tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post4470721674938957462..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: Unrest in Western ChinaTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-21531507451065803102009-07-06T18:37:47.700-07:002009-07-06T18:37:47.700-07:00The latest:
Police have arrested 1,434 suspects ...The latest: <br /><br />Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China's western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday.<br /><br />The arrests come amid a security clampdown on the region, with hundreds of paramilitary police with shields, rifles and clubs taking control of the streets of the capital, Urumqi, where the riots took place on Sunday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-30339841880149331792009-07-06T10:17:53.955-07:002009-07-06T10:17:53.955-07:00The riots involve the persecuted ethnic minority C...The riots involve the persecuted ethnic minority Chinese Muslims referred to as Uighurs. That name might sound familiar; we locked several of them away in Guantanamo Bay, even though their beef is with China and not the US.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159764843937350178noreply@blogger.com