We'll execute rioters, says China as thousands of police restore order in Xinjiang

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China has vowed to execute protesters responsible for the deaths of 156 people in violent protests in Xingjiang province. Li Zhi, the Communist Party's highest official in the region, said it was was stable after several days of ethnic violence. He said security forces had control of the streets. He added that many people accused of murder had already been detained and that most of them were students. The violence has already caused President Hu Jintao to cut short a visit to take part in the Group of Eight summit in Italy to return to take charge of the situation.

Extraordinary pictures have emerged of thousands of paramilitary police massing in the region.

Yesterday, hordes of Han armed with iron bars, machetes and even spades spilled on to the streets looking for Uighur targets. Riot police used tear gas to try to break up protests in the capital of the Muslim region of Xinjiang and enforced an overnight curfew.

Hundreds of protesters from China's predominant Han ethnic group, many clutching meat cleavers, metal pipes and wooden clubs, smashed shops owned by Uighurs, a Turkic largely Islamic people who share linguistic and cultural bonds with Central Asia. Some Han Chinese shouted 'attack Uighurs' as both sides hurled rocks at each other.

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any questions?

[Batman11]

Why do I think they’re not bluffing?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

As Barry beams with admiration for the Butchers of Beijing.

If only he could do that here.

[jeanguy04]

It is interesting that we see pictures of chinese man with steel bar, weeping Muslim women, yet only Han Chinese dead bodies. Yet every one is blaming Chinese government. Could it be that 3000 roiting Muslims killed Han Chinese first before Han Chinese got steel bars in hands?

Chinese government have always been very accomodating to the minorities. They have equivalent of affirmative actions there that if you are a minority, you can go to top universities in China where Han Chinese with the same academic ability can not even get into a community college.

This is a fact that the Muslims in XinJiang, and the Buddist in Tibet are way better off in China than their brethans in Afghan and Nepal. Some people are not yet able to self govern.