China: Xinjiang Ethnic Tensions Flare

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | July 8th, 2009 | Trackback

Ethnic violence between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang in far western China, produced more than 150 deaths, brought paramilitary troops out to restore order, saw mosques closed and curfew imposed, and the arrests of more than 1400 people. It also prompted President Hu Jintao to pull out of the G8 Summit in Italy and fly home to deal with the crisis. Protests spread to other cities in Xinjiang, including Aksu, Kashgar and Yili, and small demonstrations occurred in Amsterdam, Munich, and Washington, DC. Tensions have been brewing for years and will not disappear when the situation calms.

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