Hu holds key meeting on Xinjiang riot, vowing severe punishment on culprits
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday night convened a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to discuss issues relating to the Xinjiang riot. Full story
Chinese gov't: Evidence
shows Rebiya Kadeer behind Xinjiang riot
The separatist World Uyghur Congress led by Rebiya Kadeer was
behind the deadly July 5 Xinjiang riot, in which at least 156 people
died and more than 1000 were injured, sources with the government
said. Full story
Senior
Chinese leader stresses stability, vows lawful punishment of outlaws
The Chinese government and the
Communist Party of China (CPC) will severely punish the outlaws in
the Xinjiang riot, and restore normal social order in the region as
soon as possible, senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang said here
Thursday.Full
story
Chinese
police chief urges hardline crackdown on thugs in Xinjiang
riot
China's chief police officer Meng
Jianzhu urged no leniency in the punishment of thugs who took part
in the Urumqi riot when visiting local residents injured by the
rioters and family members of those victims in Urumqi.
Full
story
FM spokesman:
Violence in Urumqi not a peaceful
protest 
The Sunday violence in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is not a
peaceful protest, but "an evil killing, fire setting and looting",
said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang on Tuesday.