China says counter-terrorism top focus in Xinjiang

Top political advisor says greater efforts needed to make Xinjiang stand "firmly shoulder-to-shoulder" with Communist Party

China says counter-terrorism top focus in Xinjiang

A Chinese political advisor has highlighted "counter-terrorism" as the main focus for the country's troubled western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Yu Zhengsheng has been on a tour of Xinjiang, where he attended a grand rally in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi for the region's 60th anniversary of autonomy.