At least 156 people were killed and over 1000 injured when rioters clashed with the police in Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang province, after days of rising tensions between MuslimUighurs and Han Chinese. The casualty toll, if confirmed, would make this the deadliest outbreak of violence in China in many years.
Uighurs are the largest ethnic group in Xinjiang but are a minority in Urumqi. The Chinese government has encouraged Han migration to Xinjiang. Many Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim group, resent rule by the Han Chinese, and Chinese security forces have tried to keep oil-rich...