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Ethnic protest spreads to second city in China's Xinjiang region

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Ethnic protest spreads to second city in China's Xinjiang region

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Published: July 06, 2009, 17:03

Beijing: An ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China's western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region's capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800, according to reports on Monday.

A Uighur man in Kashgar city said he was among more than 300 protesters who demonstrated outside the Id Kah Mosque in the late afternoon.

He said they police surrounded them. "We were yelling at each other, but there were no clashes, no physical contact," said the man, who gave his name as Yagupu.

Maimaiti, a man who said he worked at the mosque, said he could hear could hear the protesters and police shouting outside.

A protest in the provincial capital, Urumqi, on Sunday night turned into the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit Xinjiang region in decades.
 

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There is an extremist brand of Islam spreading.

But this is a good test for the Beijing Government. Both in terms of reducing the imbalances between the poorer parts of the country and the wealthier coastal provinces as well as its ability to handle widespread riots.

Although the protesters are Muslims, this is not a religious conflict.
 
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