SOCIETY
Fruit Time
A villager dries persimmon in Cixian, a county in Hebei Province in north China, on November 3. Dried persimmon, a popular treat known as shibing in Chinese, has become a distinctive local industry.
Religious Freedom
The Islamic Association of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China on November 3 released a report on freedom of religious belief in the region.
It said some anti-China forces from the United States and other Western countries had recently made fallacious statements that freedom of religious belief was restricted in Xinjiang and mosques were demolished.
They are groundless claims that have severely hurt the feelings of Muslims in Xinjiang and aroused indignation and opposition, the report said.
The right to freedom of religious belief is fully guaranteed
