Voice of America: Xinjiang's Deadliest Violence in Years Renews Focus on Ethnic Tensions

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Xinjiang's Deadliest Violence in Years Renews Focus on Ethnic Tensions Jun 26th 2013, 23:51 The deadliest unrest in China's western Xinjiang region in four years is drawing attention to long-running tensions between the area's ethnic Uighurs and its Han Chinese rulers. The state-run Xinhua news agency said 27 people were killed in a riot early Wednesday in Xinjiang's Shanshan County. It said unidentified rioters stabbed people and set fire to police cars, killing nine security personnel and eight civilians before police opened fire and killed 10 assailants. It was the ...

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