Feature: Xinjiang rises from ashes of terrorism

Diverse China: A Tartar dance at a house party for visitors in a Uyghur village in Xinjiang, China.

Xinjiang is in the spotlight again as the US and West renew their accusations of China violating human rights. But this time around, Beijing is vigorously fighting back.

LAST Monday, four journalists – including me from Sunday Star – were invited to the Chinese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur for a briefing on the latest developments in Xinjiang, which to many Malaysians is a romantically colourful place but unsafe.