No Referendum for China

... contain 600 houses with greenhouses and fruit gardens. Future residents are to be selected from Uyghur and Han applicants so that they could live and work side by side. These small steps only bolster the multibillion projects designed to ensure that Xinjiang is firmly attached to central China. The high-speed railway Lanzhou-Urumqi is ready for commissioning and is sure to improve access to Xinjiang. As part of the New Silk Way strategy, Xinjiang is becoming a key segment of the Europe-bound transportation corridor. Beijing is working ...