More trouble lies ahead in China as scores die after clashes between ethic groups in Xinjiang
In an outburst of fury in China, Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group with Turkic genesis, clashed with Han Chinese in Urumqi, the capital city of the western province of Xinjiang. A mass demonstration by ethnic Uighurs turned into a full-blown street clash when the police and Han Chinese watching protest were smashed by the horde. This protest was called in the wake of last month’s violence when a faction of Uighur workers in southern China was whacked to death by Han Chinese. Meanwhile, Chinese establishment have detained almost 1,500 people and locked down the capital of Xinjiang province as the toll of dead mounted to 150 people and at least 800 injured. As this report went to prints, protests spread to other cities as well. Meanwhile, the local head of the Chinese Communist Party was reportedly seen pleading weapon wielding mob on road with folded hands. The situation is so bad that President Hu Jintao abandoned the G8 summit in Italy to deal with the lethal outburst of ethnic turmoil.
Xinjiang—on record an autonomous province in China’s west—was sparingly inhabited till 90’s and boasted of huge reserves of oil, gas and minerals. Formerly a key shipment point on the old Silk Road linking China to Europe, the province was briefly independent during late 40’s when it was named East Turkestan. In the 90’s Chinese government encouraged the migration of Han Chinese, who now account for half the population of the province.
In an outburst of fury in China, Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group with Turkic genesis, clashed with Han Chinese in Urumqi, the capital city of the western province of Xinjiang. A mass demonstration by ethnic Uighurs turned into a full-blown street clash when the police and Han Chinese watching protest were smashed by the horde. This protest was called in the wake of last month’s violence when a faction of Uighur workers in southern China was whacked to death by Han Chinese. Meanwhile, Chinese establishment have detained almost 1,500 people and locked down the capital of Xinjiang province as the toll of dead mounted to 150 people and at least 800 injured. As this report went to prints, protests spread to other cities as well. Meanwhile, the local head of the Chinese Communist Party was reportedly seen pleading weapon wielding mob on road with folded hands. The situation is so bad that President Hu Jintao abandoned the G8 summit in Italy to deal with the lethal outburst of ethnic turmoil.
Xinjiang—on record an autonomous province in China’s west—was sparingly inhabited till 90’s and boasted of huge reserves of oil, gas and minerals. Formerly a key shipment point on the old Silk Road linking China to Europe, the province was briefly independent during late 40’s when it was named East Turkestan. In the 90’s Chinese government encouraged the migration of Han Chinese, who now account for half the population of the province.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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