Dialogue 09/07/11 Fighting terrorism in Xinjiang

2009-07-16 17:27 BJT

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Intro:
Hello, I am Tian Wei, you are watching "Dialogue"on CCTV International coming to you from Beijing.Mosques opened over the weekend for prayers in most places in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with people both inside and out praying for peace in Xinjiang.

Despite the good wish, the cruel violence of the riot still shadows the region, with the death toll from the riot rising to 184 as of 11pm Friday. How to look at the nature of the July. 5th riot in Urumqi, the most brutal of its kind in Xinjiang's recent history? How is the investigation of the riot related to the fight against terrorism in the region which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, the world frontline against terrorism?