Videos, Images of Urumqi Riot – China News

URUMQI: Calm returned on Sunday to China's riot-hit Urumqi where 184 people died in the bloody violence a week ago, though the official tally of dead could rise, a regional official indicated.

Check out this China Daily page for the ridiculous banner that reads "Riot in Urumqi" with dripping blood.

On Sunday, July 5th at around 9:30pm Beijing time, a riot began which has crippled Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang province. Many Uyghurs have taken to the streets, overturning cars and smashing windows.

on the big screen at the command center of the Municipal Public Security Bureau (of Urumqi) clearly showed the real-time images of the bus station around the Wuxin road area, and even the passengers’ physical characteristics were crystal-clear. This is the municipal government newly installed “Eagle Eye” cameras at work.

Youku has top 10 lists of videos in all categories, thanks Kaiser Kuo for the link! I picked out the funniest videos from the top 10 list that do not require you to know Chinese. Enjoy!

On July 5, 2009 riots broke out in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi and resulted in the death of almost 200 people. Has progress been made in the 2 years since? What exactly happened?

Photos taken by the photographer ”西部老狼”on the second day of Chine New Year Holiday. Place:妖魔山(雅玛里克山),Yaomo Moutain,Height:1390M,located in the west of Urumqi

"According to informed sources in Henan, there was a large-scale student riot late night on June 15th at the Shengda Institute of Business Management of the Zhengzhou University located in Xinzheng city.

At its worst, almost 10,000 people were rioting. The students destroyed the university facilities and then marched onto the streets to vandalize street lamps and telephone booths, and they looted banks, supermarkets and electronic stores.

The one year anniversary of the Urumqi riots in Xinjiang is here and although domestic media outlets seem to ignore this fact, security preparations leading up to today have been intense.