Chinese ethnic violence in Xinjiang

Map locating Urumqi in China's Xinjiang.

China has said at least 156 people were killed

hen Muslim Uighurs rioted in the restive region in

some of the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the country in decades.
(AFP Graphic)

Chinese soldiers wearing riot gear tell a woman to
move on as they enforce a curfew in the
city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 7, 2009.
China said a riot that shook the capital of the
western Xinjiang region on Sunday killed
140 people and the government called the ethnic
unrest a plot against its power, signalling a security crackdown.
REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)


Armed Chinese policemen march towards a group of
local women during a confrontation along a street
in the city of Urumqi, in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 7, 2009.
Hundreds of Uighurs protesting against the arrest
of relatives clashed with police in the capital of
China's Muslim region of Xinjiang on Tuesday
two days after ethnic unrest left 156 dead and 1,080 wounded.
REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)



A Han Chinese mob march up a street in Urumqi.
Thousands of angry Han Chinese armed with poles,
meat cleavers and other makeshift weapons stormed through
Urumqi as the flashpoint city riven by ethnic tensions descended into chaos.
(AFP/Peter Parks)




At least 200 Muslim Uighur women staged a fresh protest in China's Urumqi city
to demand the release of detained relatives, two days after deadly riots

Uighur women grieve for their men who they claim

were taken away by Chinese authorities after Sunday's

protest in Urumqi, China, Tuesday, July 7 , 2009.

Urumqi was tense Tuesday, with protests happening in

several parts of the city and both Han Chinese and

Uighur groups facing off with armed police.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Uighur women grab a police officer as they protest in
front of journalists visiting the area in Urumqi, China,
Tuesday, July 7, 2009. The city, where rioting and ethnic
clashes killed over one hundred people two days ago,
remained extremely tense Tuesday, as security officials
and police continued to work to restore order.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)