Word: riot
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...immediate cause of the rioting was a protest in Urumqi on July 5 spurred by the death of two Uighurs thousands of miles away at a toy factory in coastal Guangdong province. A disgruntled former worker falsely accused the Uighur workers of raping Han women, which touched off a riot. When the police moved to end the demonstration in Urumqi's People's Square, they clashed with the Uighur demonstrators. Witnesses say bands of Uighur young men then rampaged through the city for hours, attacking Han residents, smashing vehicles and torching Han-owned shops. On July 11 authorities announced that...
...streets of Urumqi there are many different views of why racial violence exploded this week. Some support the official explanation that forces at home and abroad plotting to split the western region of Xinjiang from China encouraged minority Uighurs to riot. Others say that discrimination of the Muslim group has created a deep reservoir of anger that can be ignited with little provocation. Among the competing views, two facts seem abundantly clear: animosity between Hans and Uighurs in Xinjiang's capital city is unlikely to fade, and the threat of further violence is never far away. (Read a brief history...
...first days after the riot, China's state media was filled with scenes of young Uighur men smashing buses and attacking pedestrians. After thousands of Han gathered to retaliate on Tuesday, the official press has shifted to a narrative of racial harmony, running stories of Uighurs who protected Han during the rioting. But despite the façade of unity, many fear the anger will inevitably bubble up again. "Of course it will continue," says a 71-year-old Han retiree who lives near Xinjiang University in the far south of Urumqi, where Uighur rioters smashed shops and cars...
...Chinese officials blame the violence on Rebiya Kadeer, a Uighur businesswoman and rights activist who now lives in the U.S. False rumors that Uighur workers raped Han women at a factory in coastal Guangdong province led to a riot there in late June, during which two Uighur workers were killed. The Chinese government says Kadeer used Uighur anger over that incident to foment the riot in Urumqi. She denies the charge and says a heavy-handed police response to a peaceful Uighur protest calling for a speedier investigation into the Guangdong deaths on Sunday led to the violence. (Read...
...pictures of China after the riot deaths on LIFE.com...