The government in Xinjiang struggled to contain escalating unrest on Friday as thousands of people confronted police in Urumqi, the regional capital, accusing the government of incompetence in maintaining public safety.
Five people have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured and admitted to hospital after protests the day before, Zhang Hong, the city’s deputy mayor, said.
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Five die in Urumqi protests
Xinjiang ethnic groups united in hostility
The government in Xinjiang has been caught off guard by the anger it faces from its own people.
For decades its rulers brought in millions of people from China’s Han ethnic majority to colonise the ethnically diverse region in the country’s far west. They kept a wary eye on the Uighurs, the biggest local ethnic group, as the main security risk.
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