Behind the Violence in Xinjiang

Human Rights Watch

9 Jul

Written By Lina K

The eruption of ethnic violence in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, the most deadly recorded in decades, seems to have taken both Beijing and the world by surprise. It should not have.

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topic: Contexttopic: Cultural Repressiontopic: Urumqi Riottopic: Violence in Xinjiangtopic: Xinjiang Historytype: Commentarytopic: Assimilation

Lina K

Behind the Violence in Xinjiang

Old suspicions magnified mistrust into ethnic riots in Urumqi

Ethnic Clashes in China: Uighurs vs. Han Chinese