Unrest in Xinjiang, China

Unrest in China as 70,000-Strong Police Force Battles Protesters in Xinjiang

Over 70,000 troops have been deployed to put down riots and civil unrest in China, with very little notice from the local or international media

Intellihub,

5 July, 2013

Over the years, civil unrest and clashes with police are becoming more of a part of everyday life in China, despite the lack of media attention to these events

To actually get people to conform to such a brutal and oppressive lifestyle the regime requires very complicated propaganda, and even use giant firewalls to block entire sections of the internet from people within their borders.

Many times the uprisings in China are spread out and disconnected, springing from different struggles and involving different groups of people.  This particular conflict is still shrouded in mystery, some sources online are indicating that this is a popular uprising, while the media is reporting that “Muslim extremists” are responsible for the riots.

According to Want China Times:

Beijing has dispatched top law enforcement official Meng Jianzhu, secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission, to the regional capital of Urumqi. An anti-terrorism police force of around 70,000 — comprising more than a dozen brigades — has already been set up to ensure that the 24-hour patrols promised by Beijing can be fulfilled.

Every prefecture-level city, autonomous prefecture or region in Xinjiang also has an armed police detachment, with Urumqi having as many as four. The People’s Liberation Army reportedly also has more than 10,000 troops stationed in the region.  Meanwhile, Chinese media have accused the United States of double standards for classifying the riot as “ethnic” or “religious” violence. The Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily insisted in an article on Sunday that the incident was strictly an act of terrorism carried out by extremists who ought to be the enemy of every Chinese citizen 

How these people lost their lives or how the clashes truly began are still unknown because of so many conflicting reports, but we will be paying close attention to this story and bring more information as it becomes available