Rioting In Xinjiang

It looks like the rioting in Urumqi was worse than originally reported. I went to bed last night and the fatality count was four. Now, it's at least 140. The rioting may have spread to Kashgar. The story behind it is still murky and incomplete. What is known is that China will clamp down hard. Will the Uyghurs continue to fight back? Is this the beginning of a true movement for "autonomy"? Or just a sort of small blip in the timeline of Han-Uyghur relations?

As always, France 24 is the leader in covering rioting around the world.

There is some type of law banning American companies from selling to China equipment to help its government suppress its people. Apparently, that ban does not cover Ford Econoline police vans.