No Sympathy for Uighurs
source: http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/07/06/scores-killed-in-china-in-violent-ethnic-clashes/6155/
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The ethnically Muslim Uyghurs live in the oil-rich Xinjiang region, north of Tibet. The Chinese government has imposed restrictions on the Uyghurs’ religious practice in this autonomous region and many Uyghurs resent Chinese rule and complain of discrimination.
More 150 people were reported killed and more than 800 injured in China, where tensions between ethnic Uyghurs and Han Chinese turned deadly. Rioters stoned police and set vehicles on fire.
The government responded swiftly to riots, reportedly locking down parts of the city of Urumqi and disabling communication tools like Twitter, but protests spread to other cities.
NYTime article on the riots: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/world/asia/07china.html?_r=2&ref=global-ho...
From the article, an ethnic Han woman who lives in an apartment near the central bazaar said in a telephone interview that the government should show no sympathy toward the malcontents.
“What they should do is crack down with a lot of force at first, so the situation doesn’t get worse, so it doesn’t drag out like in Tibet,” she said after insisting on anonymity. “Their mind is very simple. If you crack down on one, you’ll scare all of them. The government should come down harder.”
Stability over tolerance of others. . .and human rights
Most of the clips I've seen in news programs are from CCTV and it's pretty obvious who they're antagonizing as most of the clips are of injured, distressed Han people crying, whereas Uighurs are seen rioting. After watching these clips, it just brought back all the pint-up anger from the riots in Tibet and it just brings tears to my eyes at the thought that as much as they try to go against the government, they'll eventually be silenced and be forgotten.
More 150 people were reported killed and more than 800 injured in China, where tensions between ethnic Uyghurs and Han Chinese turned deadly. Rioters stoned police and set vehicles on fire.
The government responded swiftly to riots, reportedly locking down parts of the city of Urumqi and disabling communication tools like Twitter, but protests spread to other cities.
NYTime article on the riots: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/world/asia/07china.html?_r=2&ref=global-ho...
From the article, an ethnic Han woman who lives in an apartment near the central bazaar said in a telephone interview that the government should show no sympathy toward the malcontents.
“What they should do is crack down with a lot of force at first, so the situation doesn’t get worse, so it doesn’t drag out like in Tibet,” she said after insisting on anonymity. “Their mind is very simple. If you crack down on one, you’ll scare all of them. The government should come down harder.”
Stability over tolerance of others. . .and human rights
Most of the clips I've seen in news programs are from CCTV and it's pretty obvious who they're antagonizing as most of the clips are of injured, distressed Han people crying, whereas Uighurs are seen rioting. After watching these clips, it just brought back all the pint-up anger from the riots in Tibet and it just brings tears to my eyes at the thought that as much as they try to go against the government, they'll eventually be silenced and be forgotten.
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