CHINA: Authorities in the capital of the mainly Muslim Uighur homeland of Xinjiang voted to ban the wearing of burqas in public.

• China sentences 8 to death for attacks in Xinjiang
• Two people killed in series of blasts in China's Xinjiang region
• Four on trial for 'China's 9/11' knife attack
• China puts 4 on trial for train station attack in Kunming

BEIJING: Authorities in the capital of the mainly Muslim Uighur homeland of Xinjiang voted to ban the wearing of burqas in public, media said on Thursday, as China confronts unrest with tough measures that critics have labelled discriminatory.

Hundreds have died in ethnic clashes across the restive far western region in recent months, with Beijing vowing to "strike hard" against violence.