Ethnic Tensions Explode Into Killings In Xinjiang, China

Deadly Riots In Western China Take Unprecedented Toll -- Christian Science Monitor

The violence brings into question China's hard-line policy against Uighur ethnic minority.

Beijing - Simmering ethnic tensions in the mainly Muslim west of China erupted Sunday night into the country's deadliest rioting in decades, as demonstrators and police clashed violently.

State media put the death toll at more than 140, and portrayed the mayhem in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, as a rampage by Muslim Uighurs against Han Chinese bystanders. Uighur representatives abroad denied that account, and blamed the security forces for most of the deaths.

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More News On The Rioting And Unrest On Xinjiang

Xinjiang riot toll hits 156 as unrest spreads -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Now Up To 500 Killed In China Riots -- Business Insider
Han Chinese groups demand blood in revenge for deadly riots -- L.A. Times
Chinese Han mob marches for revenge against Uighurs after rampage -- Times Online
Han Chinese launch revenge attacks on Uighurs -- Guardian
Han Chinese mob takes to the streets in Urumqi in hunt for Uighur Muslims -- The Telegraph
Armed Chinese protesters seek vengeance for riots -- Reuters
Han Chinese Roam City Armed With Clubs -- Wall Street Journal
New Protests in Western China After Deadly Clashes -- New York Times
Scores Killed in Ethnic Riots in China -- Washington Post
Deadly riots in China highlight ethnic tensions -- L.A. Times
Chinese Crack Down on Xinjiang Protesters -- Voice of America
Accounts of Xinjiang violence -- BBC
Uighurs cling to life in People's hospital as China's wounds weep -- The Guardian
Uighur resentment at Beijing's rule -- BBC
Inside China's unquiet west -- Asia Times
After Deadly Riots, Ethnic Tensions Heat Up in Urümqi -- Time Magazine
Internet cut in Urumqi to contain violence: media -- AFP
In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information -- New York Times

My Comment: The presence of thousands of police and soldiers have quelled the violence for now, but the animosities and bitterness between the two ethnic groups remain. Expect the violence to move into the countryside, and a low level insurgency campaign against the central government to continue.