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Originally Posted by LauraC
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Yea, you wont hear a word about those that "President Obama just released", could be because they were INNOCENT of all charges.
To answer you original question: You call it that when thats what it is, read the story next time
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The riot in Urumqi, 3,270 km (2,050 miles) west of Beijing, followed a protest against the government's handling of a June clash between Han Chinese and Uighur factory workers in southern China, where two Uighurs died in Shaoguan.
"In Xinjiang one of the major sources of discontent is that there is still a major gap economically between Han and Uighurs," said Barry Sautman, a specialist on China's ethnic politics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Almost half of Xinjiang's 20 million people are Uighurs. The population of Urumqi is mostly Han Chinese, and the Uighurs complain they dominate economic opportunities.
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When Is 816 Injured, 140 Dead Called Ethnic Unrest?
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