HOTAN, Xinjiang, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Government and
Communist Party departments at all levels in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
should rely on the people of all ethnic groups to build a "steel wall" for the
region's stability to safeguard the interests of the people, senior Chinese
leader Zhou Yongkang said here Saturday.
Zhou, a Standing Committee member of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks
on the third day of his visit to Xinjiang.
Zhou Yongkang (L front), member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC), shakes hands with a local Uygur farmer in
Kashi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 11, 2009.
Zhou started an inspection tour in Xinjiang on Thursday. (Xinhua/Rao
Aimin) Photo
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He is the first member of the Political Bureau
Standing Committee to visit the region after the July 5 riot in Urumqi, capital
of Xinjiang, which caused at least 184 deaths and injured over 1,000 others.
During his visit to Hotan and Kashgar, both in the
southern part of Xinjiang, Zhou said the current situation in the region was
"heading in a good direction."
But he warned that hostile forces from home and
abroad would not give up easily. "They are attempting to stage more sabotage,"
he said.
Zhou Yongkang (2nd R, front), member of
the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC), visits policemen on duty in Kashi,
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 11, 2009. Zhou
started an inspection tour in Xinjiang on Thursday. (Xinhua/Rao
Aimin) Photo
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Zhou urged government and Party departments, troops
on duty in the region and public security authorities to stay on high alert, nip
all hidden dangers in the bud and focus on ethnic unity education, to foil all
sabotage attempts by the hostile forces.
When talking with Uygur farmers during his visit,
Zhou said the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have always attached
great importance to the development of southern Xinjiang.
He promised that more efforts would be made to
improve the living standards of people in southern Xinjiang and infrastructure
in the region.
URUMQI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A former chairman of the
Xinjiang regional government said here Saturday that Rebiya Kadeer was "not
entitled to represent the Uygur people."
Ismail Amat, a Uygur who headed Xinjiang's regional
government from 1979 to 1985, said the "spiritual mother of Uygur people" touted
by East Turkestan terrorists was the "scum" of the Uygur community. Full story
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a week after the
deadly riot bruised Urumqi and sent residents fleeing its major streets, it was
quite a relief to see people gradually return to normal life.
The first weekend after last Sunday's riot seemed
peaceful in Urumqi, with residents strolling in downtown parks with their
families, banks reopening after a five-day business suspension and business
owners looking to the future. Some people began holding funeral rites for the
dead, while soldiers in riot gear stood guard nearby. Full story
YINING, Xinjiang, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Halimlarti
stared at the empty Errean Ethnic Park, shook his head and sighed.
"No visitor has come to our park by now today,"
Halimlarti said, pointing to an empty outdoor restaurant that accommodates about
200 visitors at time, "We feel personally the impact of the riot in Urumqi
though it happened hundreds of kilometers away." Full story
KASHGAR, Xinjiang, July 11 (Xinhua) -- It would have
been a booming weekend for businessman Kadejiang Abduxiku if a deadly riot
hadn't taken place in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi, but now he had to
sit idly in his shop, expecting no customers.
"I can earn 2,000 yuan (294 U.S. dollars) a day
before Sunday's riot, but from Monday till Saturday, I only earned altogether
500 yuan," said Kadejiang, a 43-year-old shop owner of Uygur ethnic group who
sells silk scarf mainly to tourists at the largest wholesale market in Kashgar,
a major town along the ancient Silk Road. Full story
URUMQI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Xinjiang branch of
China Charity Federation said Saturday it had received 2.03 million yuan
(297,218 U.S. dollars) in donation from all walks of life for victims in the
Urumqi riot.
The single largest donation is 200,000 yuan from the
Xinjiang company of China Pacific Life Insurance Co., Ltd., said the federation.
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AKSU, Xinjiang, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Nearly one week
has passed since the deadly violence in far northwestern China's Urumqi City,
the shockwave of the riot still can be felt even in a farmhouse 1,000 km away
from the capital of Xinjiang.
Standing in his vine-covered yard on the outskirt of
Aksu City in the south Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Abudukeyimu Yibulayin
said he was still shocked and saddened by what happened on July 5, though none
of people he knows got hurt. Full story
URUMQI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China's top leadership has
vowed to punish those responsible for Sunday's riot in the northwestern Xinjiang
region in accordance with the law and to educate those taking part in it after
being deceived by separatists.
Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, said in his
tour of the autonomous region on Friday that all available efforts should be
mobilized to "win the tough war of maintaining Xinjiang's stability." Full story
URUMQI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Zhou
Yongkang said Friday on his tour to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that
all available efforts should be mobilized to "win the tough war of maintaining
Xinjiang's stability."
Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stressed that
"tough measures" must be used to ensure stability in the region, where a riot
erupted on Sunday causing at least 156 deaths. More than 1,000 others were
injured. Full story
URUMQI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- With the reopening of kebab
stalls, shops, bank and post office outlets, life in Urumqi, capital of
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is returning to normal after
Sunday's deadly riot.
On Friday, the city's No.104 bus resumed operation. All
the 43 bus lines were in normal operation, said the Urumqi Public Transport
Group. Full story
