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New protests in western China

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | New protests in western China

There have been fresh protests in western China's Xinjiang region, where almost 200 people were killed in ethnic violence in July.

A witness told the BBC that as many as 2,000 ethnic Han Chinese have been demonstrating in the capital Urumqi.

The protesters are said to be angry at the deteriorating security situation in the wake of the July riots.

A trigger for the protests appears to have been a spate of unexplained stabbings using hypodermic needles.

State-run news agency Xinhua said that 15 people had been arrested over the stabbings, and that four of them had been prosecuted and would receive their judgements soon.

Safety fears

A businessman in Urumqi told the BBC that members of the Han community were demonstrating to complain about the worsening security situation.

"Han Chinese people have been protesting in the streets since yesterday," he said.

"Nearly everyone in Urumqi is on strike or protesting. Right now in front of me there are at least 2,000 people," he said from the centre of Urumqi.
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Once again there are ethnic tensions on the rise in China's Western region. I am curious, do you guys think this is good for U.S. interests? I ask because the U.S., China, and Russia all have an interest in gaining control in Central Asia in order to secure the oil and natural gas reserves there. The U.S. currently has bases in Tajikistan that serves as support for Afghanistan. However, even as the U.S. attempts to gain more influence in the region, China and Russia as well as a few other states have entered the Shanghai Corporation Organization, which has as one of it's goals the removal of the U.S. from Central Asia. Thus, is it in U.S. favor for there to be unrest and Islamic strife in China? Certainly it could aid our cause if the Chinese are hampered down fighting to end the unrest, as well as potential Al Qaeda attacks, as the group has recently called for jihad against the Chinese. Thoughts?
 
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