Xinjiang in China still faces challenge of terrorism

Screenshot from the documentary The War in the Shadows. [Photo/CGTN]

BEIJING/URUMQI, China Daily/ANN, April 7 - The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region still faces grave challenges from terrorism and extremism so its measures to combat these scourges are necessary and never excessive as is claimed by some Western countries, said a spokesman for the regional government.

Although no terrorist incidents have taken place in the region that previously often faced by violent attacks for more than four years, it will continue to implement anti-terrorism and anti-extremism measures in accordance with the law, regional government spokesman Xu Guixiang said at a news conference in Urumqi on Tuesday.