Epoch Times
Jul 7, 2010
By Fang Xiao

The clash that erupted in Xinjiang on July 5 of last year (7-5 incident) is considered by some China’s worst ethnic violence in decades. The Epoch Times talked to residents in Urumqi, Kashi and Aksu over the phone a few days before the one-year anniversary, asking them for their opinion of what caused the violence in 2009.

Policy of Discrimination

People said rancor between Han and Uyghur groups has been growing due to discrimination by authorities against Uyghur citizens. One person stated that the communist regime’s policy for Uyghurs is to eradicate them.    more …