China: Ethnic Divide Widens In Xinjiang - Video On Uighur Struggle In Northwestern China

China: Ethnic Divide Widens In Xinjiang - Video On Uighur Struggle In Northwestern China   The situation remains tense in the north western Chinese region of Xinjiang, following the worst ethnic violence in decades, which opposed indigenous Muslim Turkish-speaking Uighurs to Han Chinese, who represent 90% of China’s population.   The violence began on the 5th of July during an originally peaceful protest over attacks on Uighurs at a factory in South-East China, at the other side of...

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