Xinjiang Riots
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Physical Changes in Xinjiang Due to the Riots | Xinjiang: Far We
Due to the fact that the internet here in Xinjiang has been cut for several weeks I’ve had plenty of free time to soak in all the stories I’ve heard, process what has happened, and do my own research on the subject of unrest in Xinjiang. During this time I’ve also been able to witness the physical changes that have been happening as a result of the July riots in Urumqi . Here are just a few examples from my small city 4 hours north of Urumqi:
By Simon Montlake , Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor / August 12, 2009 A bomb threat that forced a civilian plane to turn back Sunday on a flight from Afghanistan to western China is the latest in a series of alleged terror plots in restless Xinjiang province. Skip to next paragraph Authorities have offered no clear explanation of why the Boeing 767 carrying 168 passengers was denied permission to land in Urumqi , the city that erupted in ethnic rioting on July 5 killing nearly 200 people. No bomb was discovered, and the Afghan-operated plane successfully flew the same route on Monday.
For China, far west is rife with terror plots | csmonitor.com
BEIJING, Aug. 12 -- Foreign envoys visiting the riot-hit Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China are calling for closer cooperation among the international community to crack down on terrorism after watching an exhibition on the July 5 riot Tuesday. Soundbite(Arabic): Yahya A. Alzaid, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to China "Religion and violence are two different things which the former never advocate for the latter.
Foreign envoys condemn thugs of Xinjiang riots _English_Xinhua
Hugo Restall Interviews Uighur Leader Rebiya Kadeer - WSJ.com
Washington, D.C. Rebiya Kadeer is undergoing a Chinese version of George Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate.”
The outbreak of ethno-sectarian unrest in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XAR) between members of the local Uighur community, an ethnic Turkic population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim, and ethnic Han Chinese, China’s majority ethnic group, has largely subsided on the surface.
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Xinjiang Crackdown and Changing Perceptions of China in the Isla
The mathematics of 10,000 disappearing Uighurs: refuting a refut
In recent days, there have been widespread and unchallenged reports of Rebiya Kadeer’s accusation in Japan that 10,000 Uighurs disappeared overnight in Urumqi on July 5.
I was not there and I do not know more than what is in the press. But in the light of the available information, I think it’s worth it to have another look at the events, and see what we make of it. Refer to the NYT diagram linked on the illustration, this paper is hardly suspect of pro-CPC, and the information included (from witness accounts) is about as detailed as has been published concerning the events of 5th May. It all started with a protest in People’s Square, followed by a concentration along Liberation Road, which was met around 6.30 by the People’s Armed Police. Up to here everything is “normal” in the logic of street rioting: there were clashes and probably some victims from both sides.
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