CHINA-ETHNIC MINORITIES: XINJIANG

 On July 14, 2015, more than 200 police in Shenyang, Liaoning, shot dead three “knife-wielding” Uighurs, caught 16 "terrorism suspects," and detained a woman and her three children during a raid. Police were reportedly searching for suspects related to the “June 12 Hijra case,” but provided no further details. Li Wei of the official China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations told South China Morning Post that “The case in Shenyang suggests that the Hijra movement might have spread across the country.” He additionally disclosed that Henan and Liaoning have become “interchange stations” for militants seeking to join "terrorist groups abroad,” including Islamic State. “If they fail [to escape China], they might carry out terrorist attacks in the region where they become stuck, just like those who hacked passengers at the Kunming train station in March 2014.” 


(Comment: According to a police document leaked earlier this year, Guangdong has overtaken Yunnan and Guangxi provinces as the preferred route for fleeing Uighurs.) 
 






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