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China's Uyghurs -- A Minority In Their Own Land?
July 08, 2009By Breffni O'Rourke The Uyghurs of western China are an ethnic Turkic people who are by tradition Muslim, and who feel more kinship with the peoples of Central Asia than with the Han Chinese -- the communist state's dominant population. The Uyghurs...
- China Says Ethnic Violence In Check Amid Heavy Troop Presence
July 08, 2009Reports from northwestern China say thousands of troops and police are patrolling the streets of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, with riot shields, batons, and firearms. The heavy deployments of security forces follow official media reports...
Eastern Turkestan Violence Casts a Shadow on Russia
July 08, 2009By Paul Goble As the violence in Xinjiang continues, ever more Russian analysts are focusing not just on what is going on there between the Uyghurs and the Han Chinese authorities but also on the implications of the violence there for Russia both as...
