China launches 'strike hard' crackdown in Xinjiang

Source: The Guardian

Beijing : China | 23 days ago

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Chinese authorities have launched a security campaign in the troubled north-west region of Xinjiang , state media reported today. The "strike hard and punish" drive comes after ethnic violence rocked its capital, Urumqi, in July, killing almost 200, and tens of thousands of Han Chinese took to the...

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