Is anyone living/teaching in Xinjiang? If so, have you been affected by the riots in any way? Do you have a take on what is going on?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protestexcerpt:
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Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China's western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.
Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority erupted into riots. Witnesses reported a new protest Monday in a second city, Kashgar.
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Karen
http://karen.stanley.people.cpcc.eduCharlotte, North Carolina, USA
