Thursday, July 23, 2009

Xinjiang Riots

The Xinjiang riot was indeed very violent which caused up to 800 deaths of the Han chinese and Muslim Uighurs in Urumqi. The two main group were living in peace and harmony for long when this tragedic riot happened. The situation for the riot this time was very bad to the extent that soildiers from the military were send in to control the riot. But it was reported that regardless of how bad the situation for the riot was, some of the officers and soldiers did not do anything to help the riot when they were witnessing it. China has said that 156 people were killed in clashes in Urumqi and over a thousand people were injured. It was then under control after thousands of troops entered the city in a bid to prevent further unrest. This riot could be prevented if the government was able to do something, although the amount of people is large, there'll be still a solution to it. This riot was a sad incident that could be prevented.

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