10.21
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On October 21, Zhang Wenbin, a volunteer who has long been engaged in environmental supervision and runs the WeChat public account "Zero-Distance Pollution Task Force," was taken away by police from Wanzai County, Yichun, Jiangxi, in Urumqi. Online reports say he is suspected of extortion; colleagues suspect it is related to his exposure of environmental violations by Wanzai enterprises in 2023. No official announcement has been made yet.
10.20
·Reported
·Importance I
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On October 20, a Douyin blogger posted a video claiming to have run into 8 elderly people on a train whose pensions exceed 10,000 yuan, setting off from Urumqi to the south to sightsee and spend the winter, and returning to Xinjiang once the weather warms up. Netizens left comments sarcastically calling them the "deemed contribution" group that has reaped all the dividends of the era.
10.10
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On October 10, 2026, a netizen submitted a report claiming that a student at Huabing Middle School in Urumqi was given a major demerit by the school for eating instant noodles, drawing attention.
09.29
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Xinjiang
Starbucks opened two branches in Xinjiang on September 29, located at Tianshan International Airport and the International Grand Bazaar flagship store respectively, and was subsequently publicly criticized by members of the US Congress.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On September 29, two Starbucks stores opened at the Urumqi International Grand Bazaar and Tianshan International Airport, and were listed by local official media as key investment-attraction projects for 2026; the company said it will step up its store openings in Xinjiang.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On September 29, according to Chinese official media reports, Starbucks simultaneously opened two specialty stores in Urumqi, drawing criticism from U.S. lawmakers.
09.14
·Reported
·Importance I
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On September 14, netizens filmed baggage handlers at Urumqi Airport in Xinjiang violently throwing checked luggage into the aircraft cargo hold. After the video was exposed, it sparked heated discussions among netizens regarding the treatment and professional quality of outsourced labor.
07.16
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Urumqi, Xinjiang
On July 16, 2026, a medical master's graduate from a 211 university in Xinjiang posted a video lamenting repeated failures in job hunting, ultimately surviving by collecting scrap in Urumqi, sparking netizen debate over university program setups and the youth employment crisis.
2023.08.26
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 2
·Urumqi
After concluding his trip to South Africa, Xi Jinping made a temporary stop in Urumqi to hear work reports from the Xinjiang Party Committee and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, with Ma Xingrui present.
2018.09.11
·Reported
·Importance V
·Sources 3
·Uyghur
Uyghur retired doctor Abbas was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government in Xinjiang and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a secret trial.