What Caused the Recent Incidents in Xinjiang?

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• published: 02 Jul 2013
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Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews On June 29, the China Central Committee working group, led by Yu Zhengsheng, arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Armed Police have started 24 hour patrols of the city, and officials have also increased internet monitoring. 19 web users who released messages about the recent incidents have already been investigated. China experts says the key issue of this incident is not a racial problem. It is a conflict between oppressed ethnic minorities and the Chinese Regime. On June 29, Yu Zhengsheng and three other officials arrived in Xinjiang. The Working Group includes Meng Jianzhu, Secretary of the Central Political and Law Committee. It also includes Guo Shengkun, Minister of Public Security and Wang Zhengwei, Chief of State Ethnic Affairs Committee. Other senior officials of the CCP Politics and Law Committee have also traveled to Xinjiang. US-based China expert Zhang Jian says that in China, if high level officials are sent, it indicates a critical situation. Zhang Jian: "The Xinjiang incident proves the complete failure of Communist policies toward Chinese minorities. Top officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are worried and shocked by this incident. Thus, it is like the era of Jiang Zemin, to maintain stability. They have sent so many high officials to control the situation in Xinjiang." As Yu's group arrived in Urumqi, all main roads were blocked on the same day. Armed police have carried out a large-scale exercise, with at least ten thousand police. This is the largest incident since the 2009 "7-5 Incident". That night, Meng Jianzhu also required "24-hour patrol duty." Zhang Jian: "This time, these high level executives traveled to Xinjiang. It proves, firstly, that their priority is to ensure stability is maintained. Secondly, in order to safeguard stability, they won't hesitate to destroy the lives of the ethnic minorities. However, this will bring extra trouble. Thirdly, we will see that when this is over, CCP policy toward these minorities, and Xinjiang, will remain the same." 'Zhang', an Urumqi citizen described that the official stance of "maintaining stability" has resulted in a severe situation. 'Zhang', Urumqi citizen: "Now you can see far less people than usual in the streets and markets in Urumqi. It has the same feelings as the atmosphere of '7-5'. I worry most that it (CCP) could cut off our internet." Xinjiang authorities are strengthening control of urban areas, as well as monitoring on the internet. It has investigated 19 so-called "fabricated internet rumors." It is not only netizens in Xinjiang that have faced trouble. Netizens in Guangdong have also come under threat, after using images and text from "AFP" as references. They received intimidation from Dongguan police. 'Zhang', Urumqi citzen: "Every time an incident occurs, official media reported, and then they quickly deleted it. Official media reports are very brief. For other medias, interviews are intercepted or camera's are confiscated. If netizens publish messages online, they are intercepted. So far, there have been 19 such cases already, but for me, I don't quite trust official sources." There are approximately 9 million Uighurs living in Xinjiang Province. The fourth anniversary of the Xinjiang "7-5 Incident" is in a few days. Urumqi police announced on June 19 that it will expand it's crackdown action for three months. China export Zhang Jian says that the key issue of this incident is not a racial problem. It is the conflict between oppressed ethnic minorities and the Chinese Regime. Zhang Jian: "The CCP widely suppresses ethnic minorities. Due to CCP propaganda among the Han Chinese in Xinjiang, ethnic minorities are not widely welcomed. So ethnic minorities are against the Chinese regime. The crimes of the CCP are shocking, and the Communist system sits totally counter with today's democratic movement." The 2009 "7-5 Incident" caused the death of over 200 people. At that time, western media generally believed that the CCP minority policies had been problematic. However, the Chinese Regime did not review its policy. Instead, it spearheaded a campaign against Uighur dissident Rebiya Kadeer, in order to turn it from a domestic issue to an international issue. The exiled "World Uyghur Congress" leader Rebiya Kadeer, protested with 30 others on June 30 in front of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo. The day before, Kadeer videos on the internet said that, "the situation is very grim in Xinjiang. We have been asking for dialogue with the Chinese government, but have not had any response. Beijing does not want to hear our views." 《神韵》2013世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/