China's Campaign Against Xinjiang's Islamist 'Rebels' Escalating

Chinese Commandos In Campaign Against Xinjiang's Islamist 'Rebels' -- The Independent

Security forces will comb through cities 24 hours a day to conduct identity checks and searches.



China has sent security commandos to Xinjiang as part of a two-month campaign against what Beijing sees as violent Islamist separatists, following fresh outbreaks of deadly ethnic violence in the troubled western region.



Last month, tensions between Muslim Uighurs and ethnic Han Chinese boiled over again. Two knife attacks and clashes between Uighurs and police left more than 30 people dead in the resource-rich and strategically vital province, which borders Pakistan, Afghanistan and a number of Central Asian states.



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More News On The Unrest In Xinjiang

China Launches Police Crackdown in Xinjiang -- Voice of America

China Starts Two-Month Security Crackdown in Western Region -- New York Times

China launches terror crackdown in restive west -- AP

China cracks down in Xinjiang following ethnic violence -- The Guardian

China Launches Crackdown in Restive West -- Time/AP

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