Posted on 05/12/2010 10:32:16 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, the death toll from riots on May 2 in China's Muslim Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has risen to 140.
Riots began in the regional capital of Urumqi on May 2 when a group of protesters demanded an investigation into the deaths of two ethnic Uighurs killed in a fight with Han Chinese workers at a toy factory in late June.
Xinhua said protesters from the Uighur Muslim ethnic minority group began attacking ethnic Han pedestrians, burning vehicles and attacking buses with batons and rocks.
The news agency cited a spokesman for the regional government as saying that a total of 57 people died in the riots. The others died later in hospital. The spokesman said the death toll could still increase.
Xinhua said order in the region was partially restored, but the situation was still "tense."
Chinese authorities said the unrest had been "instigated" by forces outside of China.
"It was instigated and directed from abroad, and carried out by outlaws in the country," an official statement said on May 3.
AFP news agency quoted general secretary of the Uighur American Association in Washington Alim Seytoff as saying that police had begun "indiscriminately" shooting at protesting crowds.
Xinjiang's eight million Uighurs have complained of political, cultural and religious persecution by Beijing and there have been repeated calls by Uighurs for independence.
Hard to know who to root for.
Why does this sound like the start of a really, really bad 70's kung fu flick?
“When America finally does become irrelevant I hope China takes over rather than Islam.”
Better start shopping at Wal-Mart.
“Does Mark Steyn lurk? He’s always looking for news for Uighar Wednesdays.”
My thoughts exactly.
There are 8 million Uighurs, and about a billion Han Chinese. I'm going to bet on the Chinese.
Even if all the rest of the Muslim world shows up to party, I'm betting on the Chinese.
Or perhaps "Civil War", which is what you would need to start calling it if the death rate gets much higher.
Muslims vs Han Chinese Colonists. Pass the popcorn.
It’s actually a pretty interesting situation. Rational ChiComs would not want Islam inside their borders. But openly suppressing Islam would lead to jihad. Meanwhile the Uighur areas are attractive places to send their excess population to.
But openly suppressing Islam would lead to jihad. Meanwhile the Uighur areas are attractive places to send their excess population to.
And all those people who go ballistic when Jews build in Jerusalem are silent.
That's the issue. They desire the land, but not the people who currently occupy it. They may solve the problem the way we dealt with the Native Americans.
And all those people who go ballistic when Jews build in Jerusalem are silent.
The Israelis are vulnerable to shifting public opinion. The ChiComs do not care.
It's like South Africa. The Russians had horrible human rights records, but everybody piled on South Africa. Why? Because they could have an impact on South Africa, and the Russians did not care. Or if you made them care, they would respond with KGB hit teams against their bigger critics.
I think this report is about the unrest in July 2009. The dates May 2010 are apparently erroneous.
No,Hindi,as in India.
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