Volksrepublik China

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@Schneeman

800 Tote, bist du sicher? Auf CNN und BBC die Live aus Ürümqi berichten ist darauf aber nichts zu sehen gewesen.

Wie kommen die Zahlen zustande?

Edit: Ok hast recht Erich...hätte ja sein können das er noch irgendwo gelesen hat wo die Primärquelle für die 800 Toten ist.

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The taxi driver said he was near the area where the protesters were passing by. His taxi was hit by stones and he barely managed to escape unharmed. He said he saw the protesters near the Great Bazaar, which is a Uyghur-populated area where many Uyghurs have opened shops and stalls.

At the Great Bazaar he saw protesters -- mostly young men -- throwing rocks at police and at shop fronts. Then they also started to attack Han Chinese who happened to be in the vicinity, according to eyewitnesse
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Another eyewitness, an American we talked to on Sunday and Monday, said he saw protesters smashing cars, overturning them and clashing with the police. He also saw a Uyghur man kick a Han woman.
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As of Tuesday morning, official Chinese government figures report 156 dead and more than 800 people injured -- making Sunday's clashes the deadliest ethnic violence reported in China for decades. Authorities also say they have arrested more than 1,400 people.
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I haven't really seen any of the soldiers wielding menacing weapons. It seems to me that they are trying to calibrate their response. I would describe it as a semi-lockdown now during daytime.

Ich finde nur die Diskrepanz zwischen den Berichten im Spiegel und den Medien(CNN und BBC) vor Ort schon etwas extrem.