Just So You Know
I realize that what with Michael Jackson still being dead, Sarah Palin doing something the Village doesn’t understand, and a wealthy faux cowboy complaining about being fired, the plate is pretty full, but the Chinese government is arresting, beating up, and killing its citizens again.
The BBC reports that Angry Uighurs defy Chinese police
New protests have flared in Urumqi, two days after 156 people died and 800 were injured in the western Chinese city.
At least 200 Uighurs faced off against police in Urumqi on Tuesday following news that 1,434 people were arrested in connection with Sunday’s riots.
Trouble also spread outside of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, with protests on Monday near a mosque in Kashgar.
Beijing blames ethnic Muslim Uighurs for the violence, but exiled Uighurs say police fired on students.
…UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon led the calls for restraint, a sentiment echoed by Britain and the US.
I doubt the UN will have an emergency session to complain about the Chinese government killing people. They do it so often that it has become accepted.
