Han Chinese Launch Revenge Attacks on Uighur Property

Source: The Guardian (UK)

A new wave of violence hit the capital of the Chinese region of Xinjiang today as thousands of angry Han Chinese rampaged through Urumqi, many smashing up Uighur stores and seeking vengeance for Han deaths at the weekend.

China protests: 'It's a huge wave of violence' Link to this audio The authorities swiftly imposed a curfew on the restive city in an attempt to quell what the government has already described as the worst riots since the foundation of the People's Republic 60 years ago. Police attempted to disperse today's mob with teargas as they headed towards a predominantly Uighur area, but many were still on the streets armed with whatever came to hand: wooden staves, iron bars, metal chains, nunchuks, shovels and axes.

Rioters smashed Uighur restaurants, threw rocks at a mosque and threatened residents of Uighur areas, although moderates in the crowd attempted to restrain them.

"They attacked us. Now it's our turn to attack them," one protester told Reuters. Another said: "We're here to demand security for ourselves. They killed children in cold blood."



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/07/fresh-protests-break-out-china

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The official death toll was at 156 as of yesterday.

Boy George was doing Poppy's business buddies a favor.

If you listened to CNBC over the last couple of months they made it sound like China's economy was back to full health.

They wouldnt have been lying, would they?

Found this pic a bit amusing actually. ( you know has all the Dirty Harry movies on video ) ;)



A Chinese police officer holds his gun near a demonstration by Uighur residents in Urumqi



But the Chinese govt controls the real weapons while the expendable Barney Fifes keep the peace. I'm sure the 30+ million unemployed #'s will be shrinking

when we pay off our debt .... lol









http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1198035/Chinese-riot-police-use-tear-gas-quell-protesters-violence-flares-again.html

"You gotta tell em Hatcher !
Soylent Green is made of people".

Life as we know it enters the second decade of the 21st century



A Han Chinese man carries a spiked steel bar while using his cell phone to take photos as he joins a mob

of Han Chinese men attacking Uighur properties in Urumq





btw

how is tha Afghan pipeline project to america comming along ?
:sarcasm:

Sarcasm too subtle for mere mortals.

There's been no independent confirmation of this number. Initial reports had 3 people killed, and suddenly it transformed into 156.

I think there's more going on here than objective reporting of casualties. The Chinese media has started calling this the "7-5 incident," much like "9-11" or "7-7". Remember how China pressured the US to put a Uighur separatist group on the list of terrorist organizations? The Chinese government sees a benefit in portraying the Uighurs as bloodthirsty savages. Now they can claim that locking up 1,300 of them is reasonable.

After this, there will be even more oppression of the Uighurs, more destruction of their communities, more eradication of their culture. And now the local Han population has been so whipped into a frenzy that Uighurs not only have to fear getting locked up for no reason, but now also have to fear getting killed by their neighbors for no reason.

> The Chinese government sees a benefit in portraying the Uighurs as
> bloodthirsty savages.
>
> After this, there will be even more oppression of the Uighurs, more
> destruction of their communities, more eradication of their culture.
> And now the local Han population has been so whipped into a frenzy that
> Uighurs not only have to fear getting locked up for no reason, but now
> also have to fear getting killed by their neighbors for no reason.

The other thing to remember is that not only are Han the vast majority
of Chinese (>90%) but they are about 20% of the entire global human
population.

Whenever there is a shortage of living space, the Han kill/enslave/displace
the "lesser" tribes further out and continue to propagate "the largest single
ethnic group in the world".

I'd say historically Chinese have been much more peaceful than many others (Germans, Japanese, Romans, British just to name a few).

But the Chinese government's policies towards the Uighurs are Tibetans are despicable.

I quite agree with you on the longer term but their behaviour
over the last century (or less) was what was on my mind.
Sorry that I wasn't clear.

Source: BBC

Urumqi is again under curfew. China began Tuesday saying it had the city under control, but a surprise interruption to a government tour showed that claim to be false.

As journalists stopped to view a burned out car showroom, hundreds of Uighur women poured in from side streets, shouting and wailing.

Old and young, some carried babies.

They seemed oblivious to the batons and guns of the paramilitary troops who had taken control of their neighbourhood.

"We don't want to fight," said one. "Please release our families. Almost all the men were taken away, hundreds of them, thousands of them! We believe in our police, we don't fight, please release our men."



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8139587.stm

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religion dividing people?

I think that the Chinese federal government has been looking for a reason to clean up the western/swestern areas and might even be looking for an excuse to do a little crossborder shitkicking to keep Islam in its place (out of China).

Those people have lived there a long time.

When Hitler was still bothering to justify Germany's expansion, despite rejecting the rule of the royal families (except when it suited him) ancestral claims were employed. China also justifies its incorporation of the western/swestern provinces through ancient Imperial claims despite having purged the nation of the aristocracy who may have held those claims.

A significant similarity to the Nazis is the Chinese goal of purging the ethnic minority, but China has taken a somewhat different approach to this from what Hitler did. Hitler had no interest in stripping the Jews of their identity and assimilating them into his singular nation, he wanted them gone/dead. The Chinese model has been to send in large numbers of male soldiers, followed by large numbers of male workers, who then essentially genetically displace the undesirable individual identity with Chinese identity.

Since Islam is a problem for the Chinese government's goal of a unified identity, and because Islam is largely a male-identity, then the Chinese government's MO of sending in Chinese identified males to displace the undesirable identity would seem to be predictably effective in the case of the Uighurs. In one generation the benefits of Chinese nonislamic identity will outweigh any cultural affinity held by the youth and the plan will have been effective.

China wants to retain their Muslim population, which is visible in every large city. Chinese regard Xinjiang in the same romantic way Americans view the old West.

I belive the issues in Urumqi are similar to Tibet. China is promoting population growth and development by encouraging migration from other parts of China. Many migrants are Han businessmen looking for opportunities. The traditional residents start to feel crowded and envious of the newcomers, and eventually retailiate against them.

It's not a simple issue. Heilongjiang was settled relatively peacefully using the same policies. For that matter, most of the US was settled with federal encouragement. But it does have to be done correctly with respect for those who were there first.

nice.

Who writes these stupid headlines, anyway?

Here is something from today's Democracy Now!:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x333857

the Uighers shit since the imperial days. Its a "problem" that has transcended governments, essentially a cultural thing I guess (Han against Uigher) People seem to forget that white people don't have a copyright on racism.

China Xinjiang Urumuqi Deadly Riot

Viewer discretion is advised.

Riot happend on 7/5/09 in Urumuqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Province.

This video is released by Korean media, not broadcasted in China.

Terrorists attacked bystanders including children and women.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c9b_1247118161