China’s Uighur-Han tensions still high
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009A PHALANX of paramilitary police armed with shields and long steel pipes sharpened into spears stands guard on the border zone dividing the neighbourhoods of Urumqi’s Muslim Uighurs from those of the Han Chinese majority in the city.
The situation remains very tense, with tales of horror on both sides of the ethnic divide, and you [...]