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Leaders of some Chinese American groups on Tuesday expressed firm opposition to and issued a strong condemnation of the Xinjiang-related bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Heavy fog has enveloped Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Uygur Autonomous Region, over the past three days, affecting over 900 flights at the city's airport.

The Xinjiang-related bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives shows a disregard for facts, Cem Kizilcec, director of the International Department of Turkey's Socialism Studies Academic Association, has said.

For Qimarhan, a 71-year-old woman living in the city of Hami in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, this winter comes without toil.

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has cured more than 56,900 tuberculosis patients since 2016, according to the region's health commission.

The purpose behind the Xinjiang-related bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is to impede China's development by creating trouble, General Secretary of the Egyptian Communist Party Salah Adly has said.

With five players scoring in double digits, Xinjiang Flying Tigers defeated Shanxi Loongs 114-110 in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) here on Tuesday.

The progress made in the field of human rights protection in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is a hard fact that cannot be disputed.

Scholars in Xinjiang have expressed great indignation over and issued strong condemnation for the passage of a Xinjiang-related bill by the U.S. House of Representatives.

After the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called "Uygur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019" despite China's strong opposition, experts have criticized the U.S. move, saying that it reveals the U.S. double standard on human rights and counter-terrorism, as well as its sinister intention to contain China's development.