Race Riots Continue in China's Far West

Nir Elias / Reuters

A Gathering Storm
Han Chinese holding sticks and other makeshift weapons meet in the streets of Urumqi on July 7. Police fired clouds of tear gas into the crowds to disperse thousands of Han Chinese protesters, who gathered in response to the ongoing Uighur demonstrations.

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