Troops patrol Chinese city after protests left 5 dead over series of syringe attacksSeptember 4th, 2009 Troops patrol China city after protests kill 5URUMQI, China — Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and metal barricades, patrolled the western city of Urumqi on Saturday after five people died in protests over a series of bizarre needle attacks that China's police chief has blamed on Muslim separatists. The hypodermic needle attacks have unnerved a population already shaken by ethnic rioting two months ago that the government said left nearly 200 people dead.
Witnesses report new protest in western Chinese city Urumqi, torn by July ethnic riotingSeptember 3rd, 2009 New protest reported in China city of UrumqiBEIJING — Witnesses report a new protest has broken out in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, which was torn by deadly ethnic rioting in July. People living near the city center reached by telephone said hundreds, possibly thousands of members of China's majority Han ethnic group had gathered downtown to denounce the regional government and deteriorating law and order in the city.
Chinese state media say bomb threat on Afghan plane in XinjiangAugust 9th, 2009 China reports bomb threat on plane in XinjiangBEIJING —China's state news agency says there has been a bomb threat on a plane from Afghanistan scheduled to land in Xinjiang, the restive western region of China that was rocked by ethnic riots last month. Xinhua News Agency earlier said the incident was a hijacking.
Chinese state media say plane hijacked in restive western region of XinjiangAugust 9th, 2009 Plane hijacked in China's restive Xinjiang regionBEIJING —China's state news agency says a plane has been hijacked in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which was rocked by ethnic riots last month. Xinhua News Agency did not give any details about the hijacking in a brief report Sunday.
Exiled Uighur activist says China inflames ethnic tensions by deceiving people about unrestAugust 5th, 2009 Uighur accuses China of inflaming ethnic tensionMELBOURNE, Australia — China is inflaming ethnic tensions by deceiving its own people about last month's deadly riots in western Xinjiang province, an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for the unrest said Wednesday. Rebiya Kadeer, a U.S.-based activist who is in Australia for the screening of a documentary about her life, told reporters that Beijing should be held accountable for the violent crackdown.
China says police killed 12 people in Urumqi's July 5 rioting, raises death toll to 197July 19th, 2009 China says police killed 12 in Urumqi riotingBEIJING — Chinese police killed 12 people during July 5 rioting in the western city of Urumqi, officials said — a rare acknowledgment by the government that security forces opened fire in the worst ethnic clashes to hit the region in decades. The unrest began when a peaceful protest by Muslim ethnic minority Uighurs turned violent after it was stopped by police.
Chinese embassy in Algeria warns of reprisals against workers after unrest in Muslim westJuly 15th, 2009 China warns of reprisals in Algeria after unrestURUMQI, China — China's embassy in Algeria has warned Chinese companies and workers to be on guard for attacks after an Islamist Web site called for retaliation for Beijing's response to unrest in its predominantly Muslim western province. A notice posted late Tuesday on the embassy's Web site follows a torrent of ethnic clashes this month that left at least 184 dead in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi.
Death toll in riot-rocked western China raised to 184 as reports say most Han ChineseJuly 11th, 2009 Death toll from China's ethnic riots hits 184URUMQI, China — China raised the death toll from riots in its Xinjiang region to 184, state media said Saturday, giving the first ethnic breakdown of the dead nearly a week after communal violence broke out in this far western city. The official Xinhua News Agency said 137 victims were of the dominant Han ethnic group, 46 were Turkic Uighurs, and one was Hui Muslim, citing the regional government's information office.
India should urge China to stop violence in Xinjiang: BSPJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq Friday said the Indian government should appeal to the Chinese government to stop the ethnic violence in Urumqi city of Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province of China. "Our government should appeal to the Chinese government to stop the ongoing violence in Urumqi city," Barq told IANS.
Hu to skip G8 summit due to ethnic unrestJuly 8th, 2009 ROME - Chinese President Hu Jintao has pulled out of the Group of Eight summit that starts Wednesday, Italy's Ansa news agency reported. The decision not to attend the meeting was due to ongoing violence in China's western region of Xinjiang.
Secretary of State Clinton urges restraint on all sides in ethnic-based riots in western ChinaJuly 7th, 2009 Clinton urges restraint in riots in western ChinaWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging restraint in clashes in western China. Clinton told reporters Tuesday that the United States is "deeply concerned" about worsening ethnic violence in China's oil-rich Xinjiang territory.
Muslim Uighur and Han Chinese mobs spread ethnic strife in restive western ChinaJuly 7th, 2009 Mobs spread ethnic strife in western ChinaURUMQI, China — Sobbing Muslim women scuffled with riot police, and Chinese men wielding steel pipes and meat cleavers rampaged through the streets as ethnic tensions worsened in China's oil-rich Xinjiang territory, prompting the president to cut short a summit trip abroad Wednesday. The new violence in Xinjiang's capital erupted Tuesday only a few hours after the city's top officials told reporters the streets in Urumqi were returning to normal following a riot that killed 156 people Sunday.
White House expresses 'deep concern' about reports of death, injury in western ChinaJuly 6th, 2009 White House concerned about deadly China protestMOSCOW — The White House says it is deeply concerned by reports of dozens of deaths and injuries caused by violence in China's western Xinjiang (shin-jahng) province. In a statement issued from Moscow, press secretary Robert Gibbs said the White House urges everyone in Xinjiang to exercise restraint.
Four killed, 20 injured in W. China ethnic riotsJuly 6th, 2009 BEIJING - At least four persons, including three civilians and a policeman, were killed, and 20 were injured in clashes on Sunday in a regional capital in western China after days of rising tensions between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese. The rioting broke out Sunday afternoon in a large market area of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, reports the New York Times.
Ethnic clash at Chinese factory leaves 2 dead, 118 hurtJune 27th, 2009 Ethnic clash in Chinese factory kills 2, hurts 118BEIJING — Ethnic tensions between workers at a toy factory in southern China sparked a brawl that left two dead and 118 injured, state media and a government spokesman said Saturday. The official China News Service said hundreds of workers at the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan City fought for two hours before more than 400 police restored order early Friday morning.
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