China’s President Vows To ‘Deal A Blow’ To Protesters

Chinese soldiers stood next to Uighur women at a security fence in Urumqi, which has settled into an uneasy calm. Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

From The New York Times:

BEIJING — In his first comments on the deadly riots in China’s far northwest, President Hu Jintao called Thursday for stability and promised harsh punishment for those found to have played a role in the disturbances that have killed scores of people and injured more than a thousand.

Mr. Hu, who cut short his appearance at the Group of 8 summit meeting in Italy, issued a statement along with the Communist Party’s top leadership that calls on the authorities to “isolate and deal a blow to the small group” who had a hand in the bloodshed, which killed at least 156 people during three days of unrest in Urumqi, the provincial capital of Xinjiang. They also suggested there would be leniency for those who had been “misled” by agitators.

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More News On The Unrest In Xinjiang Province, China

China's War in the West -- Time Magazine
Riot death toll rises to 184, Chinese media say -- Yahoo News/AP
China's Xinjiang death toll rises to 184 -- Bangkok Post/AFP
Ethnic Anger Festers Amid Calm in Urumqi -- Wall Street Journal
Quiet Returns to Urumqi, but Racial Tensions Remain -- Time Magazine
Chinese police break up Xinjiang protest -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Riot-hit western China allows Friday prayers -- Yahoo News/AP
Vengeful mobs roam streets in China -- San Francisco Chronicle/AP
Thousands flee China's restive Urumqi -- Yahoo News/AFP
Hu responds to Xinjiang violence with pledge on security -- Financial Times
Hu Says China Will Deal Harshly With Instigators -- Washington Post
U.S. urges Chinese restraint in Xinjiang unrest -- Reuters
Mosques closed in China crackdown -- The Age
Muslims condemn crackdown -- Straits Times
China reimposes curfew in Urumqi -- BBC
Urumqi unrest: China's savvier media strategy -- Christian Science Monitor
The Right Way To Help the Uighurs -- Ellen Bork, Washington Post opinion
Why China has clenched its fist in Xinjiang -- Christian Science Monitor
Xinjiang - China's energy gateway -- Asia Times
Behind the Violence in Xinjiang -- New York Times opinion