Urumqi

7. July 2009 | 10:48

After Deadly Riots, Ethnic Tensions Heat Up in Urumqi

Thousands of Han residents armed with clubs poured onto the streets of Urumqi Tuesday afternoon, raising the risk of further racial violence in this western Chinese city (News Source: Time Magazine - 08:18:42)

New Protests Erupt in Urumqi After Reporters’ Visit

Austin Ramzy, who is in Urumqi called to report that he witnessing a new protest that is currently underway, apparently sparked by the presence of foreign reporters. (News Source: Time Magazine - 05:05:00)

Protesters March in China’s Urumqi City With Machetes (Update1)

July 7 (Bloomberg) — An estimated 100 men were seen marching today with knives and machetes in Urumqi, capital city of China’s westernmost province Xinjiang and scene of the country’s most violent ethnic clashes in more than a year. (News Source: Bloomberg - 07:58:33)

Protesters Seen Marching in China’s Urumqi City With Machetes

July 7 (Bloomberg) — An estimated 100 men were seen marching today with knives and machetes in Urumqi, capital city of China’s westernmost province and scene of the country’s most violent ethnic clashes in more than a year. (News Source: Bloomberg - 07:43:19)

Urumqi Cuts Internet Link to Block Instigators of Ethnic Clash

July 7 (Bloomberg) — Urumqi’s government today said it severed the city’s Internet connections to block overseas Uighur activists from fueling China’s worst ethnic clashes in more than a year. (News Source: Bloomberg - 06:25:10)

New Protest Erupts in Urumqi Following Deadly China Rioting

July 7 (Bloomberg) — Dozens of Ethnic Uighurs marched in Urumqi, capital of China’s westernmost province, to protest against the detention of more than 1,000 people following the country’s deadliest rioting in decades. (News Source: Bloomberg - 06:39:00)

Urumqi locked down

URUMQI, China, July 7 (UPI) — Urumqi, capital of China’s northwest Xinjiang-Uighur region, remained virtually cut off from rest of the world after deadly riots that left 156 dead. (News Source: UPI - 05:42:59)

Separatist Fight a Matter of Life And Death, Urumqi Mayor Says

July 7 (Bloomberg) — The fight against separatists in northwest China’s Xinjiang province is a matter of life and death, Gela Yishamudin, the mayor of the provincial capital Urumqi, told a televised news conference in the city today. (News Source: Bloomberg - 06:17:57)

Uighur Women March in Urumqi to Protest Detentions (Update1)

July 7 (Bloomberg) — About 60 ethnic-Uighur women marched today down the main street in downtown Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang province, to protest against police detentions after ethnic clashes left 156 people dead on July 5. (News Source: Bloomberg - 04:10:01)

Thousands of Han Chinese march through Urumqi: AFP

Thousands of Han Chinese marched through the streets of China’s northwest Urumqi city with makeshift weapons, an AFP reporter witnessed. (News Source: Sydney Morning Herald - 07:33:00)

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