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Increased Police Presence After Riots
Ethnic Tension Continues Following Riots
Anger in Xinjiang
Ethnic tensions and resentments have been building for decades in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, but few would have predicted the deadly violence that erupted in the regional capital, Urumqi, on July 5, 2009. Chinese police and paramilitary are now patrolling the region in force to keep a lid on further unrest, but at what cost?
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What Listeners are Saying
Callers to RFA hotlines talk about the deadly ethnic clashes in Urumqi, and the government's response.
Callers to RFA hotlines talk about the deadly ethnic clashes in Urumqi, and the government's response.
Who are the Uyghurs
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