china: news and opinion

China looks for answers after week of chaos

URUMQI, China - It was about 8 p.m. when the mob descended on Zhongwan Road. The police didn't arrive until six hours later. In the time between, most residents locked their doors and hid, peering out through windows and listening from basements as ethnic... ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Sun, Jul 12 2009

see also:


30 Apr 08		Residents Evicted Whilst Asleep » YouTube videoANCHOR: In the early hours of the morning, residents of Shandong's Jinan city were evicted forcibly from their homes. The Chinese regime city officials dispatched thousands of armed police to break down windows and doors while residents were asleep. At...
08 Jul 09		Chinese open up – slightly – over Uighur riots » NBC World Blog By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent URUMQI, China – Thousands of riot police have descended upon the Western city of Urumqi as Chinese authorities try to control the ethnic tensions that sparked riots on Sunday and left at least 156 dead. Fea...
07 Jul 09		Fresh chaos erupt in Urumqi » Shanghai Daily CHAOS were seen in a number of places in Urumqi this afternoon, nearly two days after the deadly violence. Many people were gathering or running in panic at the Urumqi South Railway Station, Changjiang Road, Yangzijiang...
13 Jul 09		Today's Links: Police in Urumqi, interpreting the GDP and porn arrests » Shanghaiist Photo compiled by China Digital Times 'Two shot dead' by Chinese police [BBC] "Two ethnic Uighurs have been shot dead by police in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang province, officials have said. A government statement announced that a third...
11 Jul 09		Ethnic breakdown for deaths in Urumqi riots » Danwei China's latest official figures say that 184 people died in the Urumqi riots, the New York Times reports: Friday was the first time that the government had given an ethnic breakdown of the dead. According to Xinhua, the state news agency, 137 of those...
07 Sep 09		Urumqi returns to peaceful life after mass protests » People's Daily Life in west China's Urumqi City, disrupted last week by mass protests triggered by hypodermic syringe attacks, had returned to normal Monday. On the first day of the week, traffic increased on Guangming Road, downtown Urumqi, and there was...

« Today's Stories