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Anger and hatred on the streets of Urumqi

By NBC News' Bo Gu URUMQI, Xinjiang – As we drove through the empty streets of Urumqi, I was immediately reminded of the unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa last year – but with one key difference. Here, in the remote capital of China’s northw... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Thu, Jul 09 2009

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