Chinese officials rebut foreign media reports on Xinjiang
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Chinese officials responded to Xinjiang-related issues in a press conference today. They slammed the allegation that Xinjiang is demolishing mosques. Statistics show the number of mosques has increased to 24,000, compared with just 2,000 four decades ago. On average there is one mosque for every 530 Muslims. The number of religious personnel has also increased from 3,000 to more than 29,000.