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A decade after Xinjiang riots, ethnic tensions persist

A decade after Xinjiang riots, ethnic tensions persist

  • Xinjiang, home to most Uighurs in China, has for decades been struck by episodes of inter-ethnic violence
  • Hundreds if not thousands of rioters smashed shops, burned vehicles and attacked people after a factory brawl in southern China left at least two Uighur migrant workers dead
By AFP ·