Legislators in the capital of China's restive far-western Xinjiang province passed a law Wednesday to prohibit residents from wearing burqas in public, state media reported Thursday, highlighting the government's continued campaign against religious extremism.

In China, bribery is known colloquially as "tea money" and nearly everyone from local businesses to foreign multinationals has usually had a brush with it.

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