View Full Version : 156 Protestors Killed in China... Ethnic Cleansing?


Dogfighter28
07-06-2009, 04:04 PM
Highlights:


156 people killed and more than 800 others injured after violence

Ethnic Uyghur residents in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang region, take to streets

More than 700 suspects detained by Monday evening, government says

Protest may be a reaction to racial violence in southern Guangdong province


Scores killed in ethnic unrest in China - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/china.uyghur.protest/index.html)

The protestors are predominantly Muslim which explains why no U.S. news outlets are really pushing this story. It's not even on the front page of cnn.com. What's the deal here?

Toast
07-06-2009, 04:13 PM
It's because the western media doesn't want to show you an example of what people with guts do when their government fucks them over

fluxequalsrad
07-06-2009, 04:26 PM
It's because the western media doesn't want to show you an example of what people with guts do when their government fucks them over

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