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The clashes between ethnic Muslim Uighurs and China's Han majority in Xinjiang

World Media Follow Beijing’s Lead in Xinjiang Reporting

By Epoch Times ——--July 11, 2009

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When violence erupted in China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region, home to the country’s Uighur Muslim minority, China’s state media rushed to cover the news. Western media followed their lead.
"The clashes between ethnic Muslim Uighurs and China's Han majority in Xinjiang that left more than 150 dead signaled a new phase in a region used to seeing bombings and assassinations by militant separatists but few mass protests," wrote Associated Press. “The death toll from violent ethnic riots in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region has risen to 156, and police on Monday dispersed ‘rioters’ in a second city, the official Xinhua news agency said early on Tuesday,” reported Reuters.

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