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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 06 > At least 1,000 people riot amid ethnic tension in western China

At least 1,000 people riot amid ethnic tension in western China

By Edward Wong / The Bulletin
July 6, 2009

BEIJING — At least 1,000 rioters clashed with police on Sunday in a regional capital in western China after days of rising tensions between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese, according to witnesses and photographs of the riot.

The rioting broke out in a market area of Urumqi, the capital....

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