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| China 'breaks two terror groups' | China 'breaks two terror groups' |
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| China says it has cracked two terror groups operating in its heavily Muslim north-western region of Xinjiang. | China says it has cracked two terror groups operating in its heavily Muslim north-western region of Xinjiang. |
| Ministry of Public Security Spokesman Wu Heping told a news conference that 35 people had been arrested. | Ministry of Public Security Spokesman Wu Heping told a news conference that 35 people had been arrested. |
| Last month China said a planned attack on a Chinese airliner had been foiled and that police in January smashed a plot to attack the Beijing Olympics. | Last month China said a planned attack on a Chinese airliner had been foiled and that police in January smashed a plot to attack the Beijing Olympics. |
| Xinjiang is home to a number of Muslim Uighurs, some of whom want independence in the region they call East Turkestan. | Xinjiang is home to a number of Muslim Uighurs, some of whom want independence in the region they call East Turkestan. |
| Many resent the recent and large-scale influx into the region of Han Chinese settlers, observers say, though there have been few reports of violence. | Many resent the recent and large-scale influx into the region of Han Chinese settlers, observers say, though there have been few reports of violence. |
| China brands the separatists terrorists and has claimed more than 260 terror acts have been committed in Xinjiang in the past two decades. | China brands the separatists terrorists and has claimed more than 260 terror acts have been committed in Xinjiang in the past two decades. |
| As the 8 August opening of the Beijing Olympics draws closer the Chinese authorities have become more concerned about security, say correspondents. | |
| The authorities said last month that a plane crew had prevented an attempt to crash a flight from Xinjiang to Beijing and that two passengers had been detained. |