Xinjiang tightens border with Pakistan amid terrorist threats
Widely reported dispatch of Western News Agency, Associated Press, (AP), from Beijing that China is tightening border controls in its north-western Xinjiang region amid rising terrorism threats doesn’t come as a surprise. Xinjiang has been facing the wrath of Uighur Muslim militants who operate from Pakistan’s North-western region for a long time. Notwithstanding Pakistan’s assurances, …