of Taliban-backed terrorists on the China-Pakistan border during the visit of Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Beijing, from July 4.
Xinjiang's local leaders have earlier blamed Pakistan as the source of weapons and training for terrorists operating in the region. But Yu refrained from naming any country. However, he admitted that some "deep-seated problems challenging Xinjiang's social stability have not been completely solved".
China may put Xinjiang terror on Sharif menu - The Times of India
The official Xinhua news agency quoted Yu Zhengsheng, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) central committee , as saying that "separatists in and outside the country have been escalating their efforts", to cause disturbances.
Chinese leaders are expected to discuss the free movement of Taliban-backed terrorists on the China-Pakistan border during the visit of Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Beijing, from July 4.
Xinjiang's local leaders have earlier blamed Pakistan as the source of weapons and training for terrorists operating in the region. But Yu refrained from naming any country. However, he admitted that some "deep-seated problems challenging Xinjiang's social stability have not been completely solved".
China may put Xinjiang terror on Sharif menu - The Times of India