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On October 1, a Japanese tourist posted that while dining at a restaurant in Turpan, Xinjiang, she was refused service and thrown out by the owner because of her Japanese nationality, even though she had eaten at the same restaurant normally the day before; after she called the police, officers who arrived said the restaurant has the right to choose its customers and cannot be forced to cook for them.

On August 21, 2026, netizens photographed sections of the Lianhuo Expressway in Xinjiang between Turpan and Hami, where the original Uyghur markings on some road signs had been covered up or removed, and the newly replaced signs retained only Chinese characters and pinyin.