Hu Jintao promises to stifle unrest and make Uighurs rich

Chinese President Hu Jintao (???), in a major speech published yesterday, pledged to bring economic prosperity to the nation's 55 ethnic minorities, but in a veiled warning to Tibetan and Uighur Muslim "separatists" vowed to stifle ethnic unrest.
In the speech, which was carried by the communist nation's leading newspapers, Hu acknowledged that raising China's minority groups out of poverty was key to alleviating ethnic strife.

But he also insisted that tough measures to fight "splittism" would not be relaxed.
"We will bring into play ethnic officials and the masses to crack down on ethnic splittism forces and activities in accordance with the law," Hu told top communist officials Friday in Beijing.

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Money over Morality, that's a Republican virtue!