Ethnic Violence in China

Aug 1, 2011 (CFR) - At least eleven civilians were killed in attacks carried out by Uighurs (al-Jazeera), a Turkic Muslim ethnic minority, in the city of Kashgar in China's eastern Xinjiang province. Beijing claimed the violence was instigated by Pakistani-trained “religious extremists,” prompting a crackdown on religious activities at start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.