This picture taken on July 18, 2023, shows women walking past a propaganda slogan promoting ethnic unity, in both Chinese and Uyghur languages, in Yarkant, northwestern China’s Xinjiang region.
| Photo Credit: AFP
China has set up a new county in its volatile Xinjiang province near Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the Afghanistan border in an apparent move to strengthen security along the narrow Wakhan Corridor to curb infiltration of Uyghur separatist militants.
The county, named Cenling, is located near the Karakoram mountain range and close to the borders with PoK and Afghanistan, underscoring its strategic significance.
Published – April 12, 2026 05:03 pm IST
