China Says Five Dead in Latest Xinjiang Unrest

This article can be found here.
September 4, 2009

Based on recent media, it appears that the main source of unrest in Asia stems from the conflict between ethnic differences. In China, one of the many repressed ethic groups is the Han, who have recently led protests in Urumqi to call attention to their own conflict with the Uighurs for taking over their inhabited region in Xinjiang. The Uighurs, a largely Muslim people, were accused of such gruesome measures as stabbing the Han with needles, reportedly infected with HIV. The fighting began in July, where 197 people were killed and 1,721 were left wounded. Meanwhile, the new wave of attacks have already left 5 ne victims in its wake.

Where is the hatred coming from? The reasons given in the article seem ridiculous, really. So ridiculous and simple that one would beg for more detail from its author, Edward Wong, who merely said that the Han found the Uighurs ungrateful for their benevolent leadership while the Uighurs reported discrimination. In my own detailed article of this profound event, I would rather present the audience with a more complex explanation giving reason behind the violent clash to prevent bias. From reading of Han accounts of Uighurs stabbing men with HIV infected needles, Wong is training the reader to sympathize with the them without fully understanding the extent to which the Uighurs were repressed.