A soldier holding an AK-47 stands guard at a peace line set up north of Limin Lane in Urumqi. The ethnically mixed neighborhood in the south of the city was attacked on Tuesday, July 7, by Han Chinese seeking revenge for the killings of Sunday, July 5. Later on Tuesday, the government imposed martial law on the city to prevent further disturbances. [John Sexton, China.org.cn] |
(China.org.cn July 10, 2009)